Scott Cook

Scott Cook is a folk singer-songwriter from Alberta, Canada. In 2007, he quit his job teaching kindergarten in Taiwan and moved into a minivan. He's made his living as a troubadour ever since, touring almost incessantly across Canada, the US, Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere, averaging 150 shows and a dozen summer festivals a year, and releasing seven albums of plainspoken, keenly observant verse along the way. He's been back on the road full-time since January of 2022, living in a campervan named Roadetta with his sweetheart Pamela Mae on upright bass and vocals, visiting 43 states and 8 Canadian provinces, and broadcasting solar-powered livestreams from the back of the van. In 2025 they're releasing Scott's eighth album Troubadourly Yours with tours of North America, Europe and Australia to follow. Scott has been twice nominated for Canadian Folk Music Awards (Emerging Artist in 2013 and English Songwriter of the Year in 2017), won the Folk and Acoustic category in the UK Songwriting Contest in 2013 and 2020, won the Folk and Americana category in the 2020 Great American Song Contest, was a Kerrville New Folk Finalist in 2018 and 2021, and was Falcon Ridge Folk Festival's Most Wanted Artist in 2019. His album Tangle of Souls earned Scott his third Canadian Folk Music Award nomination, for English Songwriter of the Year. The single Say Can You See was the second most-played song of 2020 on Folk Alliance International's folk radio charts. Scott Cook's commitment to the troubadour lifestyle and his gift for crafting thoughtful, socially conscious songs have made him a respected voice in contemporary folk music.

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