Scott Cook “sings his heart and soul, and in doing so lets light flood into your own ... He has a good eye for imagery, a gentle human touch, a wry sense of humour, a whole lot of integrity, a warm, rugged voice and a bunch of memorable lines ... Truly one of Woody Guthrie’s children." – RnR Magazine
“He’s as good a modern folkie as we have these days. A voice perfect for the genre. An understanding beyond the norm ...” – No Depression
Scott Cook sings sturdy, straight-talking songs that see the good in you. Born in West Virginia and raised on the Canadian prairies, he quit his job teaching kindergarten in Taiwan in 2007 to move into a minivan and embark on the life of a full-time troubadour. Since then, he’s toured almost incessantly across Canada, the US, Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere, all the while distilling his experiences into empathetic, keenly observant verse.
Since January of 2022 he’s been touring full-time with his partner Pamela Mae on upright bass, banjo, and vocals, adding close harmonies and a bluegrass and old-time influence to his usual storytelling folk and roots style. So far they’ve visited 43 states and 8 Canadian provinces, broadcasting solar-powered livestreams from the back of their campervan along the way.
His seventh and latest recording
Tangle of Souls was recorded in Australia and comes packaged in a 240-page hardcover book of road stories and ruminations. The album spent two weeks at #1 on Alberta’s province-wide community radio network CKUA, and earned Scott his third Canadian Folk Music Award nomination. Its second single, "Say Can You See," was the second most-played song of 2020 on Folk Alliance International’s folk radio charts, and took top honors for the folk category in both the 2020 UK Songwriting Competition and the 2020 Great American Song Contest.
In 2024, Scott and Pamela completed a three-month tour of Australia, and recorded an eighth album entitled
Troubadourly Yours, which is due for release in the fall. This is folk music for today, firmly rooted in the troubadouring tradition of yesteryear – timely, topical, plainspoken, and hopeful.