Balladeer Scott Cook back in Taiwan – briefly

Hey there friends,   It’s about time you had a word from me.  I’m writing you from a hotel room in Kaohsiung, Taiwan’s second-largest city, where I’ll be playing later this evening, mid-way through a two-week round-the-island tour.  I’ve just come down from three days spent alone motorbiking through the

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Folk hero Scott Cook returns for Taiwan tour

Ian Kuo’sIan Kuo’s blog: “SCOTT COOK @ BOBWUNDAYE” Being a relative newcomer to the Taiwan music scene, I had no idea who Scott Cook was, other than what I had read online. I knew that he had played locally for several years, and that he later went back to Canada

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Peacefest spirit, gearing up

By Trista di Genova The Wild East Meeting under banyan trees in ShiDa Rd. park, organizers of this year’s Hoping for Hoping “Peacefest” gathered for the first of weekly discussions, on Tuesday, Sept. 8. Peacefest fans may be pleasantly surprised with the decision to hold this year’s music festival on

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