Playlists

The Folio · No. 30Sunday 4 October 2026Jess Entwistle

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Wake up · 12 songs

Sunday comes in slowly

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The songs
  1. 1

    Those Sweet Words

    Norah Jones

  2. 2

    Carmen

    Olivia Dean

  3. 3

    Time After Time

    Eva Cassidy

  4. 4

    Beautiful

    Carole King

  5. 5

    My Valentine

    Paul McCartney · McCartney described playing at Taylor Swift’s wedding

  6. 6

    Sweet Creature

    Harry Styles

  7. 7

    Blame It On Me

    George Ezra

  8. 8

    And So It Goes

    Billy Joel

  9. 9

    Your Song

    Elton John · he played the first of his final two shows in Mexico City

  10. 10

    My Love

    Westlife

  11. 11

    Butterflies

    Kacey Musgraves

  12. 12

    This Love

    Taylor Swift

Shower · 13 songs

Sing in the steam

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The songs
  1. 1

    Voulez-Vous

    ABBA

  2. 2

    Patient Zero

    Taylor Swift · the expanded video landed this week, and she crashed SNL

  3. 3

    Taste

    Sabrina Carpenter

  4. 4

    I Have Nothing

    Whitney Houston

  5. 5

    One Kiss

    Dua Lipa

  6. 6

    360

    Charli XCX · she headlined night one of Austin City Limits

  7. 7

    Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)

    Beyoncé

  8. 8

    Stick to the Status Quo

    High School Musical Cast

  9. 9

    Rush

    Troye Sivan · he joined Charli XCX on stage in Austin

  10. 10

    Hero

    Mariah Carey

  11. 11

    Roar

    Katy Perry

  12. 12

    7 rings

    Ariana Grande

  13. 13

    Nobody’s Perfect

    Hannah Montana

Work · 13 songs

Steady hands

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The songs
  1. 1

    Una Mattina

    Ludovico Einaudi

  2. 2

    Le Cygne

    Yo-Yo Ma · for Pedro Pascal’s cellist in Behemoth!

  3. 3

    The Path of the Wind

    Joe Hisaishi

  4. 4

    River Flows in You

    Brooklyn Duo

  5. 5

    A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes

    Walt’s Piano

  6. 6

    Mission: Impossible Theme

    Lalo Schifrin · today’s read is on how he wrote it

  7. 7

    You’ll Be in My Heart

    One Piano

  8. 8

    Sign of the Times

    Vitamin String Quartet

  9. 9

    Some Other Time

    Bill Evans

  10. 10

    In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning

    Beegie Adair

  11. 11

    Let It Go (Vivaldi’s Winter)

    The Piano Guys

  12. 12

    Written on the Sky

    Max Richter

  13. 13

    Shut Up and Dance

    Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox

Car · 13 songs

Windows down, back roads

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The songs
  1. 1

    Highway to Hell

    AC/DC · Dave Grohl sang it with them to close the Power Up tour

  2. 2

    Hurricane

    Luke Combs

  3. 3

    Heat Above

    Greta Van Fleet · they announced a 59-date 2027 tour with four UK arena shows

  4. 4

    Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?

    Shania Twain

  5. 5

    More Than My Hometown

    Morgan Wallen

  6. 6

    Everlong

    Foo Fighters · Grohl’s band stepped in on AC/DC’s bill, and today’s Song Exploder is theirs

  7. 7

    Church Bells

    Carrie Underwood

  8. 8

    S.O.S.

    Jonas Brothers

  9. 9

    Better Now

    Post Malone

  10. 10

    Nicotine

    Ella Langley

  11. 11

    H.O.L.Y.

    Florida Georgia Line

  12. 12

    Life Changes

    Thomas Rhett

  13. 13

    Too Close

    Blue