This week on Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music, it’s an All Covers Show! Interestingly, all of the covers on today’s show are classic songs, and they’ve all been released in just the last few months. Artists are still covering The Stones, Motown classics, Donovan, Procol Harum and many more…I suspect these songs will continue to be covered for a long time to come!

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 October 17, 2026

HOUR ONE:

• “Islands In The Stream” – Meshell Ndegeocell & Chaka Khan
• “Gimme Shelter” – Ghost Hounds
• “Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime” – Beck
• “Soak Up The Sun” – AJ Lee & Blue Summit
• “For What It’s Worth” – Old Crow Medicine Show
• “Just The Two Of Us” – Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.
• “Feeling Good” – Crys Matthews
• “Soulshine” – Jill Jack
• “Don’t Look Back” – Buddy Miller & Dan Penn
• “Sentimental Lady” – Ken Pomeroy
• “High On A Mountain” – Rhiannon Giddens
• “And So It Goes” – Brandi Carlile

HOUR TWO:

• “Don’t Stop The Music” – Meshell Ndegeocello & Nick Hakim
• “Whiter Shade Of Pale” – Johnny Blue Skies
• “It’s Only Love” – ROZZI
• “To Love Somebody” – Al Green
• “Ordinary World” – Vitamin String Quartet & Girl Named Tom
• “These Days” – Muiranne Bradley
• “You Know I’m No Good” – The Rolling Stones
• “Hand It Over” – Keb’ Mo’ ft. Soweto Gospel Choir
• “Pressure ” – Matt Nathanson
• “Orphan Girl” – Suzi Dian & Robert Plant
• “Universal Soldier” – Depeche Mode
• “The Closer I Get To You” – Meshell Ndegeocello

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