Playlists

The Folio · No. 26Wednesday 30 September 2026Jess Entwistle

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Wake up · 12 songs

Amber and quiet

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The songs
  1. 1

    Don’t Know Why

    Norah Jones

  2. 2

    Songbird

    Eva Cassidy

  3. 3

    (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman

    Carole King

  4. 4

    Messy

    Olivia Dean

  5. 5

    New York State of Mind

    Billy Joel · from Turnstiles, reissued for its 50th anniversary

  6. 6

    Adore You

    Harry Styles

  7. 7

    Golden Hour

    Kacey Musgraves

  8. 8

    Lover

    Taylor Swift

  9. 9

    Swear It Again

    Westlife

  10. 10

    Unstoppable

    Lianne La Havas

  11. 11

    Pure Imagination

    Gene Wilder · Michael Ball sings it as Wonka from November

  12. 12

    My Father’s Favourite

    Patrick Doyle · from Sense and Sensibility, in cinemas now

Shower · 12 songs

The eight o’clock chorus

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The songs
  1. 1

    How Will I Know

    Whitney Houston

  2. 2

    We Belong Together

    Mariah Carey

  3. 3

    Dance The Night

    Dua Lipa

  4. 4

    Who Do You Think You Are

    Spice Girls

  5. 5

    Fabulous

    Ashley Tisdale

  6. 6

    Bulletproof

    La Roux · she announced a 2027 UK tour yesterday

  7. 7

    Defying Gravity

    Idina Menzel · Wicked has just turned 20 in the West End

  8. 8

    Party in the U.S.A.

    Miley Cyrus

  9. 9

    Cuff It

    Beyoncé

  10. 10

    California Gurls

    Katy Perry

  11. 11

    Juno

    Sabrina Carpenter

  12. 12

    Champagne Supernova

    Oasis · the reunion documentary streams from 9 October

Work · 13 songs

Steady hands

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The songs
  1. 1

    Divenire

    Ludovico Einaudi

  2. 2

    One Summer’s Day

    Joe Hisaishi

  3. 3

    On the Nature of Daylight

    Max Richter

  4. 4

    Any Other Name

    Thomas Newman

  5. 5

    Can’t Help Falling in Love

    Vitamin String Quartet

  6. 6

    Hallelujah

    Brooklyn Duo

  7. 7

    Rockelbel’s Canon

    The Piano Guys

  8. 8

    Baby Mine

    Walt’s Piano

  9. 9

    Circle of Life

    One Piano

  10. 10

    Blue in Green

    Bill Evans

  11. 11

    Fly Me to the Moon

    Beegie Adair

  12. 12

    Wish You Were Here

    Pink Floyd · Roger Waters tours a Pink Floyd show in 2027

  13. 13

    New Town Velocity

    Johnny Marr · he plays Later… with Jools Holland next month

Car · 12 songs

Three lanes and a chorus

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The songs
  1. 1

    Man! I Feel Like a Woman!

    Shania Twain

  2. 2

    One Number Away

    Luke Combs

  3. 3

    Waffle House

    Jonas Brothers

  4. 4

    Wow.

    Post Malone

  5. 5

    7 Summers

    Morgan Wallen

  6. 6

    Last Name

    Carrie Underwood

  7. 7

    Damn Good Day to Leave

    Ella Langley

  8. 8

    Mr. Brightside

    The Killers

  9. 9

    This Is How We Roll

    Florida Georgia Line

  10. 10

    Heaven

    Kane Brown

  11. 11

    Party

    Troye Sivan · his new single, out this week

  12. 12

    Private Lives

    Death From Above 1979 · title track of the album they announced yesterday