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The Folio · No. 43Saturday 17 October 2026Jess Entwistle

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Wake up · 12 songs

First light, no rush

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The songs
  1. 1

    Turn Me On

    Norah Jones

  2. 2

    Early Morning Rain

    Eva Cassidy

  3. 3

    Dive

    Olivia Dean

  4. 4

    Cold Little Heart

    Michael Kiwanuka · he leads today’s new music round-up

  5. 5

    Home Again

    Carole King

  6. 6

    Bad Blood

    Nao · her jazz-leaning album Autumn landed yesterday

  7. 7

    Summer, Highland Falls

    Billy Joel

  8. 8

    All I Ever Asked

    Rachel Chinouriri · her second album is out now

  9. 9

    From the Dining Table

    Harry Styles

  10. 10

    Why Her Not Me

    Grace Carter · her debut album arrived in full yesterday

  11. 11

    Flying Without Wings

    Westlife

  12. 12

    The Lakes

    Taylor Swift

Shower · 13 songs

Sing it at the tiles

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The songs
  1. 1

    Super Trouper

    ABBA

  2. 2

    My Love Is Your Love

    Whitney Houston

  3. 3

    Expectations Remix

    Olivia Rodrigo, Chappell Roan · out yesterday, with David Byrne in the video

  4. 4

    Fantasy

    Mariah Carey

  5. 5

    Say You’ll Be There

    Spice Girls

  6. 6

    California Gurls

    Katy Perry

  7. 7

    Nonsense

    Sabrina Carpenter

  8. 8

    Don’t Say Love

    Leigh-Anne · she is on today’s new songs list

  9. 9

    Don’t Start Now

    Dua Lipa

  10. 10

    Cuff It

    Beyoncé

  11. 11

    Breaking Free

    High School Musical Cast

  12. 12

    Sucker

    Jonas Brothers

  13. 13

    That Don’t Impress Me Much

    Shania Twain

Work · 12 songs

Score for a grey Saturday

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The songs
  1. 1

    My Father’s Favourite

    Patrick Doyle · Sense and Sensibility is back in the papers this week

  2. 2

    Cruel Summer

    Vitamin String Quartet

  3. 3

    River Flows in You

    Brooklyn Duo

  4. 4

    Circle of Life

    One Piano

  5. 5

    Feed the Birds

    Walt’s Piano

  6. 6

    On the Nature of Daylight

    Max Richter · his new album While the Flood Rages is out

  7. 7

    A Thousand Years

    The Piano Guys

  8. 8

    Dream a Little Dream of Me

    Beegie Adair

  9. 9

    My Foolish Heart

    Bill Evans

  10. 10

    I Giorni

    Ludovico Einaudi

  11. 11

    The Legend of Ashitaka

    Joe Hisaishi

  12. 12

    Time

    Hans Zimmer

Car · 13 songs

Windows down in October

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The songs
  1. 1

    Mr. Brightside

    The Killers · Brandon Flowers played the hits at the Royal Albert Hall

  2. 2

    When It Rains It Pours

    Luke Combs

  3. 3

    Shake It Off

    Taylor Swift

  4. 4

    You Miss Me

    Fontaines D.C. · debuted live at the Roundhouse on Thursday

  5. 5

    Waffle House

    Jonas Brothers

  6. 6

    Circles

    Post Malone

  7. 7

    Blown Away

    Carrie Underwood

  8. 8

    More Than My Hometown

    Morgan Wallen

  9. 9

    I Kissed a Girl

    Katy Perry

  10. 10

    Radio Ga Ga

    Queen

  11. 11

    All Rise

    Blue

  12. 12

    See You Again

    Miley Cyrus

  13. 13

    Girl You Ain’t

    Ella Langley