May 3, 2017
Scott Cook (Canada) with Elise Kulp
7-10pm
$10 suggested donation
A roots balladeer with a rare personal warmth, Canada’s Scott Cook has managed to distill the stories collected over a decade of near-incessant touring across Canada, the USA, the UK, Europe, Asia, and Australia into straight-talking, keenly observant verse. He brings humour, a disarming honesty, years of roads, and a deep love of humanity to his songcraft and storytelling. He is equally at home alone on stage, accompanying himself with fingerstyle guitar and clawhammer banjo, or backed by his acoustic trio the Second Chances. Cook’s songs are true stories set to music, drawing on influences from folk, roots, country, soul, and blues. He has made his living playing music full-time since 2007, and despite all the hard miles, he still believes that songs can change your life, and your life can change the world
Opening the evening…
“Hailing from Boscobel, Elise Kulp, the Rivertown Runaway, has been musical all the 28 years of her life. Most recently guided and emboldened by artists such as Anais Mitchell and Sarah Jarosz, but with a very unique style and voice of her own, she has been writing songs since she first picked up a guitar at 12. Bringing to the table several of her originals, her soulful style and punchy lyrics truly offer you a look into her mind and heart, and probably your own.”
