Playlists

The Folio · No. 33Wednesday 7 October 2026Jess Entwistle

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Wake up · 12 songs

Slow light

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The songs
  1. 1

    Sunrise

    Norah Jones

  2. 2

    Over the Rainbow

    Eva Cassidy

  3. 3

    Man I Need

    Olivia Dean · her Melbourne show is reviewed in today’s paper

  4. 4

    Will You Love Me Tomorrow

    Carole King

  5. 5

    Honesty

    Billy Joel

  6. 6

    Matilda

    Harry Styles

  7. 7

    Begin Again

    Taylor Swift

  8. 8

    If I Let You Go

    Westlife

  9. 9

    Slipping Through My Fingers

    Meryl Streep

  10. 10

    Budapest

    George Ezra

  11. 11

    I Don’t Know How to Love Him

    Yvonne Elliman · Glenn Close joins Jesus Christ Superstar at Drury Lane

  12. 12

    Can’t Love You Anymore

    Kacey Musgraves

Shower · 12 songs

Sing in the steam

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The songs
  1. 1

    Heartbreaker

    Mariah Carey

  2. 2

    I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)

    Whitney Houston

  3. 3

    Espresso

    Sabrina Carpenter

  4. 4

    Levitating

    Dua Lipa

  5. 5

    Start of Something New

    High School Musical Cast

  6. 6

    Lovebug

    Jonas Brothers

  7. 7

    Love On Top

    Beyoncé

  8. 8

    positions

    Ariana Grande

  9. 9

    La Vie Bohème

    Original Broadway Cast of Rent · Rent has extended its West End run

  10. 10

    Used to Be Young

    Miley Cyrus

  11. 11

    You’ll Be Back

    Jonathan Groff · Groff leads the RSC’s new As You Like It

  12. 12

    Supreme

    Robbie Williams · from the album being reissued for National Album Day

Work · 12 songs

Steady hands

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The songs
  1. 1

    Wildest Dreams

    Vitamin String Quartet

  2. 2

    Perfect

    Brooklyn Duo

  3. 3

    Fight Song / Amazing Grace

    The Piano Guys

  4. 4

    Reflection

    One Piano

  5. 5

    Someday

    Walt’s Piano

  6. 6

    Long, Long Time Ago

    Javier Navarrete · Pan’s Labyrinth is back in cinemas in 3D

  7. 7

    Experience

    Ludovico Einaudi

  8. 8

    The Name of Life

    Joe Hisaishi

  9. 9

    Peace Piece

    Bill Evans

  10. 10

    Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

    Beegie Adair

  11. 11

    Infra 5

    Max Richter

  12. 12

    Into the Deep (Seas Cry)

    JADE · her new Hans Zimmer collaboration for Blue Planet III

Car · 12 songs

Windows down

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The songs
  1. 1

    I’m Gonna Getcha Good!

    Shania Twain

  2. 2

    Forever After All

    Luke Combs

  3. 3

    Thinkin’ Bout Me

    Morgan Wallen

  4. 4

    Choosin’ Texas

    Ella Langley

  5. 5

    Sunflower

    Post Malone

  6. 6

    Radio Ga Ga

    Queen · Brian May says the touring is over

  7. 7

    Teenage Dream

    Katy Perry

  8. 8

    Spice Up Your Life

    Spice Girls

  9. 9

    Guilty

    Blue

  10. 10

    Cruel Summer

    Taylor Swift

  11. 11

    Marry You

    Bruno Mars · he played it live for a proposal at SoFi Stadium

  12. 12

    Summertime

    DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince · their rise is being made into a series called 215