Playlists

The Folio · No. 40Wednesday 14 October 2026Jess Entwistle

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Wake up · 12 songs

Slow rise, long light

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The songs
  1. 1

    What Am I to You

    Norah Jones

  2. 2

    Fields of Gold

    Eva Cassidy

  3. 3

    You’ve Got a Friend

    Carole King

  4. 4

    Stairway to Heaven

    Led Zeppelin · the song under the first Narnia trailer

  5. 5

    Daylight

    Taylor Swift

  6. 6

    Falling

    Harry Styles

  7. 7

    Lullaby

    The Chicks · from Taking the Long Way, played in full in New York

  8. 8

    Hold My Girl

    George Ezra

  9. 9

    Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)

    Billy Joel

  10. 10

    You and Me On the Rock

    Brandi Carlile · the harmonies behind today’s Song Exploder

  11. 11

    Follow Your Arrow

    Kacey Musgraves

  12. 12

    Seasons in the Sun

    Westlife

Shower · 13 songs

Sing it at the tiles

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The songs
  1. 1

    expectations

    Olivia Rodrigo · the remix with Chappell Roan was confirmed yesterday

  2. 2

    Pink Pony Club

    Chappell Roan · Roan joins Rodrigo on that remix

  3. 3

    Waterloo

    ABBA

  4. 4

    Greatest Love of All

    Whitney Houston

  5. 5

    Dreamlover

    Mariah Carey

  6. 6

    Bed Chem

    Sabrina Carpenter

  7. 7

    Illusion

    Dua Lipa

  8. 8

    Texas Hold ‘Em

    Beyonce

  9. 9

    Bop to the Top

    High School Musical Cast

  10. 10

    Memory

    Elaine Paige · Cats is back on tour, and the pictures landed yesterday

  11. 11

    Goodbye

    Spice Girls

  12. 12

    The Climb

    Miley Cyrus

  13. 13

    Cool

    Jonas Brothers

Work · 13 songs

Quiet hands, open window

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The songs
  1. 1

    Evacuating London

    Harry Gregson-Williams · from the first Narnia score, as Gerwig’s trailer arrives

  2. 2

    Blue Planet II Suite

    Hans Zimmer · the score going on the road in 2027

  3. 3

    Night

    Ludovico Einaudi

  4. 4

    Dream 3

    Max Richter

  5. 5

    Very Early

    Bill Evans

  6. 6

    Tenderly

    Beegie Adair

  7. 7

    All of Me

    Brooklyn Duo

  8. 8

    Love Story

    Vitamin String Quartet

  9. 9

    Can You Feel the Love Tonight

    One Piano

  10. 10

    Colors of the Wind

    Walt’s Piano

  11. 11

    Path of the Wind

    Joe Hisaishi

  12. 12

    Define Dancing

    Thomas Newman

  13. 13

    Georgiana

    Dario Marianelli

Car · 13 songs

Windows down, A1 north

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The songs
  1. 1

    Not Ready to Make Nice

    The Chicks · twenty years on, and sung again this week

  2. 2

    My Shot

    Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton · the album that has just done 500 weeks at No. 1

  3. 3

    Doin’ This

    Luke Combs

  4. 4

    Rock This Country!

    Shania Twain

  5. 5

    Up Down

    Morgan Wallen

  6. 6

    Love Story

    Taylor Swift

  7. 7

    Chemical

    Post Malone

  8. 8

    Don’t Mind If I Do

    Ella Langley

  9. 9

    Good Girl

    Carrie Underwood

  10. 10

    Carry You Home

    Alex Warren

  11. 11

    Pom Poms

    Jonas Brothers

  12. 12

    Don’t Stop Me Now

    Queen

  13. 13

    Firework

    Katy Perry