Moddi

Pål Moddi Lue (previously Pål Moddi Knutsen ) (born 18 February 1987 in Senja), known by the artist name Moddi, is a Norwegian musician, author and activist, whose contemporary folk music often includes songs of protest or social justice.

Pål Moddi Lue (previously Pål Moddi Knutsen ) (born 18 February 1987 in Senja), known by the artist name Moddi, is a Norwegian musician, author and activist, whose contemporary folk music often includes songs of protest or social justice. ==Background== Pål Lue grew up on the island of Senja in Northern Norway. As a child, he showed a particular concern for the environment, an interest which would come to shape his musical direction in the years to come. During high school, Lue was leading the local chapter of the environmentalist group Nature and Youth. "My first songs were an attempt to give a voice to the voiceless nature", he later explained about his motivation to create music. ==Musical career== The first release under the name of Moddi was recorded in 2007 and distributed in 20 home-made copies. Later followed the debut album Floriography, recorded with producer Valgeir Sigurðsson in Iceland and containing songs from Lue's period in Nature and Youth. Q magazine described the album as "irrevocably heart-warming and beautifully constructed piece of melancholic folk-pop". On his second album, Moddi presented the single "House By The Sea", his best known composition to date. The same year saw the release of Kæm va du? ("Who were you?"), with lyrics borrowed from the Northern Norwegian poets such as Arvid Hanssen, Helge Stangnes and Ola Bremnes. The album also included the single "Togsang", a reinterpretation of Vashti Bunyans 60s cult hit "Train Song". Bunyan later commented that Moddi's was her favourite cover version of any of her songs. Kæm va du? won the Spellemannprisen award for "Folk Album of the Year". In 2016, Moddi released his fourth studio album, "Unsongs", consisting of Moddi's reinterpretations and translations of banned and censored songs from 12 different countries. Among the artists included on the album were Pussy Riot (Russia), Izhar Ashdot (Israel), Mari Boine (Norway/Sápmi), Liu Xiaobo (China) and Kate Bush (UK). Following the release, Moddi published the book "Forbudte sanger" (Forbidden songs) where he described a number of attempts to hold back the songs on the album, among others by Russian and Lebanese authorities, and by the British public broadcaster BBC. In 2019, Moddi released his fifth studio album "Like in 1968¹", inspired by the events that occurred in 1968. ==Discography== ===Studio albums=== ===Extended plays=== ===Live albums=== ===Singles=== ===Other appearances=== ===Other releases=== 2010 – Hjertestups withTogsang (Tyrili) 2010 – Samleplate for oljefritt Lofoten, Vesterålen og Senja with the song Krokstav-emne 2011 – Vi tenner våre lykter with the song Nordnorsk julesalme 2012 – Norge, mitt Norge..? with the songs Det stig av hav eit oljeland and Deilig er Norden 2015 – Fabler om en åpen folkekirke with the song Vær hilset, fru Bjerkås! ==References==

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