On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café,  we’re back to The Leon Loft for a visit with Australian 5-piece band The Paper Kites, playing songs old and new!

Also, in-studio archives from Detroit’s Joe Henry, Philly’s Jeffery Gaines and Jonathan Edwards (soon to turn 80).

See the playlist below and listen to the episodes on-demand for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

Acoustic Café Playlist for June 28, 2026

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
• “Mushaboom” – Feist
• “Canopies” – Bedouine
• “Full Of Stars” – Death Cab For Cutie
• “Remember Yourself” – Modest Mouse
• “Sunshine” – Jonathan Edwards (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “City Of New Orleans” – Allen Toussaint
• “Stormwall” – The Paper Kites (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guests)
• “Marietta” – The Paper Kites (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guests)
• “Hope Of Fools” – Brother Wallace
• “Michigan” – Margaret Glaspy
• “Keep Us In Song” – Joe Henry (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Good Good Love” – Jalen Ngonda
• “Idaho” – Jobi Riccio
• “Comes Around Again” – The Arcadian Wild
• “Life Can Be Hard” – Paul McCartney
• “Over And Over” – Jeffrey Gaines (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “The Fiddle & The Drum” – Renee Fleming & Bela Fleck
• “If I Could Speak To Leonard” – Rodney Crowell
• “Everybody Knows” – Dayna Kurtz (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Broken Record” – Good Old War (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Tennenbaum” – The Paper Kites (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guests)
• “Every Town” – The Paper Kites (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guests)

Listen to Acoustic Café with host Rob Reinhart every Sunday from 1-3 p.m. ET on Detroit Public Radio 101.9 WDET and streaming on-demand at wdet.org

This week on Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music exploring the curious trend of “Title Twins”… brand new songs, featuring previously used, sometimes iconic song titles of the past. Why? Who knows! But let’s have some fun hearing the new and old back-to-back.

See the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music Playlist for April 11, 2026

HOUR ONE:

• “For The Love Of Money” – The Black Keys
• “For The Love Of Money” – The O’Jays
• “Hotel California” – Joji
• “Hotel California” – The Gypsy Kings (cuz I can’t take the Eagles again)
• “For What It’s Worth” – Liam Gallagher
  
• “For What It’s Worth” – Buffalo Springfield
  
• “Night Moves” – Lissie
• “Night Moves” – Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
• “The Look Of Love” – ABC
• “The Look Of Love” – Isaac Hayes (cuz this version is awesome)
• “Somebody That I Used To Know” – Gotye
• “Somebody That I Used To Know” – Elliott Smith
• “Rock The Boat” – Trombone Shorty
  
• “Rock The Boat” – The Hues Corporation
  

• “Who Do You Love?” – Brother Wallace
• “Who Do You Love?” – Bo Diddley
• “Nice Work If You Can Get It” – Sloan
• “Nice Work If You Can Get It” – Ella Fitzgerald
• “Real Love” – Mary J. Blige
• “Real Love” – Joan Osborne
  
• “California” – Rufus Wainwright
  
• “California” – Joni Mitchell
  
• “It Should Have Been Me” – Ray Charles
  
• “It Should Have Been Me” – Gladys Knight & The Pips
  
• “Cherry Baby” – Jenny Lewis
  
• “Cherry Baby” – Starz
• “Tired Of Being Alone” – Teenage Fanclub
  
• “Tired Of Being Alone” – Al Green
  

Listen to Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music every Saturday from 2-4 p.m. ET on Detroit Public Radio 101.9 WDET and streaming on-demand at wdet.org