Shane Cook

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]

Shane Cook
NationalityCanadian
OccupationMusician
Known forFiddle
HonoursCanadian Grand Masters Fiddle Champion, Canadian Open Fiddle Champion, U.S. National Old Time Fiddle Champion
Websitehttps://www.shanecook.com

Life

Shane 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

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

As a founding member, Shane toured for over 15 years with "Bowfire," a high-energy violin ensemble that combined string masters of classical, Celtic, bluegrass, jazz and rock violin.[11] The group toured from June 2000[12] to Fall 2015.[13] Step dancing was also a feature with this performance troupe.[14][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[15] and won an East Coast Music Award (ECMAs) for Roots/Traditional Group Recording of the Year.[16]

In 2013, Mr. Cook joined the Alison Lupton Band, an Ontario folk group.[17]

In 2014, Mr. Cook released an album titled Head to Head with Ontario pianist, guitarist and Juno-winning member of the East Pointers, Jake Charron.[18][19] The album was nominated for Group of the Year at the 2015 Canadian Folk Music Awards.[20]

Since 2016, Shane 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][21] Joining Shane Cook as The Woodchippers are:[22]

  • Joe Phillips (The Art of Time Ensemble) on double bass, guitar and vocals
  • Emily Flack (Leahy) on piano, vocals and dance
  • Kyle Waymouth (Five-time Canadian National Step Dance Champion) on guitar, tenor banjo, and dance.

In 2021, this group released an album, titled "Shane Cook and the Woodchippers: Be Here for a While."[23]

Since 2018, Shane 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. [24]

Discography

[25][26]

  • Shane Cook – Cookin’ on the Fiddle (1994)
  • Shane Cook with Kyle Cook and James Bickle – Heritage Fiddles (1996)
  • Sundry (2001)
  • Shane Cook (Self-Titled - 2005)
  • Shane Cook and Troy McGillivray – When Here Meets There (2008)
  • Shane Cook and Jake Charron – Head to Head (2014)
  • Shane Cook and The Woodchippers - Be Here for a While (2021)

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