''Aitara'' is

Värttinä Värttinä (, meaning "spindle") is a Finnish folk music band that started as a project by Sari and Mari Kaasinen in 1983 in the village of Rääkkylä, in Karelia, the southeastern region of Finland. Many transformations have taken place in the ...

's 5th album, released in 1994 in

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. In 1995, it was released by King Records in Japan, Music & Words in Benelux, and

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in the

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, where it spent five weeks at #1 on the CMJ World Music charts. In 2003, it was re-released in Finland by

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, and has been re-released in the U.S. by

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. ''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

Mari Kaasinen Mari may refer to: Places *Mari, Paraíba, Brazil, a city * Mari, Cyprus, a village *Mari, Greece, a village, site of ancient town of Marius * Mari, Iran (disambiguation), places in Iran * Mari, Punjab, a village and a union council in Pakistan ...

–

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

Sari Kaasinen A sari (sometimes also saree or shari)The name of the garment in various regional languages include: * as, শাৰী, xārī, translit-std=ISO * bn, শাড়ি, śāṛi, translit-std=ISO * gu, સાડી, sāḍī, translit-std= ...

– vocals *

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– vocals * Sirpa Reiman – vocals *

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– bouzouki, reeds, whistles *

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– string bass,

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* Riitta Potinoja – 5-row

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, Hammond organ *

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–

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, kantele, cimbalom *

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–

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Guest

* Anssi Nykänen – Aitara-drums

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 '' Kokko'' and "Yötulet" from this album was released by

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External links

Värttinä's page with samples, lyrics, and English translationsRealAudio (.ram) file of entire album from Green Linnet
{{Authority control 1994 albums Värttinä albums