Claudia Lorraine Scott (born 8 October 1957) is a Norwegian/British singer, musician, composer and producer associated primarily with
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ...
and
American folk music
The term American folk music encompasses numerous music genres, variously known as ''traditional music'', ''traditional folk music'', ''contemporary folk music'', ''vernacular music,'' or ''roots music''. Many traditional songs have been sung ...
genres. She is an RN.
She was born in
Newcastle
Newcastle usually refers to:
*Newcastle upon Tyne, a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
*Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
*Newcastle, New South Wales, a metropolitan area ...
, but hails from
Bergen
Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo.
By May 20 ...
, Norway, and moved to
Nashville
Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, locat ...
in 1999. She has won the
Spellemann Award twice, in 1985 and 2014.
References
External links
* http://www.claudiascott.com/
1957 births
Living people
Musicians from Bergen
Musicians from Newcastle upon Tyne
English emigrants to Norway
Norwegian women country singers
Norwegian country singers
Norwegian expatriates in the United States
Spellemannprisen winners
English-language singers from Norway
Norwegian record producers
Norwegian women record producers
Norwegian guitarists
Norwegian women guitarists
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