Playlists

The Folio · No. 2Sunday 6 September 2026Jess Entwistle

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Wake up · 12 songs

The last of the light

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The songs
  1. 1

    Don’t Know Why

    Norah Jones

  2. 2

    Rises the Moon

    Liana Flores · her EP And so it goes… landed on Friday

  3. 3

    Moon Song

    Phoebe Bridgers · she wrote the end credits song for Primetime, reviewed at Venice

  4. 4

    So Far Away

    Carole King

  5. 5

    Into the Mystic

    Van Morrison

  6. 6

    Weird Fishes

    Lianne La Havas

  7. 7

    Mystery of Love

    Sufjan Stevens

  8. 8

    Break The Motion

    Tara Lily · a new one, out on Friday

  9. 9

    Orange Sky

    Alexi Murdoch

  10. 10

    Songbird

    Eva Cassidy

  11. 11

    Big Black Car

    Gregory Alan Isakov

  12. 12

    Mushaboom

    Feist

Shower · 12 songs

Big chorus, small room

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The songs
  1. 1

    I Knew It, I Knew You

    Taylor Swift · she unpacked its double meanings on country radio this weekend

  2. 2

    Tití Me Preguntó

    Bad Bunny · his Super Bowl halftime show took seven Emmys last night

  3. 3

    Doo Wop (That Thing)

    Lauryn Hill · she joined Jay-Z at Tottenham on Friday

  4. 4

    Things a Man Oughta Know

    Lainey Wilson · she is hosting the CMA Awards again

  5. 5

    How Will I Know

    Whitney Houston

  6. 6

    Dancing On My Own

    Robyn

  7. 7

    Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)

    Kelly Clarkson

  8. 8

    Shout Out to My Ex

    Little Mix

  9. 9

    Get the Party Started

    P!nk

  10. 10

    Let’s Get Loud

    Jennifer Lopez

  11. 11

    CUFF IT

    Beyoncé

  12. 12

    Ain’t No Other Man

    Christina Aguilera

Work · 12 songs

Desk light

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The songs
  1. 1

    Transformation

    Alan Menken · his Prom is broadcast this evening

  2. 2

    Mia & Sebastian’s Theme

    Justin Hurwitz · La La Land turned ten in Venice this weekend

  3. 3

    Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

    Ryuichi Sakamoto

  4. 4

    Says

    Nils Frahm

  5. 5

    Comptine d’un autre été: L’après-midi

    Yann Tiersen

  6. 6

    Flight from the City

    Jóhann Jóhannsson

  7. 7

    Any Other Name

    Thomas Newman

  8. 8

    Gabriel’s Oboe

    Ennio Morricone

  9. 9

    Opening

    Philip Glass

  10. 10

    Married Life

    Michael Giacchino

  11. 11

    Opus 23

    Dustin O’Halloran

  12. 12

    One Summer’s Day

    Joe Hisaishi

Car · 13 songs

Windows down, September

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The songs
  1. 1

    Live Forever

    Oasis · the brothers were together on the Lido last night

  2. 2

    Growing on Me

    The Darkness · a surprise Moth Club show before the arena tour

  3. 3

    Hard Times

    Paramore · Hayley Williams opened her solo tour this week

  4. 4

    Common People

    Pulp · they played their last gig for a while at End of the Road

  5. 5

    Song 2

    Blur

  6. 6

    Don’t Stop Me Now

    Queen

  7. 7

    Born to Run

    Bruce Springsteen

  8. 8

    Proud Mary

    Tina Turner

  9. 9

    Party in the U.S.A.

    Miley Cyrus

  10. 10

    Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)

    Katy Perry

  11. 11

    Don’t Stop Believin’

    Journey

  12. 12

    Mr. Brightside

    The Killers

  13. 13

    Good as Hell

    Lizzo