This week on Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music on the final day of February, we’ll jump into historical March releases from the past 60 years including Seger, Anita Baker, Iggy Pop, Marvin Gaye and many more.

Also new music this week from Jill Scott, Mitski, Jose Gonzalez and the upcoming HELP (2) compilation!

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 February 28, 2026

HOUR ONE:

• “Red Dragon Tattoo” – Fountains Of Wayne
• “Random Name Generator” – Wilco
• “You Went Away Too Long” – The Womack Sisters
• “A Perfect Storm” – Jose Gonzalez
• “Bruises” – Chris Bathgate
  
• “I Want You” – Marvin Gaye (March 1976)
• “Sweet Love” – Anita Baker (March 1986)
• “Gardenia” – Iggy Pop (March 2016)
• “Be Great” – Jill Scott ft. Trombone Shorty
• “This Time For Real” – Chet Faker
• “Nothing I Could Hide” – Arlo Parks
  
• “Big Bang Baby” – Stone Temple Pilots (March 1996)
• “Takin’ It To The Streets” – The Doobie Brothers (March 1976)

• “That White Cat” – Mitski
• “Doctrine Of Love” – Jalen Ngonda
• “That’s The Way God Planned It” – Billy Preston
• “We All Go Back To Where We Belong” – R.E.M.
• “Everybody Hurts” – Al Green
• “The Freshmen” – The Verve Pipe (March 1996)
• “Soul Kiss” – Joe Jackson (March 1986)
• “Moonlight Becomes You” – Frank Sinatra (March 1966)
• “These Boots Are Made For Walking” – Nancy Sinatra (March 1966)
• “Bad Blood” – Neil Sedaka
  
• “Pictures” – Gnarls Barkley
• “Like A Rock” – Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (March 1986)

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