Shawn Hook leaves Junos empty-handed but ‘with a full heart’

The pride of South Slocan returned home empty-handed from the Juno Awards in Hamilton on Sunday, but Shawn Hook he left “with a full heart and a deeper love for what we’re building in Canada music.”

Hook was nominated for Adult Contemporary Album of the Year for Rebuild. He lost to Sarah MacLachlan’s Better Broken. 

In a Facebook post he said being nominated “meant everything. Grateful doesn’t even cover it.” Hook performed his song Try at the Juno after-party.

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.

He will perform at the Charles Bailey Theatre in Trail on Saturday, May 9.

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