Amanda Cook

Canada’s Amanda Cook (aka Amanda Falk and Falcon) is a Christian artist and worship leader known for her passionate, faith-based singer/songwriter pop music. Cook emerged to acclaim, winning a Juno Award for her 2004 debut, Amanda Falk, and built a loyal fan base with albums like 2007′s Beautiful and 2010′s In Between the Now & Then. In 2015, she topped the Christian Albums chart with Brave New World. She again hit the Christian Top Ten with 2019′s House on the Hill. Cook has also released albums under the name Falcon, including 2020′s Nova and 2022′s State of the Union. Born Amanda Lindsey Falk in 1984 in Niverville, Manitoba, Cook grew up on a farm near Winnipeg and first began performing with a local faith and worship team at age 16. Working under her maiden name, she released her self-titled debut album, Amanda Falk, in 2004. It took home a Juno Award for Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year. Two more well-received records followed, 2007′s Beautiful and 2010′s In Between the Now & Then. In 2010, she relocated to Redding, California, where she joined the Bethel Music faith and worship community. It was also around this time that she married and changed her last name from Falk to Cook. In 2015, she released her fourth solo album and first for Bethel Music, Brave New World. A breakthrough for her, it reached number one on Billboard’s Top Christian Albums chart and won the GMA Dove Award for Inspirational Album of the Year. She returned in 2019 with the equally emotive House on the Hill. A Top Ten Christian hit in the U.S and the U.K., the album found her dealing with the aftermath of the end of her marriage. Adopting the stage name Falcon, she re-emerged with 2019′s Nova and the companion album Nova (Piano Sessions). In 2022, she delivered her second album under the Falcon moniker, State of the Union, which featured the song “While We Wait,” co-written with Jason Ingram and Chris Davenport. An EP of ambient versions of five tracks from State of the Union appeared later that year. ~ Matt Collar