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Claudia Nygaard visits Amarillo for HPPR Living Room Concert

HPPR welcomes Claudia Nygaard to Amarillo for a Living Room Concert on Friday, July 17!  This show will be in our studios, located at 104 SW 6th Ave, on the NW corner of 6th and Polk in the heart of downtown Amarillo.  We are in the basement of Amarillo National Bank's Special Asset Center.  The doors will open at 7:00, and the show will start at 7:30.  We will have the usual great coffee from the folks at Evocation Coffee Roasters and cookies as well.  To make a reservation, give us a call at 806-367-9088 or send an e-mail to music@hppr.org.

Claudia Nygaard’s captivating storytelling overflows from her songwriting into her live performance. With a voice like amber honey, and a twinkle in her eye that makes the entire audience feel she is sharing a secret with them alone, she takes them on an emotionally fearless journey with stories that expose a rare vulnerability and tenderness one moment, then a quick wit and an outlandish, irreverant sense of humor the next. Her songs move from heartfelt to humorous and from scrappy to sensual, and all the while the stories she tells in between them are as entertaining as the songs themselves.

A former Nashville Music Row staff songwriter and a winner of numerous awards including the Kerrville, TX Folk Festival songwriting competition, Nygaard has learned her craft well.  Her latest CD “Let The Storm Roll In” rose to the coveted #1 position on the Cashbox Roots Country Chart and #8 on the Folk DJ Chart - with every one of her self-penned compositions receiving airplay. The album received glowing reviews from the press that included five stars from Americana benchmark “Maverick” magazine. The legendary Folk music magazine “Sing Out” claimed her songs “rival the likes of Guy Clark or Ian Tyson”.  

Claudia Nygaard has performed at over 200 fairs and festivals in the United States and 9 foreign countries, and she was chosen as one of the Emerging Artists of 2009 by the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival.

Mike Fuller remains our station's favorite prodigal son. Former Music Director of High Plains Public Radio, and host of High Plains Morning (2010-2015), he has returned to HPPR with a new show called What The Folk?—a signature mix of folk, roots, Americana, and more—woven together by a unifying theme. Tune in every Saturday night at 7pm CT for a two-hour mix that could only come from the man himself.