Warm acoustic guitar, folk, and lightly spacious instrumental music reflects the movement between Paulette’s life in England and her memories of St. Kitts. The sequence shifts from tender recollection through unsettled reflection toward resilience, with three quiet vocal songs touching on migration, longing, and love.
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20 songsSweet Pea
Tommy Roe · Sweet Pea
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Sweet Pea
Amos Lee · Supply And Demand
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Embryonic Journey
Jefferson Airplane · Surrealistic Pillow
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Bron-Yr-Aur - Remaster
Led Zeppelin · Physical Graffiti (Deluxe Edition)
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Classical Gas
Mason Williams · The Mason Williams Phonographic Record
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Tamacun
Rodrigo y Gabriela · Rodrigo y Gabriela
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Rylynn
Andy McKee · Art of Motion
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The Last Steam Engine Train
John Fahey · The Dance Of Death & Other Plantation Favorites
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Lagrima
Francisco Tárrega · Lagrima
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Adelita
Francisco Tárrega · Guitar Works of Francisco Tárrega
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Cavatina
Stanley Myers · Cavatina
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The Girl From Ipanema
Stan Getz · Getz/Gilberto (Expanded Edition)
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Aerial - 2018 Remaster
Kate Bush · Aerial (2018 Remaster)
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Nuvole Bianche
Ludovico Einaudi · Una Mattina
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Kaira
Toumani Diabaté · Kaira
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Jarabi
Toumani Diabaté · Kaira
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Djourou
Ballaké Sissoko · Djourou
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Entre Dos Aguas
Paco de Lucía · Fuente Y Caudal
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Zyryab - Remastered 2014
Paco de Lucía · La Búsqueda (Remastered 2014)
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Romance Anónimo
Narciso Yepes · Jeux interdits (Film Score 1952)
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