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Paal Flaata; Songs, The Trilogy Collection \u2013 also includes the new album; \u201cLove and Rain: The Athletic Sessions.<\/p>\n
23rd of September 2017 marked the release of the last album in Paal Flaata\u2019s trilogy. Paal Flaata and his producer and regular musician G\u00f8ran Grini had completed their project \u2013 they had created their own perspective on the great American song heritage that has been crucial for both of them as artists, musicians and fans.
\nThe last piece of the puzzle was in place, the whole picture revealed itself, and the trilogy was completed. Then came the thought of collecting all three albums, \u201dWait by the fire \u2013 Songs of Chip Taylor\u201d (2012), Bless Us All \u2013 Songs of Mickey Newbury\u201d (2014) and \u201dCome Tomorrow \u2013 Songs of Townes van Zandt\u201d in a box-set. . The idea was also to make an album of bonus tracks for their new boxed set of songwriters albums. Unsurprisingly, the recordings began to live a life of their own, and ended up as a stand-alone album with the title: Love and Rain – The Athletic Sessions. (released October 2017)<\/p>\n
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Paal Flaata; Songs, The Trilogy Collection \u2013 also includes the new album; \u201cLove and Rain: The Athletic Sessions\u201d<\/p>\n
Wait by the fire \u2013 Songs of Chip Taylor
\nPaal Flaata met the American singer \/ songwriter \/ gambler Chip Taylor for the first time the weekend of 22-23rd of July 2011. The night of July 23, Chip Taylor wrote the song \u201cThis Darkest Day\u201d, a poetic response to the tragedies that took place 12-15 miles from Taylor\u2019s retreat in Halden. \u201cThis Darkest Day\u201d also ends the album \u201cWait by the Fire: Songs of Chip Taylor\u201d \u2013 the first album in Paal Flaata\u2019s Songs of-Trilogy.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s a rare voice can make earth shattering changes to the psyche of the human spirit. Paal\u2019s voice does that \u2013 like no other I\u2019ve heard. I\u2019m so, so proud Paal, G\u00f8ran and friends got together to dig far into my catalog and find songs that moved them. I could not think of another artist that I\u2019d rather have to do a retrospective of my work. How blessed I am!\u201d \u2013 Chip Taylor.
\nThen it is worth nothing that hundreds of artists and great vocalists have interpreted the songs of the man from Yonkers, New York, including Willie Nelson, Linda Ronstadt, Janis Joplin and Emmylou Harris.
\nWait by the Fire was nominated for a Spellemannpris (Norwegian Grammy) in 2012. <\/p>\n
Bless us all: songs of Mickey Newbury
\nThe sequel to the critically acclaimed and Spellemann-nominated \u201cWait by the Fire\u201d was \u201cBless us all\u201d \u2013 a result of two decades of Paal Flaata\u2019s in-depth studies of Mickey Newbury\u2019s songs. More than 1500 artists have recorded Newbury\u2019s songs, which are often very unusal and complex compositions. The most well-known is Elvis Presley\u2019s Wagnerian version of \u201cAn American Trilogy\u201d.
\nOn the cover of Bless Us All: Songs of Mickey Newbury, Mickey\u2019s widow Susan Newbury writes, \u201cSinging Newbury songs I difficult \u2013 even for Mickey. Paal\u2019s album has captured the spirit of Mickey and I know Mickey would have been touched by these tracks.\u201d<\/p>\n
Come Tomorrow: Songs of Townes van Zandt
\nTownes van Zandt\u2019s songs have always meant something extra for Paal, and he laid the necessary foundation before he decided to choose the ten songs that make up the last album in the trilogy \u2013 also nominated for Spellemann 2016 (Norwegian Grammy)
\nThe selection of Townes van Zandt\u2019s songs that can be heard on Come Tomorrow is drawn from the period from 1968 to 1978, and bears witness to a profound understanding of the artist and a great deal of research.The songs are presented in arrangements that preserve their poetic and melodic power with acute sensitivity. From the French horn in the opening of \u201cFlying Shoes\u201d, played by Rune Brodahl, to Lise Voldsdal\u2019s strings on the closing track, \u201cSnow Don\u2019t Fall\u201d, these interpretations assume their rightful place as an elegant and distinctive addition to the impressive canon of van Zandt\u2019s compositions.The title cut, \u201cCome Tomorrow\u201d, Paal sings as a duet with his daughter Maia Flaata.\u00a0<\/p>\n
You would need a mental drone to be able to get a real overview of Paal Flaata\u2019s biggest project as a solo artist. The recording process stretched out over six years, and this boxed set comprises four albums with forty songs.
\nOn the box\u2019s fourth and new album, you\u2019ll find songs from the catalogs of Kris Kristofferson, the legendary legend Donnie Fritts, country giant Conway Twitty, Charlie Rich and Don McLean. But since Flaata and Grini live by the motto: \u201cFor the sake of the song\u201d, it\u2019s also the case that two of the songs on Love and Rain: The Athletic Sessions were not even composed by Americans, but by two Englishmen; folksinger, poet and political activist Ewan MacColl and Elvis Costello. MacColl is represented here by \u201cThe First Time Ever I Saw Your Face\u201d, while the choice fell on Costello\u2019s \u201cThe Comedians\u201d. The choice of \u201cThe Comedians\u201d gives a good indication of what Love and Rain is all about: songs that have all stood the test of time, classics in the true sense of the word. <\/p>\n
Tom Skjekles\u00e6ther has written the box set\u2019s liner notes and it ends with; \u201cIn my view, Love and Rain: The Athletic Sessions is the rightful successor to In Demand, 15 years later. It serves as proof that Paal Flaata is the Singer who can lift all kinds of songs, including the best of them , to an even higher level\u201d <\/p>\n
The album \u201cLove and rain\u201d will also be released on vinyl November 17, 2017.<\/p>\n
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