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Maoxian's One a Day Playlist for September 2026

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Here is the One a Day playlist for September 2026. Check out the One a Day playlists for August, July, June, May, April, March, February and January.

30 amazing songs, 1 hour 58 minute running time. Talented human curation still way better than GIGO (what I call AI). I hope you discover some new music that you like. Kendra Morris, Erykah Badu, Bob Marley, and Van Morrison talented enough to appear as coveted repeat artists.

The songs are ordered chronologically from latest to earliest:

  1. MorMor, Celeste, Like Heaven

  2. Joey Quinones, Don't Be Late

  3. Bel Cobain, Am I Dumb

  4. Degiheugi, Ipanemax

  5. Nubiyan Twist, Mamani Keita, Slow Breath

  6. TAMTAM, Seven Seas

  7. Peter Somuah, Pat Thomas, We Give Thanks

  8. 30/70, HOLY ROLLER

  9. Kendra Morris, Cry Sometimes

  10. Weyes Blood, Andromeda

  11. Pat Thomas, Kwashibu Area Band, Onfa Nkosi Hwee

  12. Laura Cahen, Ca Depend Des Saisons

  13. Charles Bradley, Menahan Street Band, The World (Is Going Up in Flames)

  14. Angie Stone, Wish I Didn't Miss You

  15. Erykah Badu, Didn't Cha Know

  16. Mos Def, Ms. Fat Booty

  17. Fugees, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, Pras, Fu-Gee-La

  18. A Tribe Called Quest, Can I Kick It? 

  19. Jungle Brothers, What's Going On

  20. Cheb Hasni, Nebhilk mani hani

  21. Bob Marley & the Wailers, So Much Trouble In The World

  22. William Onyeabor, Heaven and Hell

  23. Gospel Comforters, Jesus Will Help Me

  24. Hector Lavoe, El Todopoderoso

  25. Big Star, September Gurls

  26. Van Morrison, Crazy Love

  27. It's A  Beautiful Day, White Bird

  28. Big Brother & the Holding Company, Summertime

  29. The Beatles, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

  30. Jefferson Airplane, White Rabbit

Maoxian's One a Day Playlist for August 2026

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Here is the One a Day playlist for August 2026. Check out the One a Day playlists for July, June, May, April, March, February and January.

Another amazing collection of songs, clearly curated by a straight, white, over-educated, Gen-X male with an enormous amount of time on his hands.

The songs are ordered chronologically from latest to earliest:

  1. Vulfmon, Jackie Evans, Leave You

  2. Alela, Diane Could Be

  3. Searows, Photograph of a Cyclone

  4. Luna Li, That's Life

  5. Brooke Combe, This Town

  6. Charif Megardbane, Souk el Ahad

  7. Mitski, The Frost

  8. Jemba Groove, K.O.G., Sweet My Ear

  9. Ana Layla, Someone

  10. Kazam, Litchi

  11. Jack Harlow, WHATS POPPIN

  12. Vicente Amigo, Nina Pastori, Amor de Nadie 

  13. The Blind Boys of Alabama, Way Down in the Hole

  14. People Under the Stairs, San Francisco Knights

  15. Slide Five, Outerspace

  16. Elia des Ochoa, Llora Mi Nena

  17. 4 non Blondes, What's Up?

  18. De La Soul, (3 Is) The Magic Number

  19. The Smiths, The Boy With The Thorn In His Side

  20. The Jesus and Mary Chain, Just Like Honey

  21. Martha and the Muffins, Echo Beach

  22. The Jam, Girl on the Phone

  23. John Renbourn, Stefan Grossman, Bermuda Triangle Exit

  24. Bob Marley & the Wailers, Crazy Baldhead

  25. Peter Tosh, Legalize It

  26. Steely Dan, Kid Charlemagne

  27. Tim Maia, Over Again

  28. Elia y Elizabeth, Descripcion

  29. The Braen's Machine, Description

  30. Jeannie Piersol, The Nest

  31. Nina Simone, Ain't Got No - I Got Life

Maoxian's One a Day Playlist for July 2026

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Here is the One a Day playlist for July 2026. Check out the One a Day playlists for June, May, April, March, February and January.

It’s unusual for me to include an artist more than once in the One a Day playlist since I combine the monthly lists to make the annual list … but I love Melissa Leveaux and Olive Jones and Ellen Mcilwaine enough to bend the rules for them. I also took perverse pleasure putting Billy Joel between Pablo Moses and Junior Murvin … hey, it’s just chronology.

The songs are ordered chronologically from latest to earliest:

  1. The Sha La Das, Stop Using My Love

  2. Foushee, war

  3. Olive Jones, A Woman's Heart

  4. The Lemon Twigs, My Golden Years

  5. Nectar Woode, Good Vibrations

  6. The Innocence Mission, On Your Side

  7. Snoh Aalegra, I Want You Around

  8. Melissa Leveaux, Nan fon bwa

  9. Andrew Bird, Are You Serious

  10. Mazzy Starr, In the Kingdom

  11. Gnarls Barkley, Crazy

  12. The Derek Trucks Band, Volunteered Slavery

  13. Feist, Secret Heart

  14. The Libertines, What Katie Did

  15. Kurt Elling, Orange Blossoms in Summertime

  16. Richard Ashcroft, A Song For The Lovers

  17. Belle and Sebastian, Is It Wicked Not To Care?

  18. Tarkan, Simarik

  19. 2Pac, Dear Mama

  20. Massive Attack, Tracey Thorn, Better Things

  21. Francky Vincent, Le jeu des cinq

  22. Pablo Moses, Dubbing Is A Must

  23. Billy Joel, Just the Way You Are

  24. Junior Murvin, Police & Thieves

  25. Ellen Mcilwaine, Higher Ground

  26. Minnie Ripperton, Lovin' You

  27. Smokey Robinson, The Tracks of My Tears

  28. Millie Small, My Boy Lollipop

  29. Nancy Wilson, I Wish You Love

  30. Lorez Alexandria, Nature Boy

  31. The Chordettes, Lollipop

Maoxian's One a Day Playlist for June 2026

Added on by C. Maoxian.

Here is the One a Day playlist for June 2026. Check out the One a Day playlists for May, April, March, February and January.

I “discovered” Olivia Dean on YouTube a decade? ago and said this girl is gonna be a star. I have a HUGE crush on Mari Froes, who is super beautiful and has an amazing voice. Dent May is my kind of smartass. Then we have classic GenX stuff (Sade, David Bowie, The Cure). Then we have GenX baby-in-the-womb stuff: Ellen McIlwaine, Stevie Wonder, Janis Joplin, Roberta Flack, Allman Bros. And that old Cole Porter song takes me back to many a night spent in the Cafe Carlyle. R.I.P. Bobby!

The songs are ordered chronologically from latest to earliest:

  1. spill tab, Suckerrr

  2. Olivia Dean, A Couple Minutes

  3. Andrea Laszlo De Simone, Per te

  4. Mari Froes, Figa De Guine

  5. Avenue A,  Run Cold

  6. Sababa 5, Bezani

  7. Peter Cat Recording Co., Seed

  8. Shay Hazan, Nitai Hershkovits, Sunflowers

  9. Bloom Bat, Odd Friends

  10. Albin de la Simone, Les cent prochaines annees

  11. Joe Yorke, Dreaming

  12. Wolfgang Valbrun, Keep Your Head Up

  13. Tank and The Bangas, The Ton3s, Communion in my Cup

  14. Benjamin Schoos, Dent May, All Night Every Night

  15. CAKE, Mahna, Mahna

  16. Portishead, Only You

  17. Edwyn Collins, A Girl Like You

  18. Gipsy Kings, Hotel California

  19. The Cure, Close To Me

  20. Sade, The Sweetest Taboo

  21. David Bowie, Ashes To Ashes

  22. Hugh Mundell, Run Revolution A Come

  23. Ellen McIlwaine, Can't Find My Way Home

  24. Stevie Wonder, You Are The Sunshine Of My Life

  25. The Doobie Brothers, Listen to the Music

  26. Bobby Short, Katie Went To Haiti

  27. Janis Joplin, Cry Baby

  28. Roberta Flack, Do What You Gotta Do

  29. Allman Brothers Band, In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

  30. Mahalia Jackson, A Satisfied Mind

Maoxian's One a Day Playlist for May 2026

Added on by C. Maoxian.

Here is the One a Day playlist for May 2026. Check out the One a Day playlists for April, March, February and January.

Mario Bros. and Eric B. & Rakim take me back to high school, and Tanita Tikaram and Jane’s Addiction take me back to college. You dat oldz, brah?

The songs are ordered chronologically from latest to earliest:

  1. SAULT, God, Protect Me from My Enemies

  2. Dominique Fils-Aime, Going Home

  3. Kendra Morris, Dear Buddy

  4. Mari Froes, Fogueira

  5. Laura Anglade, A New Day, a New Life, a New Love

  6. Isolde Lasoen, Oh Dear

  7. Teddy Swims, Lose Control

  8. Espen Horne, Selim Mutic, Bergen Sunrays

  9. Skrillex, Missy Ellott, Mr. Oizo, RATATA

  10. Baron Retif & Concepcion Perez, Italien chausettes lin

  11. Courtney Marie Andrews, If I Told

  12. Rema, Dumebi

  13. Hannah Murray, Down and Dusky Blonde

  14. Amy Winehouse, Wake Up Alone

  15. Paolo Nutini, Last Request

  16. Arctic Monkeys, Mardy Bum

  17. The Roots, You Got Me

  18. Thievery Corporation, Lebanese Blonde

  19. Alain Marlin, Taksi marron

  20. Tanita Tikaram, Twist in My Sobriety

  21. Jane's Addiction, Standing in the Shower …  Thinking

  22. Eric B. & Rakim, Paid In Full

  23. Koji Kondo, Super Mario Bros. Main Theme

  24. Dennis Bovell, Frea Stoil

  25. Gerry Rafferty, Right Down the Line

  26. Alessi Brothers, Seabird

  27. Bob Marley & the Wailers, Who the Cap Fit

  28. Labi Siffre, Cannock Chase

  29. Robert Flack, Donny Hathaway, Where Is the Love

  30. Jimi Hendrix, Fire

  31. Gillian Hills, Zou bisou bisou

Maoxian's One a Day Playlist for April 2026

Added on by C. Maoxian.

Here is the One a Day playlist for April 2026. Check out the One a Day playlists for March, February and January.

The kids say my musical selections are “low energy,” but I know what I like. If you don’t like the track, skip to the next. I hope you discover something new!

The songs are ordered chronologically from latest to earliest:

  1. Memory Spells, Jordan Whitlock, Higher

  2. Laufey, Silver Lining

  3. Birds on a Wire, Smalltown Boy

  4. Olive Jones, End of Time

  5. Elli Ingram, Loving You (Is Losing Me)

  6. Immy Owusu, Palm Wine Elixir

  7. ENNY, Take It Slow

  8. Gotts Street Park, Pip Millett, Got To Be Good

  9. Men I Trust, Ring Of Past

  10. Sven Wunder, Tulip

  11. Alexandra Savior, Can't Help Myself

  12. Sharon Van Etten, Norah Jones, Seventeen

  13. Jorja Smith, Be Honest

  14. Sebastien Llado Quartet, Billie Jean

  15. Hindi Zahar, Un jour

  16. Electric Guest, This Head I Hold

  17. Juicebox, Love Beads

  18. Josh Rouse, Sunshine (Come on Lady)

  19. Sade, Kiss of Life

  20. Bebe Manga, Amie

  21. Dead Kennedys, Holiday in Cambodia

  22. God's Girls, My Time Ain't Long

  23. Bunny Wailer, Dream Land

  24. The Tennors, Weather Report 

  25. Steely Dan, King of the World

  26. Ten Years After, I'd Love to Change the World

  27. Archie Whitewater, Cross Country

  28. The Mynah Birds, It's My Time

  29. Doc Watson, Doc's Guitar

  30. Sam Cooke, Get Yourself Another Fool

Maoxian's One a Day Playlist for March 2026

Added on by C. Maoxian.

Here is the One a Day playlist for March 2026. Check out the One a Day playlists for both February and January.

My musical taste is as eclectic as it is superlative so you should listen closely to the selections. The songs are ordered chronologically from latest to earliest:

  1. Melissa Leveaux, do as I say

  2. Mitski, Charon's Obol

  3. Momoko Gill, Heavy

  4. Tyler Ballgame, I Believe In Love

  5. Black Sea Dahu, Ruth

  6. Cat Clyde, Wild One

  7. Yael Naim, La fille pas cool

  8. Bad Bunny, Lo Que Le Paso a Hawaii

  9. Maribou State, Bloom

  10. Turnstile, I Care

  11. OMA, Do For Love

  12. Sinj Clarke, Yves

  13. Ruthee, Ailleurs

  14. Ours Samplus, Sleepy

  15. Meskerem Mees, Joe

  16. Gregory Alan Isakov, Saint Valentine

  17. Ali Farka Toure Sabu, Yerkoy

  18. Phoebe Killdeer, The Fade Out Line

  19. Ray LaMontagne, This Love Is Over

  20. Oxmo Puccino, 365 Jours

  21. Omara Portuondo, Maria Bethania, Tal Vez

  22. Scarface, On My Block

  23. Broadcast, Come On Let's Go

  24. Nas, Memory Lane

  25. Joe Jackson, It's Different for Girls

  26. Johnny Paycheck, She's All I've Got

  27. Carpenters, Mr. Guder

  28. Iron Butterfly, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

  29. Dorothy Ashby, Afro-Harping

  30. The Left Banke, Walk Away Renee

  31. Los Zafiros, Un Nombre de Mujer

Maoxian's One a Day Playlist for February 2026

Added on by C. Maoxian.

Here’s the wildly anticipated February playlist. The songs are sorted chronologically, latest to earliest. If you don’t like a song, skip to the next. Don’t forget to check out January’s playlist.

  • Kendra Morris, In My House

  • Jeanines, To Fail

  • Warhaus (feat. Sylvie Kreusch), Popcorn

  • Joe Yorke, Man

  • Gabi Hartmann, Maladie d'amour

  • Gabriels, Blame

  • Drugdealer (feat. Kate Bollinger), Pictures of You

  • Celeste, Love is Back

  • Ian Pooley, Venasque

  • Suzanne Vega, Caramel

  • Cesaria Evora, Sodade

  • Tom Tom Club, Genius of Love

  • Waylon Jennings, Amanda

  • George McCrae, Rock Your Baby

  • Phil Upchurch, Sitar Soul

  • Donny Hathaway, Love, Love, Love

  • Charlie Rich, Behind Closed Doors

  • The Beginning of the End, Funky Nassau, Pt. 1

  • Shuggie Otis, The Hawks

  • Roberta Flack, Do What You Gotta Do

  • Elton John, Your Song

  • Bobby Womack, California Dreamin'

  • The Youngbloods, All Over the World (La-La)

  • Jacqueline Taieb, Le Coeur au bout des doigts

  • Percy Sledge, When a Man Loves a Woman

  • Buffalo Springfield, For What It's Worth

  • Irma Thomas, Anyone Who Knows What Love Is

  • Ricky Nelson, Travelin' Man

Maoxian's One a Day Playlist for January 2026

Added on by C. Maoxian.

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

Maoxian's Top Songs of 2025

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