On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café,  Jess Williamson shares her new set of songs called “A Mile South Of Heaven.” A Texan, Jess has spend the last 10 years in L.A. The new album is about the struggle between staying or heading back home.

Also, in-studio archives from Ben Folds, Tom Morello, Frank Turner and 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 October 25, 2026

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
• “Be Real Black For Me” – Meshell Ndegeocello
• “The Soul In Me” – Richard Thompson
• “Wild Child” – Carly Rae Jepsen
• “Girl Like Me” – Jazmine Sullivan ft. H.E.R.
• “Peggy Sang The Blues” – Frank Turner (2011 Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Radio Soul” – Elvis Costello
• “Goodbye To All That” – Jess Williamson (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “A Mile South Of Heaven” – Jess Williamson (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “My Mother’s Oldsmobile” – Rick Ruskin
• “Quicksand” – Rodrigo y Gabriela
• “Lay Down The Burden” – Buddy Miller ft. The War & Treaty
• “They Can’t Kill Us All” – Tom Morello
• “One Man Revolution” – Tom Morello (2007 Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Summer Clothes” – Michael Kiwanuka
• “Jet Plane” – Little Big Town
• “Capable Of Anything” – Ben Folds (2015 Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Freedom Bus” – Sheryl Crow
• “Everyday Is A Winding Road” – Sheryl Crow
• “Love Is Everywhere (Beware)” – Trampled By Turtles w/Jeff Tweedy
• “Tracking The Tropics” – Jess Williamson (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “Hum Of The City” – Jess Williamson (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

On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café,  it’s a Words & Music show for the Labor Day holiday, including past in-studio stories and songs from Gregory Porter, Arlo Parks, Indigo Girls, and Lady Blackbird. Plus, songs of Union labor from Tom Morello, Steve Earle and Billy Bragg recorded at Meadowbrook in 1995!

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 September 5, 2026

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
• “Union, God & Country” – Steve Earle (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Love Me Not” – Grace Potter (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Hope” – Arlo Parks (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Move To The Moon” – Matt Nathanson (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Play That Funky Music” – Judith Owen (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Bein’ Alive” – Melissa Etheridge (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Sleeper Car” – Mike Reid & Joe Henry (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Love Comes Around” – Rachael & Vilray (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Golden Days” – Graham Nash (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “In Your Ocean” – Iron & Wine (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Go” – Indigo Girls (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Nature Boy” – Gregory Porter (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “There Is Power In A Union” – Billy Bragg (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Nothing I Can’t Do” – MT Jones (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Let Me Be Wrong” – Jensen McRae (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “No Such Thing” – John Mayer (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Sunday Sun” – Beck (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Circumstances” – Shemekia Copeland (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “10th Floor” – APROPOS (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Javelin” – Kevin Morby (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Let me Speak To Bobby” – Low Cut Connie (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “The Devil Wins” – The Devil Makes 3 (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “I Am What I Am” – Lady Blackbird (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Union Song” – Tom Morello (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