Ryan Cook is an award-winning Atlantic-Canadian songwriter from Yarmouth, NS. He performs a blend of folk, roots, jazz and country. Ryan has performed more than 260 performances since the release of his "Hot Times" album in the spring of 2008 which won the Country/Bluegrass Recording of the Year at the 2008 Music Nova Scotia Awards and was named the 8th best Canadian Country album of 2008 by Country Music News. He has performed on stages across Canada as well as at the Ryman Auditorium and the Ernest Tubb Midnight Jamboree in Nashville. He also stars as Hank Williams from time to time in the play "Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave". In 2010, Ryan recorded & released his current album entitled "Peaks & Valleys".