Claudia Nygaard

Claudia Nygaard plays the Holiday Inn Austin Midtown on Thursday, September 24, as part of the South West Folk Alliance Conference. She's a Nashville-based Americana, country and folk songwriter and performer, and a staff writer for Greenwood Music Publishing on Music Row. If you're not familiar with her, she's a storyteller who pairs her songs with irreverent, humorous monologues, and her amber-honey voice delivers emotionally fearless writing.

Her album Lucky Girl won her songwriting competitions at the Kerrville and Tumbleweed folk festivals, and Making A Scene magazine called her a "cinematic lyricist" whose songs tackle subjects like unwanted pregnancy and alcoholism. Her earlier album Let The Storm Roll In hit number one on the Cashbox Roots/Country Chart, and Sing Out said her songs rival those of Guy Clark or Ian Tyson. Between the folk and country labels, she fits right into the Americana tradition—songs that lean on storytelling and a strong sense of place.

Because she's performing as part of the South West Folk Alliance Conference, this isn't just a standalone gig; it's one of several folk and roots events happening around the city that week. If you're already attending the conference, this is one of the sessions on the schedule. If not, it's still a good excuse to catch a Nashville songwriter in town.

The show starts at 7 PM at the Holiday Inn Austin Midtown, 6000 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX 78752.