{{Short description|Norwegian band}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Midnight Choir | image = | caption = | origin = [[Norway]] | genre = {{Flatlist| * [[Alternative rock]] * [[Alternative country|Alt. country]] * [[Americana music|Americana]] * [[Chamber pop]] * [[Slowcore]] }} | years_active = 1992–2004 | label = [[Glitterhouse Records|Glitterhouse]] | associated_acts = [[The Walkabouts]] | website = {{URL|www.midnightchoir.org}} | past_members = * [[Chris Eckman]] * [[Carla Torgerson]] * [[Michael Wells (musician)|Michael Wells]] * [[Glenn Slater (musician)|Glenn Slater]] * [[Terri Moeller]] * Paul Austin }} '''Midnight Choir''' was a [[Norway|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 the Wire|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 (album)|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 (composer)|Mark Nichols]].
==Discography (DVD)== *2008: ''In the Shadow of the Circus'' Live recording Rockefeller Oslo mars 2003
==External links== *{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p457533}}
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{{Authority control}} [[Category:Norwegian rock music groups]] [[Category:Musical groups established in 1992]] [[Category:1992 establishments in Norway]] [[Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2004]] [[Category:2004 disestablishments in Norway]] [[Category:Glitterhouse Records artists]]
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