On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café,  we celebrate the July 4th holiday by jumping into our archives for uniquely American stories— cranks and crazies, family and faith, reservations, dreams and divisions— celebrating this strange nation that’s lasted 250 years!

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 July 5, 2026

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
• “Reservation Road” – Bill Miller (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Yet To Be” – Rhiannon Giddens (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Detroit Made” – John Hiatt (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Cold Beer And Remote Control” – Indigo Girls (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “D.B Copper” – Todd Snider (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Thunder Road” – Matt Nathanson (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Tricksters, Hucksters & Scamps” – Amos Lee (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Workin’ Woman Blues” – Valerie June (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “A Working Man Can’t Get Nowhere Today” – Peter Case (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “My America” – Adeem The Artist (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “American Dream” – Ondara (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Family Is Family” – Kacey Musgrave (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Good Ol’ U.S.A.” – Billy Joe Shaver (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Kristine From The 7th Grade” – Ben Folds (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Preaching To The Choir” – Rodney Crowell (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “November 5th, 2008” – Ani Difranco (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “American Tune” – Darrell Scott (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “King Cotton” – Corey Harris (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “I Ain’t Got No Home” – Billy Bragg (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Union Town” – Tom Morello (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Like Jesus Would” – Crys Matthews (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “The long Surrender” – NEEDTOBREATHE (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Blacktop Train” – Ellis Paul (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “The Undiscovered Country” – Rosanne Cash (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “My Strange Nation” – Susan Werner (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

On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café,  Feist turned 50 this year, so we’re celebrating that milestone birthday by going back to one of our favorite sessions in 2012. Leslie was touring with the trio Mountain Man in support of her album “Metals.”

Also, past in-studio archives from beabadoobee, NEEDTOBREATHE, Norah Jones and Frank Turner.

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 June 21, 2026

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
• “Is She Really Going Out With Him (acoustic)” – Joe Jackson
• “Brightside” – Ziggy Marley
• “Second Best” – Momo Boyd & Infinity Song
• “Game To Lose” – I’m With Her
• “Care” – beabadoobee (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Scarlet Tide” – Renee Fleming & Bela Fleck
• “How Come You Never Go There” – Feist (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “My Moon My Man” – Feist (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “Uncertain, TX” – Kacey Musgraves
• “In Good Trouble” – India Arie
• “The Long Surrender” – NEEDTOBREATHE (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Defiance, Ohio” – Iron & Wine
• “Riding That Symbol” – Aldous Harding
• “Software Developer” – Blessing Jolie
• “Different Light” – Rostam
• “Little Broken Hearts” – Norah Jones (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Fallin'” – Alicia Keys
• “Often Lately” – Dermot Kennedy
• “Down South” – Paul McCartney
• “Live And Let Die” – Frank Turner (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Cool To Know You” – The Arcadian Wild
• “Get It Wrong, Get It Right” – Feist (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “The Bad In Each Other” – Feist (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