Playlists

The Folio · No. 42Friday 16 October 2026Jess Entwistle

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Wake up · 13 songs

Slow light on the kitchen floor

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The songs
  1. 1

    Slowly

    Olivia Dean

  2. 2

    Don’t Know Why

    Norah Jones

  3. 3

    Songbird

    Eva Cassidy

  4. 4

    Hey Jude

    The Beatles · Paul McCartney spoke this week about the four Beatles films

  5. 5

    (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman

    Carole King

  6. 6

    Adore You

    Harry Styles

  7. 7

    Know By Now

    Foy Vance · new video shared yesterday

  8. 8

    Invisible String

    Taylor Swift

  9. 9

    Andante, Andante

    Lily James

  10. 10

    If I Let You Go

    Westlife

  11. 11

    Hares On The Mountain

    Radie Peat · out yesterday

  12. 12

    Budapest

    George Ezra

  13. 13

    Space Cowboy

    Kacey Musgraves

Shower · 13 songs

Sing it at the tiles

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The songs
  1. 1

    How Will I Know

    Whitney Houston

  2. 2

    Friend Like Me

    Original Broadway Cast of Aladdin · Sherri Shepherd takes over as the Genie tonight

  3. 3

    Spice Up Your Life

    Spice Girls

  4. 4

    We Belong Together

    Mariah Carey

  5. 5

    9 to 5

    Dolly Parton · Pitlochry announced 9 to 5 for Alan Cumming’s 2027 season

  6. 6

    Feather

    Sabrina Carpenter

  7. 7

    Start of Something New

    High School Musical Cast

  8. 8

    Housewife

    Tate McRae · her new single and video

  9. 9

    Dance The Night

    Dua Lipa

  10. 10

    Halo

    Beyonce

  11. 11

    thank u, next

    Ariana Grande

  12. 12

    Party in the U.S.A.

    Miley Cyrus

  13. 13

    Knowing Me, Knowing You

    ABBA

Work · 13 songs

Steady hands, quiet room

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The songs
  1. 1

    Don’t Stop Believin’

    Vitamin String Quartet

  2. 2

    Reflection

    One Piano

  3. 3

    The Music of the Night

    Michael Crawford · Rema Webb joins the Phantom of the Opera tour

  4. 4

    Fix You

    Brooklyn Duo

  5. 5

    You’ll Be in My Heart

    Walt’s Piano

  6. 6

    Spring Is Here

    Bill Evans

  7. 7

    Kung Fu Piano: Cello Ascends

    The Piano Guys

  8. 8

    Night and Day

    Beegie Adair

  9. 9

    Flower In A Hurricane

    Justice, Tame Impala, SZA, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard · Justice scored Grand Theft Auto VI

  10. 10

    Divenire

    Ludovico Einaudi

  11. 11

    Royals

    Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox

  12. 12

    Infra 5

    Max Richter

  13. 13

    One Summer’s Day

    Joe Hisaishi

Car · 14 songs

Windows down, A46

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The songs
  1. 1

    The Greatest Show On Earth

    U2 · new single, with the first 2027 tour dates

  2. 2

    Man! I Feel Like a Woman!

    Shania Twain

  3. 3

    Forever After All

    Luke Combs

  4. 4

    Heart of Glass

    Blondie · Blondie announced a new album, High Noon

  5. 5

    Somebody to Love

    Queen

  6. 6

    Teenage Dream

    Katy Perry

  7. 7

    Black Stars

    The Smashing Pumpkins · from the new Hunger Games soundtrack

  8. 8

    Sunflower

    Post Malone

  9. 9

    Last Name

    Carrie Underwood

  10. 10

    Back in Time

    Huey Lewis & The News · the Back to the Future musical’s first UK tour is on the road

  11. 11

    7 Summers

    Morgan Wallen

  12. 12

    What a Man Gotta Do

    Jonas Brothers

  13. 13

    Breathe Easy

    Blue

  14. 14

    Still Hungover

    Ella Langley