Scott Cook Releases New Album Troubadourly Yours

After seven previous albums and two decades spent touring the world, Canadian singer-songwriter Scott Cook has hit his stride with his latest collection, Troubadourly Yours, out today via Release Guru.

Born in West Virginia but raised on the Canadian prairies, Cook's socially conscious songs are rooted in the spirit of Woody Guthrie, and have created a loyal fan base that bridges different cultures and backgrounds. It's all captured beautifully on “A Bigger Tent,” the latest single from Troubadourly Yours, which delivers an upbeat message of inclusion, tolerance and friendship that meets our current moment head on.

Cook says, “I want my shows to feel like a fire with room for everybody around it. In the beginning, I was mostly just out for kicks, but as time’s gone on, I’ve come to see that this work means more than that, and has to mean more than that if it’s going to be worth doing for the long haul. Songs can open hearts and minds, and I think the world needs more of that."

Cook details his evolution on the title track to Troubadourly Yours, a nearly seven-minute epic whose torrent of poetry never lets up for a second. This opening salvo is sure to leave every listener breathless—with nine more songs to follow. It also gives the impression that Scott Cook is one of those rare artists who seems as if he could write an album’s worth of brilliant songs after rolling out of bed, and that’s what he basically did for Troubadourly Yours.

“I started up a Patreon in 2021 with just one pay-what-you-can tier, and promised to share a new song every month or pause the payment,” Cook says. “It’s amazing what the monthly deadline’s done for my motivation. I used to write around four songs a year, so it’s tripled my output—I’m coming up on sixty new songs. These ten tracks are all dense, storytelling songs that fit the ‘troubadouring’ theme."

Basic tracks for Troubadourly Yours were primarily laid down at radio station CJSR in Cook’s home base, Edmonton, Alberta with engineer Miles Wilkinson (Emmylou Harris, Guy Clark). Many of Cook’s friends from around the world added overdubs, including Australian mandolin player Justin Vilchez, and fiddlers Warren Hood (Lyle Lovett) and John Showman of Toronto’s Lonesome Ace String Band.

In addition, the CD and vinyl versions of Troubadourly Yours both contain extensive liner notes, and Cook will publish a companion hardcover book this fall, with chapters dedicated to each song on the album, in order to tell a larger story.

Overall, Troubadourly Yours is a pure expression of Cook's belief that music can cross all boundaries and bring people together. As he hits the road again, it’s a message that is sure to resonate with more and more listeners.

Tracklist:

1. Troubadourly Yours
2. Keeping Good Company
3. Steady For You
4. There Is A River
5. The Wolf That Wins
6. Frankie's Braids
7. Enough
8. A Bigger Tent
9. From Here On The Curve
10. Something To Do With Love

Scott Cook On Tour (Canada & U.S.)

Aug 22 • Drumheller AB • Go Badlands: Fireside Acoustic Night
Aug 26 • Saskatoon SK • house concert
Aug 27 • Fort Qu'Appelle SK • Qu'Appelle Valley Centre for the Arts
Aug 28 • Brandon MB • Lady of the Lake
Aug 29 • Winnipeg MB • Wits End
Aug 31 • Wawa ON • house concert
Sept 2 • Killaloe ON • Morning Glory Farm
Sept 3 • Ottawa, ON • house concert
Sept 4 • Kingston ON • house concert
Sept 5 • Godfrey ON • Woodlot Gathering
Sept 7 • Toronto ON • Westfalia Way

Sept 9 • Kalamazoo MI • 9 Roses Ranch
Sept 11-13 • Remus MI • Wheatland Music Festival
Sept 15 • Appleton WI • Stone Arch Brewpub
Sept 17 • Fort Atkinson WI • Cafe Carpe
Sept 19 • Minneapolis MN • house concert
Sept 20 • St. Cloud MN • Granite City Folk
Sept 25 • Lincoln NE • Lincoln Association for the Traditional Arts
Sept 26 • Lenexa KS • Green Guitar House
Sept 27 • Tulsa OK • house concert
Sept 28 • Tulsa OK • The Colony
Oct 4 • Austin (Cedar Creek) TX • Arhaven House Concerts
Oct 10 • Wimberley, TX • Occupy Blue Rock closing concert
Oct 11 • New Braunfels TX • New Braunfels House Concerts
Oct 13 • San Antonio, TX • Tunesday at the Pigpen
Oct 15 • Houston TX • Kojak's
Oct 16 • Opelousas LA • The Whirlybird
Oct 17 • Birmingham AL • Dobbers
Oct 23 • Nashville, TN • WMOT’s Finally Fridays at 3rd and Lindsley
Oct 25 • Weaverville NC • Stage 11 House Concerts
Nov 6 • Columbia MD • Concerts at the Cooper’s House
Nov 7 • Darlington MD • Deer Creek Coffeehouse
Nov 8 • Lewes DE • The Listening Booth
Nov 14 • Brooklyn NY • Voices In the Heights
Nov 15 • Nyack NY • Voices On The Hudson
Nov 17 • Mystic CT • White Pine Woods House Concerts
Nov 18 • Dover NH • house concert
Nov 20 • Rockport MA • Whale Cove House Concerts
Nov 21 • Springville NY • Springville Center for the Arts

Dec 3 • Edmonton AB • Prairie Song Folk Club