A locally-raised singer-songwriter is in the running for a Juno Award.
Shawn Hook, who grew up in South Slocan, is nominated for adult contemporary album of the year for Rebuild. He’s up against Sarah McLachlan, Nuela Charles, Rose Cousins, and Sister Ray.
In a Facebook post, Hook said he was “speechless” with the nomination.
“I’m beyond grateful for all the people I collaborated with on this album, inside and outside of the studio,” he said. “Conceptually, this was truly autobiographical. A lot of love, loss, pain and resilience went into this body of work.”
Hook, 41, is also nominated with Joel Stouffer for the Jack Richardson producer of the year award as co-producer of the single Lie.
Winners will be announced March 29 in Hamilton. Hook said he’s looking forward to “celebrating and catching up in Hamilton. It’s shaping up to be quite the show.”
Hook attended Mount Sentinel Secondary, where he was a student of music teacher Rick Lingard. In a Facebook post, Lingard said that he was “so proud” of Hook for “pushing through his enormous health hell and carrying on with what propels him … creating and performing music!”
In 2023, Hook announced that he been diagnosed with tonsil cancer. He returned to music following surgery and chemotherapy.
Hook was previously nominated for a Juno in 2013 as breakthrough artist of the year and in 2016 and 2018 for the fan choice award.
His other hits include Sound of Your Heart and Take Me Home.
You can watch the video for Lie below.
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