Playlists

The Folio · No. 28Friday 2 October 2026Jess Entwistle

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Wake up · 14 songs

Slow light on the floorboards

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The songs
  1. 1

    Shoot the Moon

    Norah Jones

  2. 2

    Autumn Leaves

    Eva Cassidy

  3. 3

    Nice to Each Other

    Olivia Dean

  4. 4

    Draw You Out

    Noah Kahan · out yesterday, from the new Hunger Games soundtrack

  5. 5

    So Far Away

    Carole King

  6. 6

    Vienna

    Billy Joel

  7. 7

    Green & Gold

    Lianne La Havas

  8. 8

    Memory

    Elaine Paige · Cats goes back on a UK tour with three Grizabellas

  9. 9

    Thank You for the Music

    Amanda Seyfried

  10. 10

    The Best Day

    Taylor Swift

  11. 11

    Fine Line

    Harry Styles

  12. 12

    The Power of Love

    Celine Dion

  13. 13

    Things I’ve Learned (So Far)

    Liamani · the Camp Rock 3 star’s new song

  14. 14

    Mandy

    Westlife

Shower · 13 songs

Sing it at the tiles

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The songs
  1. 1

    Waterloo

    ABBA · for ABBA Voyage’s Children in Need galas, announced yesterday

  2. 2

    A Little Respect

    Erasure · Erasure return with a 20th album

  3. 3

    CATastrophe

    Hilary Duff · her new song for The Cat in the Hat

  4. 4

    Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

    Julie Andrews · she turned 91 yesterday

  5. 5

    It’s Not Right but It’s Okay

    Whitney Houston

  6. 6

    Manchild

    Sabrina Carpenter

  7. 7

    Physical

    Dua Lipa

  8. 8

    Crazy in Love

    Beyonce

  9. 9

    Emotions

    Mariah Carey

  10. 10

    Hot N Cold

    Katy Perry

  11. 11

    Flowers

    Miley Cyrus

  12. 12

    Now or Never

    High School Musical Cast

  13. 13

    Viva Forever

    Spice Girls

Work · 13 songs

Quiet hands, long morning

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The songs
  1. 1

    Nuvole Bianche

    Ludovico Einaudi

  2. 2

    Merry-Go-Round of Life

    Joe Hisaishi

  3. 3

    Rue’s Farewell

    James Newton Howard · The Hunger Games, as the prequel’s soundtrack arrives

  4. 4

    Love Story

    Vitamin String Quartet

  5. 5

    Someone Like You

    Brooklyn Duo

  6. 6

    Let It Go

    Walt’s Piano · for the return of Frozen Fan Fest

  7. 7

    Beethoven’s 5 Secrets

    The Piano Guys

  8. 8

    When You Wish Upon a Star

    One Piano

  9. 9

    Alice in Wonderland

    Bill Evans

  10. 10

    It Had to Be You

    Beegie Adair

  11. 11

    Spring 1

    Max Richter

  12. 12

    Elegy for Dunkirk

    Dario Marianelli

  13. 13

    Creep

    Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox

Car · 13 songs

Windows down, Friday gone

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The songs
  1. 1

    Any Man of Mine

    Shania Twain

  2. 2

    Where the Wild Things Are

    Luke Combs

  3. 3

    World’s Greatest

    Lil Nas X · his first new song in a year and a half

  4. 4

    Before He Cheats

    Carrie Underwood

  5. 5

    When You Were Young

    The Killers

  6. 6

    Burnin’ Up

    Jonas Brothers

  7. 7

    Vossi Bop

    Stormzy · honoured by the Ivors Academy yesterday

  8. 8

    Wasted on You

    Morgan Wallen

  9. 9

    Get Your Shine On

    Florida Georgia Line

  10. 10

    You Look Like You Love Me

    Ella Langley

  11. 11

    Illusion

    Dua Lipa

  12. 12

    Goodbyes

    Post Malone

  13. 13

    Craving You

    Thomas Rhett