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Singer-songwriter Jagger Cook, based in St. Catharines, ON, has already experienced a level of success beyond the reach of many artists in this country. He has worked with some very serious talent and seen his debut album, All Our Hands Are Dirty, earn accolades both at home and abroad.

Earlier this year at the 2008 Niagara Music Awards, he took home two awards: Songwriter of the Year and Album of the Year. “Nostalgia,” a song from All Our Hands Are Dirty, earned an Honor Award at the Great American Song Contest.

Another song from that album, “The Light of Mississippi,” written as a dedication to Oprah Winfrey, was nominated for song of the year at the Los Angeles Music Awards in 2007 and was runner-up at this year’s We Are Listening World Singer/Songwriter Awards.

If Cook has another album in him as solid as All Our Hands Are Dirty, I suspect we’ve only just begun to see his star rise. No one who hears this record would be surprised by the reception it has received. Track for track, this is one of the strongest Canadian debut album’s I’ve heard in a while.

Cook writes powerful lyrics about the human experience, sets those lyrics to great melodies and drives the whole package home with emotionally charged vocals. Having people on board for the record like bass player Adam Kury (LA Guns, CandleBox) and guitarist Jason Orme (Alanis Morissette, Daniel Powter) doesn’t hurt you either.

He also had a stellar engineer serving as his producer, Frank Gryner, who’s worked with Train, Bon Jovi and Rob Zombie. All Our Hands Are Dirty is a textbook example of go big or stay home. Expect good things down the road from Cook.

Listen to Jagger Cook’s The Light of Mississippi

 

 

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