Playlists

The Folio · No. 34Thursday 8 October 2026Jess Entwistle

Once connected, each morning's four playlists are built in your Spotify, dated, ready to open here.

Wake up · 12 songs

Low autumn sun

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The songs
  1. 1

    UFO

    Olivia Dean

  2. 2

    Don’t Know Why

    Norah Jones

  3. 3

    Sunflower, Vol. 6

    Harry Styles

  4. 4

    invisible string

    Taylor Swift

  5. 5

    I Lay My Love on You

    Westlife

  6. 6

    She Used to Be Mine

    Jessie Mueller

  7. 7

    Because You Loved Me

    Céline Dion

  8. 8

    Songbird

    Eva Cassidy

  9. 9

    You Are My Lady

    Freddie Jackson · the smooth R&B singer died this week aged 70

  10. 10

    Children Will Listen

    Bernadette Peters · from Into the Woods, now open in the West End

  11. 11

    Every Little Thing

    Carly Pearce · she sings on the Heartland soundtrack announced yesterday

  12. 12

    Alison

    Elvis Costello · taken apart on yesterday’s Song Exploder

Shower · 12 songs

Belt it out

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The songs
  1. 1

    Feather

    Sabrina Carpenter

  2. 2

    Dance The Night

    Dua Lipa

  3. 3

    Cuff It

    Beyoncé

  4. 4

    We Belong Together

    Mariah Carey

  5. 5

    Gotta Go My Own Way

    High School Musical Cast

  6. 6

    Say You’ll Be There

    Spice Girls

  7. 7

    Man! I Feel Like a Woman!

    Shania Twain

  8. 8

    Party in the U.S.A.

    Miley Cyrus

  9. 9

    He Could Be the One

    Hannah Montana

  10. 10

    How Will I Know

    Whitney Houston

  11. 11

    Not My Job

    FLO · FLO take Therapy At The Club to OVO Wembley Arena

  12. 12

    Island Girl

    Elton John · from Rock Of The Westies, reissued at 50

Work · 12 songs

Quiet strings, long morning

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The songs
  1. 1

    My Father’s Favourite

    Patrick Doyle · from Ang Lee’s Sense and Sensibility, as a new adaptation premieres

  2. 2

    Liz on Top of the World

    Dario Marianelli

  3. 3

    Cruel Summer

    Vitamin String Quartet

  4. 4

    Over the Rainbow / Simple Gifts

    The Piano Guys

  5. 5

    Fix You

    Brooklyn Duo

  6. 6

    Thrift Shop

    Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox

  7. 7

    Cornfield Chase

    Hans Zimmer

  8. 8

    The Shape of Water

    Alexandre Desplat

  9. 9

    Any Other Name

    Thomas Newman

  10. 10

    Forrest Gump Suite

    Alan Silvestri

  11. 11

    Divenire

    Ludovico Einaudi

  12. 12

    One Summer’s Day

    Joe Hisaishi

Car · 12 songs

Windows down, A road

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The songs
  1. 1

    One Number Away

    Luke Combs

  2. 2

    Pour Me A Drink

    Post Malone

  3. 3

    22

    Taylor Swift

  4. 4

    Waffle House

    Jonas Brothers

  5. 5

    There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back

    Shawn Mendes

  6. 6

    7 Summers

    Morgan Wallen

  7. 7

    Cruise

    Florida Georgia Line

  8. 8

    Troubled Waters

    Alex Warren

  9. 9

    Marry Me

    Thomas Rhett

  10. 10

    Last Name

    Carrie Underwood

  11. 11

    Hold Back the River

    James Bay · he plays the Roundhouse for Greenpeace next month

  12. 12

    Stuck Like Glue

    Sugarland · Jennifer Nettles leads the new Heartland soundtrack