Shane Cook

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Shane Cook
NationalityCanadian
OccupationMusician
Known forFiddle
Honours Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Champion, Canadian Open Fiddle Champion, U.S. National Old Time Fiddle Champion, Grand North American Champion
Website https://www.shanecook.com

Shane Ken Cook [1] is a Canadian violinist. [2] He is a long-time member of the celtic fusion ensemble Bowfire, [3] and is a past Canadian Grand Master fiddler and U.S. National Fiddle Champion. His musical career has taken him to tour across Canada, the United States, Mexico, Germany, England, China and Taiwan. [4]

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Life

Cook was born in Dorchester, Ontario [5] As the oldest son of Ken and Shirley Cook. Shane Cook holds an Honours degree in music from the University of Western Ontario (now known as Western University) in London, Ontario. [6] He and his wife Jillian have one son, Charlie. [5]

Career

Cook won the Championship Class at the Maritime Fiddle Festival in 1997. [7] In 1999, he won the U.S. National Fiddle Championship in Weiser, Idaho, at the age of 17. [3] [5] He won the Canadian Open Old Time Fiddle Championship held in Shelburne, ON in 2001, 2003 and 2005. [8] [9] as well as three Canadian Grand Masters championships in 2000, 2002 and 2003. [10] [11]

As a founding member, Cook toured for over 15 years with "Bowfire," a high-energy violin ensemble that combined string masters of classical, Celtic, bluegrass, jazz and rock violin. [12] The group toured from June 2000 [13] [ circular reference ] to Fall 2015. [14] Step dancing was also a feature with this performance troupe. [15] [3]

In 2008, Cook's album Where Here Meets There, with Nova Scotia fiddler and pianist Troy MacGillivray, was nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award [16] and won an East Coast Music Award (ECMAs) for Roots/Traditional Group Recording of the Year. [17]

In 2013, Cook joined the Alison Lupton Band, an Ontario folk group. [18]

In 2014, Cook released an album titled Head to Head with Ontario pianist, guitarist and Juno-winning member of the East Pointers, Jake Charron. [19] [20] The album was nominated for Group of the Year at the 2015 Canadian Folk Music Awards. [21]

Since 2016, Cook has performed in a four member group called "The Woodchippers," a group with various musicians and step dancers who grew up in Ontario’s traditional fiddle and step dance world. [5] [22] Joining Cook as The Woodchippers are: [23]

In 2021, this group released an album, titled "Shane Cook and the Woodchippers: Be Here for a While." [24]

Since 2018, Cook has played in the Claire Lynch Band, led by three-time Grammy nominee and International Bluegrass Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year, Claire Lynch. [25]

Discography

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References

  1. ↑ "LITTLE CONTORTIONIST". ASCAP. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  2. ↑ The Devil's Box. Tennessee Folklore Society. 1997. pp. 17–16.
  3. 1 2 3 "Aiken welcomes Bowfire". Aiken Standard, via Newspaper Archives. January 11, 2008 - Page 22
  4. ↑ Canadian Grand Masters Fiddle Camp Instructors'event-wizard.com
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Fiddle champ brings world view home to London". Dec 15, 2016 by Sean Meyer, Our London
  6. ↑ Bio for Shane Cook'
  7. ↑ "Maritime Fiddle Festival, Championship Class Past Winners" . Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  8. ↑ Valley Fiddle Camp Instructors 2008'
  9. ↑ 'Shelburne Fiddle Champion Results
  10. ↑ "Historic Saugeen Métis Rendezvous". Shoreline Beacon, August 11, 2016
  11. ↑ "Canadian Grand Masters Past Top Three Champions", cgmfa-acgmv.ca
  12. ↑ 'Bowfire is not a Typical Violin Concert, park record.com'
  13. ↑ title= 'Article on Bowfire, the Ensemble'
  14. ↑ 'Giging with Bowfire'
  15. ↑ "Bowfire fiddles up a storm". Hays Daily News, via Newspaper Archives. March 17, 2011 - Page 3
  16. ↑ "Late fiddler Oliver Schroer leads Canadian Folk Music nominations". CBC Arts News, October 8, 2008
  17. ↑ 'East Coast Music Award Archive, 2009'
  18. ↑ "Reaney's pick: The Allison Lupton Band". By James Stewart Reaney, The London Free Press, November 25, 2015
  19. ↑ "Fiddler Shane Cook, friends, likenesses and Kyles launch CD". By James Stewart Reaney, The London Free Press, November 6, 2014
  20. ↑ ["P.E.I.'s The East Pointers celebrate winning a Juno Award". The Guardian, April 2, 2017 |title= P.E.I.'s The East Pointers celebrate winning a Juno Award']
  21. ↑ 'Canadian Folk Music Awards Results, 2015.'
  22. ↑ Cook and the Woodchippers Facebook Artist Page'
  23. ↑ 'Shane Cook and the Woodchippers-Band Members'
  24. ↑ "Release of Be Here for a While"
  25. ↑ 'Claire Lynch Band set for Park Performance, Sherwood Park News.'
  26. ↑ Cook Discography, Odyssey.on.ca'
  27. ↑ Cook Discography, shanecook.com'
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