More and more I’ve found myself wanting complete-ish chronological playlist of this or that artist — most recently, for Abdullah Ibrahim, who passed away a few days ago. (Sean Jacobs has written a beautiful piece about him in NYRB — link below.) But those playlists are often hard to come by, so I thought I’d try my hand at some vibe-coding. Result:
- a pretty complete chronological discography for Ibrahim on Spotify
- the same thing in JSON format
- a basic toolkit in Python for turning any discography in JSON format into a Spotify playlist
Sean’s piece on Ibrahim, [which I really recommend.](https: //www.nybooks.com/online/2026/06/07/songs-of-liberation-abdullah-ibrahim/) (‘archived’ version here).
Share and enjoy!
Note: I’m not a Spotify fan at all, but all the alternatives I’ve tried seem fatally flawed.