Playlists

The Folio · No. 7Friday 11 September 2026Jess Entwistle

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Wake up · 12 songs

The kettle on

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The songs
  1. 1

    Those Sweet Words

    Norah Jones

  2. 2

    My Whole World

    Kings of Leon · the single from the album they announced yesterday

  3. 3

    Echo

    Olivia Dean

  4. 4

    Will You Love Me Tomorrow

    Carole King

  5. 5

    Better Together

    Luke Combs

  6. 6

    invisible string

    Taylor Swift

  7. 7

    I Will Always Love You

    Dolly Parton · her first posthumous song is out today on a Stanley Brothers tribute

  8. 8

    Unbreakable

    Westlife

  9. 9

    Rainbow

    Kacey Musgraves

  10. 10

    Written on the Sky

    Max Richter · he announced a new album, While the Flood Rages, yesterday

  11. 11

    Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)

    Billy Joel

  12. 12

    Fields of Gold

    Eva Cassidy

Shower · 12 songs

Sing it at the mirror

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The songs
  1. 1

    Run to You

    Whitney Houston

  2. 2

    ...Baby One More Time

    Britney Spears · & Juliet, built on these songs, is closing on Broadway

  3. 3

    Knowing Me, Knowing You

    ABBA

  4. 4

    Seasons of Love

    Original Broadway Cast of Rent · Rent is in rehearsals for the West End

  5. 5

    Feather

    Sabrina Carpenter

  6. 6

    Halo

    Beyoncé

  7. 7

    Used to Be Young

    Miley Cyrus

  8. 8

    My Life Would Suck Without You

    Kelly Clarkson

  9. 9

    Make It Happen

    Mariah Carey

  10. 10

    Bop to the Top

    High School Musical Cast

  11. 11

    The Schuyler Sisters

    Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton · Hamilton has extended its West End run into autumn 2027

  12. 12

    So What

    P!nk

Work · 12 songs

Desk light

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The songs
  1. 1

    Le Onde

    Ludovico Einaudi

  2. 2

    Spring 1

    Max Richter

  3. 3

    Ashitaka and San

    Joe Hisaishi

  4. 4

    Clair de Lune

    Brooklyn Duo

  5. 5

    Dancing Queen

    Vitamin String Quartet

  6. 6

    Titanium / Pavane

    The Piano Guys

  7. 7

    Can You Feel the Love Tonight

    Walt’s Piano

  8. 8

    Reflection

    One Piano

  9. 9

    Careless Whisper

    Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox

  10. 10

    Obliviate

    Alexandre Desplat

  11. 11

    Dead Already

    Thomas Newman

  12. 12

    Crystal

    Stevie Nicks · for Practical Magic 2, reviewed on today’s Kermode and Mayo

Car · 12 songs

Windows down, A road

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The songs
  1. 1

    I’m Gonna Getcha Good!

    Shania Twain

  2. 2

    Sex on Fire

    Kings of Leon · a new album, O My Beloved, is on the way

  3. 3

    22

    Taylor Swift

  4. 4

    Blown Away

    Carrie Underwood

  5. 5

    Sunflower

    Post Malone

  6. 6

    I Don’t Want to Wait

    Paula Cole · today’s Song Exploder takes this one apart

  7. 7

    Spice Up Your Life

    Spice Girls

  8. 8

    Houdini

    Dua Lipa

  9. 9

    Nicotine

    Ella Langley

  10. 10

    Cool

    Jonas Brothers

  11. 11

    Black Mascara.

    RAYE

  12. 12

    Golden

    Harry Styles