EARLIER NEWS...

October 2019 - "Lucky Girl" wins songwriting competition! I'm so proud! I entered the title cut of my new CD "Lucky Girl" in the songwriting competition at the Tumbleweed Music Festival and I won!!! The theme of the competition was "roots" and of course all three verses are about my "roots" - my ancestors back in Norway, and Grandparents here in the states. This is gonna help with the publicity for the release on the new album!

Claudia featured in new Nashville magazine! Claudia just did an interview and was a feature story for 372WN magazine in Nashviile. It was an interview on what it is like to be a songwriter in Music City. They did a whole series on different kinds of songwriters, with Claudia interviewed for the "singer/songwriter" indy artist.

July 2019 - RECORDING STARTED ON "LUCKY GIRL"! WOO HOO! Recording has started on "Lucky Girl"! The band is killin it and I'm singing the best I've sung in my life. It is so fun, and so exciting to hear the songs with a full band for the first time. I can't wait for you to hear it! We are cutting the tunes at Skinny Elephant, with Dylan Aldredge at the controls. Also, I'm singing into a really cool vintage microphone. What a trip!

THE KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN WAS A SUCCESS! Claudia just did an interview and was a feature story for 372WN magazine in Nashviile. It was an interview on what it is like to be a songwriter in Music City. They did a whole series on different kinds of songwriters, with Claudia interviewed for the "singer/songwriter" indy artist.

November 2014 "FUNNY FEMALES OF FOLK" BREAK ATTENDANCE RECORD! What a show it was at the Vail Theatre of the Arts in Tucson, AZ!  Funny Females of Folk broke the theater's record for the most tickets sold, and had an audience that complained that their jaws hurt from laughing! It was a great night with (left to right) Claudia Nygaard, Cosy Sheridan, Christine Lavin, and Cheryl Wheeler sharing their funniest songs and stories.