You’ll recall that I recently posted a One a Day Playlist for 2025. The trouble with that list was that it was 365 songs long (duh) and clocked in at 21 hours and 10 minutes.

So in 2026 I’m going to post the One a Day Playlist every month, and here’s January’s, which is 31 songs long (duh) and clocks in at a more digestible 2 hours and 4 minutes.

The songs are sorted chronologically, latest to earliest. If you don’t like a song, skip to the next!

Music discovery is something that interests me. My musical taste is both eclectic and superlative, and I hope you find the monthly playlist useful.

Kali Uchis, All I Can Say
Star Feminine Band, Bowo Fun Obiri
JID, Glory
Trond Kallevag, Pretty Polly
Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek, Gunes
Emiliana Torrini, Miss Flower
Pearl & the Oysters, Side Quest
Kate Bollinger, J'aime les filles
Molly Tuttle, Helpless
Her's, Cool With You
Joy Kills Sorrow, Such Great Heights
Andrea Triana, Far Closer
Nouvelle Vague, Road to Nowhere
Blur, Clover Over Dover
Violent Femmes, Gone Daddy Gone
Stevie Ray Vaughan, Little Wing
David Bowie, Wild Is the Wind
Steely Dan, Doctor Wu
Jerry Goldsmith, Love Theme from Chinatown
Barry White, Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up
Quincy Jones, Sandford & Son Theme
Bill Withers, Lean on Me
Cat Stevens, Morning Has Broken
Nolan Porter, If I Could Only Be Sure
Albert King, Finger on the Trigger
The Feminine Complex, Hold Me
Janis Joplin, Little Girl Blue
Jose Feliciano, California Dreamin'
Jimi Hendrix, Hey Joe
John Mayall, Hideaway
Dion, Runaround Sue