{"id":69582,"date":"2026-07-30T18:10:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T18:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/30\/glen-hansard-the-strokes-noah-kahan-lead-barack-obamas-2026-playlist\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T18:10:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T18:10:29","slug":"glen-hansard-the-strokes-noah-kahan-lead-barack-obamas-2026-playlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/30\/glen-hansard-the-strokes-noah-kahan-lead-barack-obamas-2026-playlist\/","title":{"rendered":"Glen Hansard, the Strokes, Noah Kahan Lead Barack Obama’s 2026 Playlist"},"content":{"rendered":"


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“It starts with a song Michelle and I love by Glen Hansard, a great musician who passed tragically this week,” former president wrote <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n\tBarack Obama<\/a> has shared his annual summer playlist, which the former president started on a somber note by acknowledging the death of Glen Hansard<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHere are some of the songs I\u2019ve been listening to this summer,\u201d Obama wrote on social media Thursday. \u201cIt starts with a song Michelle and I love by Glen Hansard, a great musician who passed tragically this week. Our hearts go out to his family.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tObama opened his playlist with Hansard\u2019s \u201cSong of Good Hope,\u201d which featured on the Irish singer-songwriter\u2019s 2012 solo debut Rhythm and Repose<\/em>; Hansard died Wednesday<\/a> at the age of 56 in a motorcycle accident.<\/p>\n

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Here are some of the songs I’ve been listening to this summer. It starts with a song Michelle and I love by Glen Hansard, a great musician who passed tragically this week. Our hearts go out to his family. pic.twitter.com\/3A1trYfXfx<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 30, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

\n\tLike all of Obama\u2019s summer songs playlist, the tracks span all genres of music, from rock \u2014 notably the Strokes<\/a>\u2019 \u201cGoing Shopping,\u201d Coldplay\u2019s \u201cCharlie Brown\u201d and the Beatles (\u201cRevolution\u201d) and David Bowie (\u201cModern Love\u201d) classics \u2014 to folk (Noah Kahan\u2019s \u201cDoors,\u201d Mumford & Sons and Hozier\u2019s \u201cRubber Band Man\u201d) to R&B (Tyla featuring Zara Larsson\u2019s \u201cShe Did It Again,\u201d Kelela\u2019s \u201cIdea 1,\u201d Luther Vandross\u2019 \u201cAnyone Who Had a Heart\u201d).<\/p>\n

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\n\tThis year\u2019s playlist evenly splits Obama\u2019s picks between contemporary cuts and well-known classics: On the hip-hop side, there\u2019s Vince Staples, BossMan Dlow, and Doechii & SZA alongside A Tribe Called Quest\u2019s \u201cAward Tour.\u201d Charley Crockett\u2019s \u201cOne Eyed Jacks\u201d is countered by Johnny Cash\u2019s \u201cFolsom Prison Blues,\u201d and Temper City\u2019s 2026 hit \u201cSelf Aware\u201d adjacent to Neil Young\u2019s 1972 single \u201cHeart of Gold.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tElsewhere on the summer playlist is Drake, Sonny Rollins, Nina Simone, Buena Vista Social Club, Los Lobos, Chaka Khan, and Sam & Dave, as well as some tastemaking picks by October London, Gvrden Boy, Gabriel Jacoby, and Baby Rose.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n