Paal Flaata

Pål Flåta (born 8 April 1968) is a Norwegian vocalist, known from the band Midnight Choir and as a solo artist.

Career Flaata was born in Skien, Norway. He started his career in the Skien band Memphis News and has since then been involved in Paal & Pål Band with Pål Jensen, Carsten "Kesh" Holt, and Vidar Busk. In the early 1990s, Flaata traveled to Oslo along with two other musicians. There, they played hillbilly music on the street and were called the Hashbrowns. Then the band got a record deal, and went to the US to record an album. Hashbrowns was then transformed to Midnight Choir. Flaata was in the forefront of Midnight Choir, until the band was dissolved in 2004, and was involved in the outlet of five albums plus a compilation.

He debuted as a solo artist in 2002 with In Demand and continued as a solo artist after the dissolution of Midnight Choir. They were nominated for the Spellemannprisen 2012 for the album Wait by the Fire in the class Country.

In 2008, Flaata also participated on the children's record Magiske Kroker & Hemmeligheter produced by Linn Skåber and Jacob Young, with the song "Fredag". Other artists who participated were Simone Larsen, Maria Haukaas Storeng, Egil Hegerberg, Venke Knutson, Alejandro Fuentes, Julius Winger, Live Maria Roggen, Jørn Christensen, Alexander Rybak, and Andrea Bræin Hovig.

Discography

Solo albums 2002: In Demand (Universal Music) 2005: Rain (S2 Records) 2006: Christmas Island (Grammofon) 2008: Old Angel Midnight (Wilma Records) 2012: Wait by the Fire - Songs of Chip Taylor (Rootsy)

2008: In the Shadow of the Circus 2016: The Loma Ranch Sessions

With Stephen Ackles and Vidar busk

2016: En storslått hyllest til Elvis!

2017: I Wish Everyday Could Be Like Christmas! 2018: A Thing Called Love – The Gospel Album The Humble Servants

2012: Down to the Bone