Claudia Scott
Biography


Claudia Scott was born in Newcastle, England by a Norwegian mother and British father. The family lived in London for 6 years with her brother and sister, before moving to Norway.
 
At the age of 10, Claudia began taking accordion and guitar lessons, and formed a duo with her sister. The two played school concerts and local shows, and later joined their father's band where Claudia played rhythm guitar and sang. Claudia participated on three of her father's albums in her teens and then took a long break from music. After moving to Oslo to go to college, she was, due to playing in her dad's band, asked to record an album with two well-established recording artists, country artist Ottar Johansen and rocker Casino Steel. The three formed a trio, and in less than three years released 3 albums, did numerous TV and radio performances and was awarded a Grammy (Spellemann) for their album "Oh Yeah," in addition to a Grammy nomination.
 
In 1986 Claudia participated in a project called CCCP, with Casino Steel, Carlene Carter and John Payne. Although their album received a silver disc, musically this was not a project any one of them wished to pursue, and left it at that. However, Claudia and Steel continued their collaboration, toured Norway, and also recorded an album they called "Scott & Steel."
 
In 1988 Claudia moved to Los Angeles, but waited almost 4 years before recording her first solo-album with co-producer Harald Wiik in 1992. "Flowers & Thorns" contained songs Claudia had written over the years, including some new songs that showed the direction her music was taking. The title "Flowers & Thorns" was inspired by an interview she read about Keith Richards, and the novel "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens. She felt the title described her music, which is full of contrasts. Claudia received much praise for her writing. The album was nominated "Album of the Year" by the monthly trend and entertainment magazine "Natt og Dag," and also received a Grammy (Spelleman) nomination. The single "Heard You on My Radio" reached #1 on the Top 200-radio list and was released in Scandinavia, the Benelux countries and Germany on BMG/Ariola.
 
For years Claudia had been looking for musicians and a producer who shared her musical vision. She found what she was looking for in producer Erik Honoré, whose work she had first heard on a demo tape. He introduced her to his friends and fellow musicians, and they recorded "Emanuel's Secret" in the Easter of 1996. The album was released almost a year later in 1997 and received raving reviews from the press in Scandinavia.  One newspaper wrote, "There is a special magic on all 11 tracks," while another read, "Maybe one of this years most exciting albums."
 
Scott co-produced her third album, "Soul on Soul," with Erik Honoré. "Soul on Soul" was recorded in New Orleans and was the second album with her band from "Emanuel's Secret."  Again the critics expressed admiration for her work, and the album was nominated for a Grammy (Spellemann), soloist of the year, including song of the year by TONO (the Norwegian sister organization to SESAC/BMI/ASCAP).
 
Some of the reviews read: 
 
"The lady has taken the best elements from her musical smorgasbord, which contains jazz, country, folk and blues."
 
"Scott has simply made a beautiful and seductive album, with low-voiced, elegant, atmospheric songs, somewhere in the more quiet outskirts of rock, where there is also room for folk and dark creaking rhythms."

Since moving to Nashville in 1999, Scott spends her time writing songs and touring in Norway. Over the years she has participated on several of her friends' albums, from Tom Russell, Terje Tysland, Martin Hagfors, Tim Rose, Poul Krebs, David Olney, The Locomotives, Jim Stärk, Kevin Welch and Kieran Kane to name a few.
 
Her last album, "Collection," released in October 2005, is a collection of 16 songs taken from her three albums, in addition to three new songs,"Love is," "Some People" and "Brink of Breakthrough," co-written with Icelandic poet and songwriter Kristjan Hreinsson.

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