{"id":261836,"date":"2025-10-14T08:00:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T19:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.muzic.nz\/?post_type=news&p=261836"},"modified":"2025-10-10T14:18:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T01:18:09","slug":"scott-cook-pamela-mae-announce-extensive-tour-of-aotearoa","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.muzic.nz\/news\/scott-cook-pamela-mae-announce-extensive-tour-of-aotearoa\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Cook & Pamela Mae Announce Extensive Tour of Aotearoa"},"featured_media":0,"template":"","news-category":[10],"class_list":["post-261836","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news-category-ontour"],"meta_box":{"summary":"This tour is in support of Scott\u2019s eighth album 'Troubadourly Yours', which comes packaged in a 240-page hardcover book of liner notes that is equal parts memoir and manifesto.","article":"

Born in West Virginia and raised on the Canadian prairies, Scott Cook quit a job teaching kindergarten in Taiwan in 2007 to embark on the life of a full-time troubadour. He\u2019s toured nearly nonstop across Canada, the US, Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere ever since, living out of backpacks and campervans, averaging over a hundred shows and a dozen summer festivals a year, and distilling his experiences into empathetic, keenly observant verse. Since 2022 he\u2019s been joined full-time by his sweetheart Pamela Mae on upright bass and vocals, crisscrossing 45 US States and 8 Canadian provinces in their campervan Roadetta, and covering a fair bit of Australia in their HiAce Hector. In 2026 they\u2019re bringing the duo project to New Zealand for the first time with an extensive tour of 16 dates spread across both the North and South Islands.<\/p>\n

This tour is in support of Scott\u2019s eighth album Troubadourly Yours<\/em>, which comes packaged in a 240-page hardcover book of liner notes that is equal parts memoir and manifesto. The full album is scheduled for release 27 March 2026 but the first double single (Steady For You <\/em>\/ Frankie\u2019s Braids<\/em>) will be released 30 January as they begin their tour, and they will have advance copies of the physical album for sale along the way.<\/p>\n

Scott\u2019s seventh album Tangle of Souls<\/em> spent two weeks at #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<\/em>\u00a0was 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.<\/p>\n

Fans of Cook\u2019s well-travelled poetry and direct, open-hearted delivery have been captivated by the addition of Pamela Mae\u2019s homespun harmonies and the pair\u2019s spacious arrangements on upright bass, guitar, banjo and mbira. In divided and discouraging times like these, they offer messages of hope and community in a language that makes room for everyone.<\/p>\n

Dates are listed below to catch these troubadours on their first duo tour around Aotearoa, bringing sturdy, straight-talking songs that see the good in you. More info & Tickets can be found here www.scottcook.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Scott Cook & Pamela Mae 2026 Aotearoa Tour Dates:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thu 22 Jan \u2022 Wellington \u2022 UnderCurrent with Cotton Daisy Backstep<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fri 23 Jan \u2022 New Plymouth \u2022 Taranaki Festival of Lights<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thu 29 Jan \u2022 Auckland \u2022 Ministry of Folk with Hoop<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fri 30 Jan \u2022 Katikati \u2022 Katikati Folk Club<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wed 4 Feb \u2022 Hawke\u2019s Bay \u2022 Small Halls Sessions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thu 5 Feb \u2022 Hawke\u2019s Bay \u2022 Small Halls Sessions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fri 6 Feb \u2022 Hawke\u2019s Bay \u2022 Small Halls Sessions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sat 7 Feb \u2022 Palmerston North \u2022 The Globe Theatre<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sun 8 Feb \u2022 Wellington \u2022 Petone Abandoned Taproom\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wed 11 Feb \u2022 Onekaka \u2022 Mussel Inn<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fri 13 Feb \u2022 Nelson \u2022 Ruby Bay Store Theatre<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sat 14 Feb \u2022 Barrytown \u2022 Barrytown Hall<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sun 15 Feb \u2022 Hokitika \u2022 Old Lodge Theatre<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thu 19 Feb \u2022 Invercargill \u2022 Southland Musicians Club<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sat 21 Feb \u2022 Christchurch \u2022 A Rolling Stone with Adam McGrath<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sun 22 Feb \u2022 Dunedin \u2022 Dunedin Folk Club<\/strong><\/p>\n

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