Musta Lindu

Musta Lindu
Studio album by Värttinä
Released	1989
Genre	Finnish folk music
Length	40:17
Label
Värttinä chronology
Värttinä (1987) Musta Lindu (1989) Oi Dai (1991)

Musta Lindu (re-released as Black Bird), is Värttinä's 2nd album, released in 1989 by . Like their first album, it is mostly traditional Karelian 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 .

Track listing[]

1. "Sorja poika" / "Pretty Boy" (traditional / Sari Kaasinen) – 2:58
2. "Musta lindu" / "Black Bird" (trad. / S. Kaasinen) – 3:02
3. "Itku" / "Weep" (S. Kaasinen) – 5:11
4. "Ui ui" / "Oh..." (trad. / S.Kaasinen) – 2:37
5. "Täst' se lähti toinen tahti" / "The Second Beat" (trad. / S. Kaasinen) – 4:59
6. "Vot i kaalina" (trad. / S. Kaasinen) – 1:47
7. "Kadrilli" / "Quatrille" (trad. / S. Kaasinen) – 3:08
8. "Ämmät" / "Old Wives" (trad. / S. Kaasinen) – 2:33
9. "Kylä vuotti uuttaa kuuta" / "Waiting For The New Moon" (trad. / S. Kaasinen) – 4:59
10. "Loitsu" / "Spell" (Värttinä boys) – 0:58
11. "Ruskie neitsyt" / "Brown-haired Maiden" (trad. / S. Kaasinen) – 2:22
12. "Ruskoi reggae" (trad. / S. Kaasinen) – 3:15
13. "Ankaralaisen turistin maahanpanopolkka" / "Funeral Polka of an Ankaran Tourist" (trad. / S. Kaasinen) – 2:12

External links[]

• Värttinä page with samples