About Brian Cook
Singer · Songwriter · Performer

Brian Cook is a Canadian singer, songwriter and performer. He was born in Winnipeg in 1953 and grew up in Vancouver, Canada. As a child he studied classical piano, then switched to guitar at age 13.  Shortly after he fell in love with acoustic folk and blues guitar. By age 16 he was writing songs and performing them at his local coffee house.

Throughout the 1970s Brian taught guitar while continuing to write and perform. In 1979 he recorded a collection of his solo guitar pieces, titled “Solo Guitar #1”  blending classical guitar with acoustic folk and blues. In 1981 Brian moved to Toronto and recorded an album of his guitar pieces for Almo Music/ A&M Records, titled “Spring Celebration”.

Throughout the 1980s and ‘90s Brian continued writing and performing his guitar music, playing in coffee houses and restaurants in Toronto, New York, London, and Berlin. In 1993, while in London, he wrote and recorded a second collection of his solo guitar pieces, titled “Solo Guitar #2”.

In 1999 Brian became a father and his music shifted to writing songs for his three children. Now that his children have grown up Brian is performing his songs for children at family centres and family festivals in Vancouver and Victoria. In 2023 he recorded his first collection of children’s songs, titled “Songs for Kids”, and continues today to write, record and perform new songs for children.