Musta Lindu
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Musta Lindu is Värttinä
's 2nd album, released in 1989 by Olarin Musiikki. Like their first album, it is mostly traditional Karelia
n and Finnish folk songs, with 15 girls singing and playing kantele
and 6 young men on acoustic instruments.
In 1998, the album was re-released under the title Black Bird, by Finlandia Innovators.
Värttinä
Värttinä is a Finnish folk music band which was started as a project by Sari and Mari Kaasinen back in 1983 in the village of Rääkkylä, in Karelia, the southeastern region of Finland. Many transformations have taken place in the band since then...
's 2nd album, released in 1989 by Olarin Musiikki. Like their first album, it is mostly traditional Karelia
Karelia
Karelia , the land of the Karelian peoples, is an area in Northern Europe of historical significance for Finland, Russia, and Sweden...
n and Finnish folk songs, with 15 girls singing and playing kantele
Kantele
A kantele or kannel is a traditional plucked string instrument of the zither family native to Finland, Estonia, and Karelia. It is related to the Russian gusli, the Latvian kokle and the Lithuanian kanklės. Together these instruments make up the family known as Baltic psalteries...
and 6 young men on acoustic instruments.
In 1998, the album was re-released under the title Black Bird, by Finlandia Innovators.
Track listing
- "Sorja poika" / "Pretty Boy" (traditional / Sari KaasinenSari KaasinenSari Johanna Kaasinen is a Finnish singer. Together with her sister she began a Finnish folk music band called Värttinä....
) – 2:58 - "Musta lindu" / "Black Bird" (trad. / S. Kaasinen) – 3:02
- "Itku" / "Weep" (S. Kaasinen) – 5:11
- "Ui ui" / "Oh..." (trad. / S.Kaasinen) – 2:37
- "Täst' se lähti toinen tahti" / "The Second Beat" (trad. / S. Kaasinen) – 4:59
- "Vot i kaalina" (trad. / S. Kaasinen) – 1:47
- "Kadrilli" / "Quatrille" (trad. / S. Kaasinen) – 3:08
- "Ämmät" / "Old Wives" (trad. / S. Kaasinen) – 2:33
- "Kylä vuotti uuttaa kuuta" / "Waiting For The New Moon" (trad. / S. Kaasinen) – 4:59
- "Loitsu" / "Spell" (Värttinä boys) – 0:58
- "Ruskie neitsyt" / "Brown-haired Maiden" (trad. / S. Kaasinen) – 2:22
- "Ruskoi reggae" (trad. / S. Kaasinen) – 3:15
- "Ankaralaisen turistin maahanpanopolkka" / "Funeral Polka of an Ankaran Tourist" (trad. / S. Kaasinen) – 2:12