Aitara

Aitara
Aitara
Studio album by Värttinä
Released	1994
Recorded	Finnvox-Studio, Helsinki Sept 1994
Genre	Finnish folk music
Length	41:40
Label
Producer	Janne Haavisto
Värttinä chronology

Aitara is Värttinä's 5th album, released in 1994 in Finland. In 1995, it was released by King Records in Japan, in Benelux, and Xenophile Records in the United States, where it spent five weeks at #1 on the CMJ World Music charts. In 2003, it was re-released in Finland by BMG, and has been re-released in the U.S. by NorthSide.

Aitara was named "Best Contemporary World Music Album" by the National Association of Independent Record Distributors.

For their second video, Värttinä used "Yötulet" from this album.

Track listing[]

"Katariina" – 2:14
"Tumala" – 3:28
"Maamo" ("Mother") – 3:59
"Niin mie mieltynen" ("The Beloved") – 4:02
"Mie tahon tanssia" ("I Want To Dance") – 3:05
"Tammi" ("The Oak") – 4:04
"Pirsta" ("Silver") – 2:33
"Outona omilla mailla" ("A Stranger In My Own Land") – 3:27
"Travuska" – 4:52
"Yötulet" ("The Night Fire") – 3:04
"Kannunkaataja" ("The Tippler") – 3:59
"Aitara" – 2:49

Personnel[]

Värttinä[]

– vocals
Sari Kaasinen – vocals
– vocals
– vocals
– bouzouki, reeds, whistles
– string bass, Hammond organ
– 5-row accordion, Hammond organ
– violin, kantele, cimbalom
– guitars, cümbüs tanbur

Guest[]

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Singles[]

Tumala, Travuska[]

A single containing "Tumala" and "Travuska" was released by Mipu Music in Finland in 1994.

Mie Tahon Tanssia, Kannunkaataja[]

In 1995, a single containing "Mie Tahon Tanssia" and "Kannunkaataja" was released in Finland by Mipu Music.

Yötulet[]

In 1996, a single containing "Tuulilta Tuleva" and "Kokko" from the album and "Yötulet" from this album was released by Nonesuch in Australia.