How do you take a collection inspired by Etel Adnan, the Lebanese-American artist, poet and writer, and spin it into a soundtrack that evokes her wondrous palette and quiet and steady strength? Our formula: A little Billie Holiday, some Fairuz, a dash of Jackson Browne… Listen now on Spotify.
- Planetude (For Etel Adnan) — Norma Cole
- Le Beirut — Fairuz
- Don’t Say Good Bye — Elias Rahbani and His Orchestra
- Am I Blue? — Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
- Si La Photo Est Bonne — Barbara
- Colors of the Sun — Jackson Browne
- Allah Maak Ya Hawana — Fairouz
- Wadaa — Magida El Roumi
- Colours — Donovan
- Purple Yellow Red and Blue — Portugal. The Man
- So Allowed — Beirut
- Am I Blue — Ray Charles
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