JAN 30: SCOTT & PAMELA

Friday January 30

Scott Cook
& Pamela Mae:
inspiring
storytelling

Born in West Virginia and raised on the Canadian prairies, Scott Cook quit his job teaching kindergarten in Taiwan in 2007 to embark on the life of a full-time troubadour.

He’s toured nearly nonstop across Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere ever since, living out of backpacks and camper vans, averaging over a hundred shows and a dozen summer festivals a year, and distilling his experiences into empathetic, keenly observant verse.

Since his last visit to Katikati Folk Club in 2022 he’s been joined full-time by his sweetheart Pamela Mae on upright bass and vocals. The pair have crisscrossed forty-five US states and eight Canadian provinces in their camper van, Roadetta, and covered a fair bit of Australia in their HiAce, Hector.

In 2026 they’re bringing the duo project to New Zealand for the first time with an extensive tour of sixteen dates spread across the North and South Islands.

‘Truly one of Woody Guthrie's children‘

RnR Magazine

Troubadourly Yours

Scott’s seventh album, Tangle of Souls, spent two weeks at Number 1 back home on Alberta's province-wide community radio network CKUA, and earned Scott his third Canadian Folk Music Award nomination, for English Songwriter of the Year.

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 honours for the folk category in both the 2020 UK Songwriting Competition and the 2020 Great American Song Contest.

The 2026 tour is in support of Scott’s eighth album, Troubadourly Yours, which comes packaged in a 240-page hardcover book of liner notes that is equal parts memoir and manifesto.

Fans of Cook’s well-travelled poetry and direct, open-hearted delivery have been captivated by the addition of Pamela Mae’s homespun harmonies and the pair’s spacious arrangements on upright bass, guitar, banjo and mbira. Fresh from the open road, these are sturdy, straight-talking songs that see the good in you!

“These are whip-smart, bone-achingly lovely, socially committed songs presented with a bold, elegant directness evoking the very best of the folk music tradition. Last night's performance in Notional Space was a thing of rare beauty.”

Mark Jacobs, Notional Space

Scott Cook
& Pamela Mae:
inspiring
storytelling

‘Truly one of Woody Guthrie's children‘

“These are whip-smart, bone-achingly lovely, socially committed songs presented with a bold, elegant directness evoking the very best of the folk music tradition. Last night's performance in Notional Space was a thing of rare beauty.”

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Scott Cook & Pamela Mae:inspiring storytelling

‘Truly one of Woody Guthrie's children‘

“These are whip-smart, bone-achingly lovely, socially committed songs presented with a bold, elegant directness evoking the very best of the folk music tradition. Last night's performance in Notional Space was a thing of rare beauty.”

ADMISSION

ADMISSION

Scott Cook
& Pamela Mae:
inspiring
storytelling