On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café,  it’s a Words & Music show for the Labor Day holiday, including past in-studio stories and songs from Gregory Porter, Arlo Parks, Indigo Girls, and Lady Blackbird. Plus, songs of Union labor from Tom Morello, Steve Earle and Billy Bragg recorded at Meadowbrook in 1995!

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 September 5, 2026

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
• “Union, God & Country” – Steve Earle (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Love Me Not” – Grace Potter (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Hope” – Arlo Parks (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Move To The Moon” – Matt Nathanson (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Play That Funky Music” – Judith Owen (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Bein’ Alive” – Melissa Etheridge (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Sleeper Car” – Mike Reid & Joe Henry (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Love Comes Around” – Rachael & Vilray (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Golden Days” – Graham Nash (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “In Your Ocean” – Iron & Wine (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Go” – Indigo Girls (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Nature Boy” – Gregory Porter (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “There Is Power In A Union” – Billy Bragg (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Nothing I Can’t Do” – MT Jones (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Let Me Be Wrong” – Jensen McRae (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “No Such Thing” – John Mayer (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Sunday Sun” – Beck (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Circumstances” – Shemekia Copeland (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “10th Floor” – APROPOS (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Javelin” – Kevin Morby (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Let me Speak To Bobby” – Low Cut Connie (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “The Devil Wins” – The Devil Makes 3 (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “I Am What I Am” – Lady Blackbird (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Union Song” – Tom Morello (Acoustic Cafe performance)

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