Scott Cook , David Chen

Canadian songwriter Scott Cook is returning to Taiwan to release his fourth CD with a tour around the island by motorbike. For the first show of the tour, he's joined by Taipei roots and blues legend David Chen. In the cozy confines of the Taipei Artist Village bar, it's sure to be magic.

Scott Cook - http://www.scottcook.net

Canada's own prairie balladeer Scott Cook is a tirelessly traveling DIY songwriter with heart forever on sleeve. Road-worn, painfully honest, and deeply human, his straight-talking tunes weave together folk, roots, blues, soul and country with spacious fingerstyle guitar and clawhammer banjo arrangements. Scott spent six years on Taiwan, tangling with kindergarteners and playing music on weekends, before trading it all in for the life of a full-time musical hobo in North America. He's been making a full-time living on the road since 2007, touring extensively across Canada, the US, Europe, and Asia, and is currently on tour in support of his fourth release, One More Time Around. Its opening track "Pass It Along" won the Folk and Acoustic category in the 2013 UK Songwriting Contest, with UK magazine Maverick Country naming him "one of Canada's most inspiring and imaginative storytellers".

David Chen - http://www.muddybasin.com

Chilcothe, Ohio native David Chen is a fixture on the Taiwan music scene, known for his work with Taipei jug band legends The Muddy Basin Ramblers and collaborations with various musicians around the island. Playing dobro, banjo, guitar, and kazoo, David's shows are expeditions into the rich history of American roots and blues music, always sure to entertain.