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]

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]

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]

• 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."^[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]

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• 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)