Playlists

The Folio · No. 27Thursday 1 October 2026Jess Entwistle

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Wake up · 12 songs

Slow light

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The songs
  1. 1

    What Am I to You?

    Norah Jones

  2. 2

    Dive

    Olivia Dean

  3. 3

    Golden

    Harry Styles

  4. 4

    Cold Blue Dawn

    Kings of Leon · their new single, out yesterday

  5. 5

    Opalite

    Taylor Swift

  6. 6

    Flying Without Wings

    Westlife

  7. 7

    Starting Over

    Chris Stapleton

  8. 8

    Wonder

    Shawn Mendes

  9. 9

    Beautiful Crazy

    Luke Combs

  10. 10

    The Name of the Game

    Amanda Seyfried

  11. 11

    Never Let Me Go

    Florence + The Machine · she performs at the Mercury Prize

  12. 12

    A New Day Has Come

    Céline Dion

Shower · 12 songs

Sing in the steam

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The songs
  1. 1

    Nonsense

    Sabrina Carpenter

  2. 2

    Don’t Start Now

    Dua Lipa

  3. 3

    Don’t Cha

    The Pussycat Dolls · the reunion tour reached Birmingham

  4. 4

    Break My Soul

    Beyoncé

  5. 5

    So Emotional

    Whitney Houston

  6. 6

    Sucker

    Jonas Brothers

  7. 7

    Tina Tuesday Freestyle

    Megan Thee Stallion · out yesterday

  8. 8

    Fantasy

    Mariah Carey

  9. 9

    Breaking Free

    High School Musical Cast

  10. 10

    The Best of Both Worlds

    Hannah Montana

  11. 11

    Angel of My Dreams

    JADE · another Mercury Prize performer

  12. 12

    Break Free

    Ariana Grande

Work · 12 songs

Steady hands

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The songs
  1. 1

    Dawn

    Dario Marianelli · from Pride and Prejudice, after today’s piece on its cinematography

  2. 2

    Blank Space

    Vitamin String Quartet

  3. 3

    Canon in D

    Brooklyn Duo

  4. 4

    A Thousand Years

    The Piano Guys

  5. 5

    Beauty and the Beast

    One Piano

  6. 6

    When She Loved Me

    Walt’s Piano

  7. 7

    Habits (Stay High)

    Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox

  8. 8

    Bad Blood

    Nao · her new album Autumn returns to jazz

  9. 9

    Primavera

    Ludovico Einaudi

  10. 10

    Obliviate

    Alexandre Desplat

  11. 11

    My Foolish Heart

    Bill Evans

  12. 12

    My Funny Valentine

    Beegie Adair

Car · 12 songs

Windows down, chorus up

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The songs
  1. 1

    (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life

    Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes · Dirty Dancing returns to the West End in 2027

  2. 2

    Shake It Off

    Taylor Swift

  3. 3

    Not Ready to Make Nice

    The Chicks · the anniversary tour opened in Detroit

  4. 4

    When It Rains It Pours

    Luke Combs

  5. 5

    That Don’t Impress Me Much

    Shania Twain

  6. 6

    Circles

    Post Malone

  7. 7

    Starlight

    Muse · the UK tour support act was named yesterday

  8. 8

    Ordinary

    Alex Warren

  9. 9

    All Rise

    Blue

  10. 10

    Rock DJ

    Robbie Williams · after his surprise street set in Buenos Aires

  11. 11

    Good Girl

    Carrie Underwood

  12. 12

    Die A Happy Man

    Thomas Rhett