Road Trip Finds: 20 Songs on My Playlist This Month

One of my favourite companions, whenever I travel (by road or air), is a very good playlist. Here’s a (not so) Fun Fact: I can listen to one song over and over again, for hours on end and not get tired of it. During my 12-hour overnight train ride from Cairo to Luxor, I listened to only one song throughout the entire trip!

(PS: That song is on this list and if you guess it right (in the comment section), I’m going to give you a lovely little present from the Travel with a Pen Store 🙂

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I also love a good mix of music. So, in this post, I’ll be sharing some of the songs on my playlist this month. Hope you enjoy them too!

My Road Trip Finds for the Month…

Yemi Alade ft. Sauti Sol – Africa

Volunteer – The World is Ours

Tom Rosenthal – Go Solo

Lord Huron – The Night We Met

Got it in You – Banners

Hillsong Worship – So Will I

Noah Kahan – Passenger

Dean Lewis – Lose My Mind

Stromae – Papaoutai

Alvaro Soler – Sofia

Lauren Daigle – You Say

Calum Scott – What I Miss Most

OneRepublic – I Lived

Oh Wonder – Ultralife

Vance Joy – Fire and the Flood

Sia – Never Give Up

The Script – Superheroes

The Greatest Showman Cast – This is Me

Andy Grammer – Honey, I’m Good

Sheppard – Geronimo

There you have it – 20 songs on my playlist for road trips (and my daily commute) this month!

Share your current road trip playlist with me in the comment section. What songs are you listening to now?

Cover photo by: Pablo García Saldaña on Unsplash
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- Subscribe to the Travel with a Pen Newsletter (You can do so here)
- Be the first person to guess the song correctly
- Leave a comment to share your current favorite songs with me, so I can check them out too
- Find me on Instagram at @amarachiekekwe and @travelwithapen and on Twitter at @amarachi_ekekwe
- Be available to pick up your gift in Victoria Island, Lagos

6 comments

  1. Hillsong worship – So will I
    This song is always on repeat in my daily commute

      1. I followed all the rules except the last one. I will not be available to pick up the gift.

        I am a subscriber already. Following on Instagram. I don’t have a favorite song. I love good music. 😤

        1. Ah well, you did now 🙂 (Re – your (non-favorite songs – And don’t worry, I know how hard it can be to choose, so I was kinda expecting a short list of your current favorites).

          Anyway, if you got the music right, you’re free to transfer the gift to a friend who is based in Lagos and is available to pick it up. I’ll ‘announce’ the winner in this post after the first 20 comments 🙂

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