Paal Flaata | |
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.jpg) Paal Flaata at stage in 2016 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Pål Flåta |
| Born | (1968-04-08)8 April 1968 (age 56) Skien,Telemark |
| Origin | Norway |
| Genres | Pop music,country music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
| Labels | S2 Records |
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Pål Flåta (born 8 April 1968)[1] is aNorwegian vocalist, known from the bandMidnight Choir and as a solo artist.
Flaata was born inSkien, 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, andVidar Busk. In the early 1990s, Flaata traveled toOslo along with two other musicians. There, they playedhillbilly 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 withIn Demand and continued as a solo artist after the dissolution of Midnight Choir. They were nominated for theSpellemannprisen 2012 for the albumWait by the Fire in the class Country.
In 2008, Flaata also participated on the children's recordMagiske Kroker & Hemmeligheter produced byLinn Skåber andJacob Young, with the song "Fredag".[2] Other artists who participated wereSimone Larsen,Maria Haukaas Storeng,Egil Hegerberg,Venke Knutson,Alejandro Fuentes,Julius Winger,Live Maria Roggen,Jørn Christensen,Alexander Rybak, andAndrea Bræin Hovig.[2]
He has also released a trilogy of albums by three American songwriters. An album with onlyChip Taylor songs,Wait By the Fire – Songs of Chip Taylor (2012), an album of onlyMickey Newbury songs,Bless Us All – Songs of Mickey Newbury (2014) and an album of onlyTownes Van Zandt songs, Come Tomorrow – Songs of Townes Van Zandt. A single with the track "Come Tomorrow" (2016), where Paal Flaata sings with his daughter Maia Flaata, was released the same year.
He has performed alongsideStephen Ackles andVidar Bush. They have released a tribute album toElvis, a Christmas album and a gospel album together.
He was married 20 July 2013, to Stine Sollie Flåta (b. Sollie 1988).[3]
Compilation album
WithStephen Ackles andVidar busk
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