Shane Douthwright

Shane Douthwright has a rich baritone voice that was created to sing country music.  Shane will use his unique country, bluegrass and light acoustic style to provide a fresh take on many popular covers in a variety of genres. Shane will proudly present his original music with stories and heartfelt lyrics that will win over his audience.

Treasured accomplishments include opening for country stars Lorrie Morgan and Sammy Kershaw as well as Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder. A duo recording with his father gained The Douthwrights recognition with an ECMA nomination for bluegrass album of the year.  Shane has performed at the largest bluegrass festivals in Canada and has received multiple awards for Male Vocalist of the Year. 

2023 has been an exciting year of music for Shane with an extremely busy schedule featuring him on many small and large stages as well as a four-week contract on The Oasis Of The Seas with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.  2024 is already shaping up to be an incredible year for Douthwright as he is scheduled to perform Caribbean Goes Country in Holguin, Cuba in February 2024 where he will join other great Canadian acts such as Doc Walker for a five-day concert event. Shane will also be performing at Caribbean Goes 80's in April 2024 where he will join Platinum Blonde and Honeymoon Suite for a five-day concert in Cuba.

Canadian singer-songwriter Shane Douthwright has a rich baritone voice that was created to sing country music.  Shane will use his unique country, bluegrass and light acoustic style to provide a fresh take on many popular covers in a variety of genres. Douthwright will proudly present his original music with stories and heartfelt lyrics that will win over his audience. 

Shane grew up listening to his father play fiddle, guitar and mandolin tunes and began chording the guitar to these tunes at a young age. Early music memories for Shane include hearing his dad's vinyl records of outlaw country artists. As a high school and college athlete Shane spent a few years away from traditional and country music and listened to popular music of the 80's.  As a university student in 1993 Shane began playing in his first bluegrass band and has continued his musical journey since that time. Today, after performing at well over 200 large outdoor music festivals Shane has developed an understanding of how to engage an audience and work in the music industry.   

Treasured accomplishments include opening for country stars Lorrie Morgan and Sammy Kershaw as well as Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder. A duo recording with his father gained The Douthwrights recognition with an ECMA nomination for bluegrass album of the year.  Shane has performed at the largest bluegrass festivals in Canada and has received multiple awards for Male Vocalist of the Year.  

Songwriting has become a focus for Shane in recent years which has garnered him praise from his fans at live shows. His first two country music songs were released in the first half of 2023. "Never Want To Let You Go" was the first single and has seen over 24,000 views on YouTube while "The Weekend" was released in June 2023 and has received radio play from local Canadian radio stations all the way to Europe and Australia. “The Weekend” held the #1 and #2 spots for most downloaded and streamed songs in Canada on the Play mpe top 10 most active songs for two weeks in July, 2023. 

Shane is a proud husband to a long-time band mate Nadine and they have two children that Shane has been lucky enough to coach and teach while they attended the high school where Shane graduated from and has been a teacher at for over 20 years. Shane teaches many high school courses including music and has coached high school, college and university athletics for over 20 years. Shane's love of learning is evident with him returning to university at age 30 to become a teacher and again at age 40 to gain his masters level certification and again at age 50 to work towards another career counselling certification.

2023 has been an exciting year of music for Shane with an extremely busy schedule featuring him on many small and large stages as well as a four-week contract on The Oasis Of The Seas with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.  2024 is already shaping up to be an incredible year for Douthwright as he is scheduled to perform Caribbean Goes Country in Holguin, Cuba in February 2024 where he will join other great Canadian acts such as Doc Walker for a five-day concert event. Shane will also be performing at Caribbean Goes 80's in April 2024 where he will join Platinum Blonde and Honeymoon Suite for a five-day concert in Cuba.