Midnight Choir was a Norwegian alternative rock/alt-country band active from 1992 to 2004.
Biography The members of Midnight Choir were Al DeLoner (Atle Bystrøm 'Olsen'), Paal Flaata, and Ron 'Bystrøm' Olsen. (Atle and Ron are brothers)
The band played a kind of Americana music and was named after the opening of Leonard Cohen's song "Bird on a Wire": "Like a bird on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir."
Honors 1998: Spellemannprisen in the category best Rock band, for the album Amsterdam Stranded
Discography (albums) 1994: Midnight Choir 1996: Olsen's Lot 1998: Amsterdam Stranded 2000: Unsung Heroine 2002: Selected (compilation) 2003: Waiting for the Bricks to Fall 2005: All Tomorrows Tears: The Best of Midnight Choir (compilation) 2008: In the Shadow of the Circus 2016: The Loma Ranch Sessions
From Olsen's Lot and onward produced by Chris Eckman (of The Walkabouts).
On the album Unsung Heroine, Chris Eckman is part of the band. There is also an appearance by Nils Petter Molvær on trumpet. String arrangements by Mark Nichols.
Discography (DVD) 2008: In the Shadow of the Circus Live recording Rockefeller Oslo mars 2003
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