''Akua Tuta'' is the third album by
Canadian
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folk rock
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duo
Kashtin
Kashtin were a Canadians, Canadian folk rock duo in the 1980s and 1990s, one of the most commercially successful and famous musical groups in First Nations in Canada, First Nations history.
Career
The band was formed in 1984 by Claude McKenzie a ...
, released in 1994. ''Akua Tuta'' was the final album released by the band under the name Kashtin, although band members
and
Florent Vollant
Florent Vollant (born August 10, 1959 in Labrador) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. An Innu from Maliotenam, Quebec, he was half of the popular folk music duo Kashtin, one of the most significant musical groups in First Nations history. He has sub ...
have each continued to record as solo artists.
The album was a shortlisted nominee for the
Juno Award
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for
Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording at the
Juno Awards of 1995
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.
The title track was selected by
Robbie Robertson
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for inclusion on his television soundtrack ''
Music for The Native Americans
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'',
[Mark Lepage, "Robbie Robertson has rediscovered his roots; New album shows a profound Indian influence". '']Montreal Gazette
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'', September 29, 1994. and was also used on ''
Due South
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'' in the episode "Hawk and a Handsaw".
Track listing
As with all three of the band's albums, the album cover included title translations in both English and
French, as well as the original titles in
Innu
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, the band's native language.
# "Akua Tuta" ''(Take Care/Fais attention)''
# "Uasset" ''(All the Children/Tous les enfants)''
# "Ashtam Nashue" ''(Come Follow Me/Viens suis-moi)''
# "Nuitsheuan" ''(My Friend/Mon ami)''
# "Miam Uapukun" ''(Like a Flower/Comme une fleur)''
# "Ne Puamun" ''(My Dreams/Mes rêves)''
# "Tapue Shtutune" ''(You Really Make Me.../Vraiment tu me fais...)''
# "Apu Shapentaman" ''(Without Interest/Sans interêt)''
# "Uauitemu" ''(Tell Me/Dis-moi)''
# "Tshekuanu Mak" ''(Why/Pourquoi)''
# "Utei Teu Etaian" ''(Here With Me/Ici avec moi)''
# "Iame" ''(Good Bye/Au revoir)''
References
1994 albums
Kashtin albums
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