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"TO RACE THE WIND"
BRAND NEW and not even released yet! This is only available here and as a download right now, but the CD is coming.
The album was recorded with a room full of Nashville A-List musicians that include 2021 Academy of Country Music pedal steel player of the year Dan Dugmore. On piano and accordion was Grammy winner Jeff Taylor, formerly of the Time Jumpers. Americana Music Association 2025 Musician of the year nominee Seth Taylor played Acoustic Guitar and Banjo, Tammy Rogers of the Grammy winning “Steel Drivers” band laid down fiddle, mandolin, and violas, and adding flugelhorn on a couple songs was Vinnie Ciesielski. Grammy winning drummer Nick Buda was on drums, and 2021 Academy of Country Music Bass Player of the Year nominee Steve MacKey played upright bass.
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LUCKY GIRL
"Lucky Girl" rose to #5 on the Folk Chart, and "Making A Scene" Magazine chose it as one of the top albums of the year! The title cut was the winning song at the 2018 Tumbleweed Music Festival Songwriting Competition, and also rose to #3 on the song chart.
REVIEWS...
“Powerful and honest... An impressive set from a master musician." Maverick Magazine
"Any one of these songs could emerge as a
country standard.” Goldmine
“Nygaard is fearless. She often says
in song what many of us would be reluctant to admit in conversation.“ Country Standard Time
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LET THE STORM ROLL IN
#1 on the Cashbox Roots/Country Chart and #8 on the Folk Chart, this album contains "J.C." and "Georgia Boy" the two winning songs from the Kerrville Folk Festival songwriting competition.
REVIEWS...
"Stunning! The whole disc is a sheer delight... this is exceptionally good." FIVE out of five stars! Maverick Magazine
"Songs that rival the likes of Guy Clark or Ian Tyson in their plainspoken, memoir-like quality, rich with personalized images and a resonant point-of-view.” Gary Von Tersch, Sing Out Magazine
"One of the finest singer/songwriter/storyteller collections in recent memory... 'His Left Side' is utterly brilliant." -- Wildy Haskell, Wildy's World
“Nothing short of amazing… Comprised of a dozen equally excellent tunes, “Let The Storm Roll In” reveals Nygaard to be one of Americana music’s hidden gems.” Jeffrey Sisk, In Tune, The Daily News
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KISS & TELL
This album is a collection of duets with Claudia's ex-boyfriends. (Hence the title!)
The duets with Tom Dundee were recorded live at Murphy’s Saloon in Elk Grove, CA on May 15th 1994. It was Tom’s birthday, and she ate more of his birthday cake than he did and matched him beer for beer as well. The “Big Jim” Tom talks to during “Peg Leg Johnson” was her father. Tom passed away April 18th, 2006.
Claudia's first partner was Chuck McCabe . In her early 20s they performed in a bar called the “Woodshed” on Cape Cod, in Massachusetts.. “The Coo Coo Bird” was recorded there, by Paul Cass. “Tom the Harp” can be heard on this song playing bass and singing background vocals. The other duets with Chuck were recorded on August 6th, 2002 during a reunion show at Espresso Gardens in Campbell, CA. That show included Chris Ramey who was a hero of the San Franciso folk scene back in the 60s & 70s. It was the last time Claudia sang with either of them. Chuck passed away July 23rd, 2010.
Jimmy Maddox lives in Bloomingdale, Georgia . The duets with Jimmy were studio recordings made around 2004. He is both the keyboard player and male vocalist on these tracks.
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THE CLAUDIA COLLECTION
Get the new "Lucky Girl" CD, plus the award winning songs on "Let The Storm Roll In", and both the European release "Somewhere Else To Go" and the fun live album "Kiss & Tell" of cover songs featuring Claudia's ex-boyfriends; all for only $40!