Kashtin (album)
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Kashtin is the debut album by Canadian
folk rock
duo Kashtin
, released in 1989. The album featured the hit singles "Tshinanu" and "E Uassiuian".
and French
, as well as the original titles in Innu
, the band's native language.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
folk rock
Folk rock
Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...
duo Kashtin
Kashtin
Kashtin were a Canadian folk rock duo in the 1980s and 1990s, one of the most commercially successful and famous musical groups in First Nations history....
, released in 1989. The album featured the hit singles "Tshinanu" and "E Uassiuian".
Track listing
As with all three of the band's albums, the album cover included title translations in both EnglishEnglish language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, as well as the original titles in Innu
Innu-aimun
Innu-aimun or Montagnais is an Algonquian language spoken by over 11,000 people, called the Innu, in Labrador and Quebec in Eastern Canada...
, the band's native language.
- "E Uassiuian" (My Childhood/Mon Enfance)
- "Kashtin" (Tornado/Tornade)
- "E Peikussian" (Solitude/Solitude)
- "Pakuakumit" (Pointe-Bleue/Pointe-Bleue)
- "Shashish" (A Long Time Ago/Il y a longtemps)
- "Apu Tshekuan" (It Doesn't Matter/Sans importance)
- "Tshinanu" (What We Are/Nous autres)
- "Tipatshimun" (The Devil's Song/La chanson du diable)
- "Uitshi" (Help Me/Aide-moi)
- "Ashtam Nituapam" (Come Find Me/Viens me trouver)
- "Shteteian" (Departure/Depart)
- "Nitanish (N'Teish)" (My Daughter/Ma fille)