On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café,  a selection of cool covers from the last 12 months, including Mavis Staples covering Porter Wagoner, I’m With Her (Paul Simon), Matt Nathanson (Billy Joel), Al Green (The Bee Gees), Low Cut Connie (Prince) and many more.

Also, there’s one brand new song courtesy of Sharon Van Etten, writing a new song in response to a story from film legend Isabella Rossellini through the SongWriter Podcast.

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 May 17, 2026

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
• “Fade Into You” – Gregory Alan Isakov ft. Sylvan Esso
• “Sunday Morning” – Beth Gibbons
• “Little Red Corvette” – Low Cut Connie
• “Time In A Bottle” – Lucy Dacus
• “Get This Groove” – Old Town Love
• “I Go To Extremes” – Matt Nathanson
• “The Obvious Child” – I’m With Her
• “Panic In Detroit” – Steven Brown
• “Satisfied Mind” – Mavis Staples
• “L.A. Freeway” – Jade Bird
• “You’re Cheatin’ Heart” – Beck
• “To Love Somebody” – Al Green
• “For Isabella” – Sharon Van Etten (SongWriter Podcast)
• “Sail Away” – Tyler Ramsey/Carl Broemel
• “Norwegian Wood” – Jacob Collier
• “Kissing Other People” – kissing other ppl
• “Kill Bill” – Vitamin String Quartet
• “Luther” – Iron & Wine, Ben Bridwell
• “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere” – The Dandy Warhols
• “Chevrolet” – Robert Plant
• “Manhattan Serenade” – Rachel & Vilray
• “Wichita Lineman” – Flea ft. Nick Cave
• “Tomorrow, Tomorrow” – Brad Hehldau ft. Daniel Rossen
• “Melissa” – Warren Haynes ft. Derek Trucks

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

On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café,  it’s a deep dive into our archives for random thoughts and songs from recent guests NEEDTOBREATHE, Sting, Mon Rovia and Ye Vagabonds. Plus some from decades ago: the late Todd Snider, Rufus and Loudon Wainwright, Rosanne Cash and many 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 April 5, 2026

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
• “Say That You Love Me” – Loudon Wainwright (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Grey Gardens” – Rufus Wainwright (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Better Broken” – Devon Gilfillian (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Undiscovered Country” – Rosanne Cash (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Shape Of My Heart” – Sting (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Where The Road Goes” – Rhett Miller (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Ozilline” – Indigo Girls (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Soundtrack” – Matt Nathanson (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “You’re The One” – Rhiannon Giddens (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Spittin’ On Fire” – Buddy & Julie Miller (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “I Get No Joy” – Jade Bird (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Life’s Too Short” – Todd Snider (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “The Long Surrender” – NEEDTOBREATHE (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “49 Tons” – Fred Eaglesmith (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Crooked The Road” – Mon Rovia (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Angel In The House” – Jonatha Brooke (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Riding With The King” – John Hiatt (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Purple Rain Drops” – Jalen Ngonda (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Ancient Light” – I’m With Her (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “The Flood” – Ye Vanagbonds (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “This Girl” – Punch Brothers (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Goodnight New York” – Vienna Teng (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “What You Won’t Do For Love” – Tre. Charles (Acoustic Cafe in-studio 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