On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café,  the Indiana band Houndmouth, now 15 years on, have released their 5th album called “Lordy.” Songwriter Matt Meyers takes us through the (difficult) process and the band runs through some of the new tunes!

Also, in-studio archives from Fitz & The Tantrums, Bruce Cockburn and the legendary Richard Thompson (coming to the A2 Folk Fest in January).

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 4, 2026

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
• “Godspeed” – Mavis Staples
• “Liberty Tree” – Phoebe Bridgers
• “I Am Your Season” – The Womack Sisters
• “Changes Like The Weather” – MT Jones
• “Don’t Gotta Work It Out” – Fitz & The Tantrums (2011 Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Jesus, Etc.” – Margaret Glaspy ft. Norah Jones
• “Heavy Eyes” – Houndmouth (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guests)
• “Lordy” – Houndmouth (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guests)
• “Remember To Cry” – Billy Strings
• “Bound To Rain” – Ken Pomeroy
• “Yellow Dog Blues” – Bruce Cockburn
• “Pacing The Cage” – Bruce Cockburn (1997 Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Fiddler’s Green” – The Tragically Hip
• “Nitro/Hey Sarah It’s Gonna Rain Forever” – This Is Lorelei
• “Prayer For The People” – Farayi ft. The Steeldrivers
• “My Whole World” – Kings Of Leon
• “1952 Vincent Black Lightning” – Richard Thompson (1996 Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “All The Beauty” – Pete Yorn
• “Hope Is The Thing With Feathers” – Rhiannon Giddens
• “Solid Gold Country” – Todd Snider
• “Long Haired Country Boy” – Todd Snider (1996 Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Tiger Blood” – Houndmouth (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guests)
• “Never Gonna Die” – Houndmouth (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guests)

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