On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café,  Jess Williamson shares her new set of songs called “A Mile South Of Heaven.” A Texan, Jess has spend the last 10 years in L.A. The new album is about the struggle between staying or heading back home.

Also, in-studio archives from Ben Folds, Tom Morello, Frank Turner and more!

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 October 25, 2026

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
• “Be Real Black For Me” – Meshell Ndegeocello
• “The Soul In Me” – Richard Thompson
• “Wild Child” – Carly Rae Jepsen
• “Girl Like Me” – Jazmine Sullivan ft. H.E.R.
• “Peggy Sang The Blues” – Frank Turner (2011 Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Radio Soul” – Elvis Costello
• “Goodbye To All That” – Jess Williamson (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “A Mile South Of Heaven” – Jess Williamson (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “My Mother’s Oldsmobile” – Rick Ruskin
• “Quicksand” – Rodrigo y Gabriela
• “Lay Down The Burden” – Buddy Miller ft. The War & Treaty
• “They Can’t Kill Us All” – Tom Morello
• “One Man Revolution” – Tom Morello (2007 Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Summer Clothes” – Michael Kiwanuka
• “Jet Plane” – Little Big Town
• “Capable Of Anything” – Ben Folds (2015 Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Freedom Bus” – Sheryl Crow
• “Everyday Is A Winding Road” – Sheryl Crow
• “Love Is Everywhere (Beware)” – Trampled By Turtles w/Jeff Tweedy
• “Tracking The Tropics” – Jess Williamson (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “Hum Of The City” – Jess Williamson (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)

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

New music from Michael Kiwanuka, who recently unveiled that he suffered a stroke and has been in recovery. This music is the first taste of his upcoming album “Fudge,” which is due out later this October via Polydor. We close out the show with a trip-hop ocused atmospheric and moody set with Massive Attack, Portishead, Blonde Redhead, Sneaker Pimps and Ghostpoet.

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

In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for October 6, 2026

• “Symphonie Pacifique” — Greg Foat
• “Summer Clothes” — Michael Kiwanuka
• “Ulla Dulla” — Traffik Island
• “The Girl from Ipanema” — Charlie Byrd
• “Sun And Moon” — Brittany Davis
• “Afro Golden Line” — Amir Bresler
• “Spellbinder” — Gabor Szabo
• “Right Down Here” — Asha Puthli
• “Alger la blanche” — Nicolas Godin
• “Train on the Island” — Aldous Harding
• “Will Anybody Ever Love Me?” — Sufjan Stevens
• “Burnin’ and Lootin'” — The Wailers
• “Straight to Hell (Extended Unedited Version [Remastered])” — The Clash
• “Try a Little Tenderness” — Otis Redding
• “Zero Sun” — Little Barrie & Malcolm Catto
• “Dripping Sun” — Kikagaku Moyo
• “Love and Hate in a Different Time (Original)” — Gabriels
• “The House of the Rising Sun” — Nina Simone
• “100 Yard Dash (Nicky D Remix)” — DeRobert & The Half-Truths
• “1969” — The Stooges
• “Here’s The Thing” — Fontaines D.C.
• “Covet” — Basement
• “Give Me Back My Man” — The B-52’s
• “See Out Loud” — Interpol
• “This Mirror Weighs a Ton” — Interpol
• “Mind’s a Lie” — High Vis
• “Unfinished Sympathy (feat. Shara Nelson) [2012 Mix/Master]” — Massive Attack
• “The Rip” — Portishead
• “23” — Blonde Redhead
• “6 Underground” — Sneaker Pimps
• “Drinking in L.A.” — Bran Van 3000
• “Survive It” — Ghostpoet

Listen to In the Groove with host Ryan Patrick Hooper weekdays from noon-3 p.m. ET on 101.9 WDET or stream on-demand at wdet.org.