@Katie Lynn

The songs you can’t do without. The more you use Apple Music, the more essential they become. Refreshed every Tuesday.

Whether it’s a weekday morning or Saturday night, get going with this personalized set of upbeat music. Refreshed every Monday.

Songs to help you relax and unwind. Updated every Sunday.

Discover new music from artists we think you'll like. Refreshed every Friday.

The tracks you can’t get enough of lately, all in one place. Updated as you listen.

One of the richest developments in alternative music has been the embrace of rootsy, homespun sounds from the far left of the musical spectrum. Not folk music per se (and certainly not the strummings of some earnest coffeeshop troubadour), but folk as filtered through post-punk, lo-fi, and other noisier sounds that connect modern experiments with a long history of outsiders and individualists happily out of step with the mainstream. From rustic avant-garde-isms (think: The National or Animal Collective) to the idiosyncratic side of singer-songwriter fare, here’s a playlist capturing the spirit and spectrum of indie folk. Our editors update selections here regularly, so if you hear something you like, add it to your library.

Intricate arrangements, unguarded songwriting, and vocals that take your breath away. If you hear a track that really pulls at your heartstrings, add it to your library.

Some of the most evocative tales are told with little more than the voice and a piano or acoustic guitar. Today's best singer-songwriter fare—whether emotive and pop-leaning or rustic and folky—doesn't need heavy production and layers of instrumentation to make an impact. Our editors regularly refresh this playlist. If you like a track, add it to your library.

Among music’s extraordinary qualities is its ability to nudge us towards life’s intangibles without quite touching them. What follows is a playlist spanning pop, country, singer-songwriter, and R&B fare that explores the mysteries of faith with a curiosity and openheartedness that’s sometimes hard to find in conventional lanes. Our editors change things up now and then, so if you hear something you like, to add it to your library.

If you’re after just the hits, this is where you’ll find them: a handpicked selection of Americana's biggest songs of the past few years. Our editors update this playlist regularly, so if you hear something you like, add it to your library.