On this episode of Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music, I’ll feature tracks from some cool albums released in September of decades passed.

Plus, hear a brand new song from Sting — who’s coming to the Fillmore Detroit for two shows next week — Nilufer Yanya, Shemekia Copeland and much more.

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Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music Playlist for Sep. 7, 2024

• “Real Love Baby” – The Heavy Heavy (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
  
• “You Wrecked Me” – The War On Drugs
  
• “Is There Anybody Up There” – Shemekia Copeland
  
• “Demons” – Allison Russell
  
• “Simple Girl” – Jr. Jr.
• “One More Chance” – Notorious B.I.G. (released Sept ’94)
• “American Idiot” – Green Day (released Sept ’04)
• “Dancing Machine” – Jackson 5 (released Sept ’74)
• “I Wrote Your Name (Upon My Heart)” – Sting
• “Demolition Man” – The Police
• “All In Good Time” – Iron & Wine (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “It Don’t Come Easy” – Bettye LaVette
• “Crying In The Night” – Buckingham Nicks
• “Mutations” – Nilufer Yanya
• “Like 1999” – Valley
• “When You Know Someone” – Valley (Acoustic Cafe in-studio appearance)
• “The Future” – Dani Darling
• “Tonight” – David Bowie & Tina Turner (released Sept ’84)
• “Better Be Good To Me” – Tina Turner (released Sept ’84)
• “Pressure” – My Brightest Diamond (released Sept ’14)
• “Hater’s Anthem” – Infinity Song
• “I Don’t Wanna Surrender” – Extra Arms
• “Travelin’ Band” – Creedence Clearwater Revival
• “Trouble” – Ray Lamontagne (released Sept ’04)

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On this episode of Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music, hear artists performing at the 2024 Detroit Jazz Festival during Labor Day weekend.

Plus, Bilal Oliver’s first new work since 2016, Allen Stone and Dawes with new music forthcoming, and birthday wishes to Elvis Costello, who turned 70 last Sunday.

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Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music Playlist for Aug. 24, 2024

• “County Seat” – Joshua Redman & The Bad Plus
• “Lesson” – Joy Clark
• “Hollywood” – Toro y Moi with Benjamin Gibbard
• “Here To Forever” – Death Cab For Cutie
• “Let’s Misbehave” – Elvis Costello (happy 70th!)
• “Respect” – Aretha Franklin (the song for Maryland)
• “What I Like About You” – The Romantics (the song for S. Dakota)
• “September” – Earth Wind & Fire (the song for Colorado)
• “Giant Drums Song” – OOPAPADA
• “Somebody New” – Jana Mila
• “Old Tape” – Lucius
• “Hold On I’m Coming” – Sam & Dave
  
• “Midnight Train To Georgia” -Jason Isbell w/Brittney Spencer
• “Magnificent Hurt” – Elvis Costello (happy 70th!)
  
• “Giving Up” – Michigander
• “Sunshine” – Bilal
• “Can’t Explain This Love” – Allen Stone
• “Money On 7” – Amy Helm
• “Signed Sealed Delivered” – Stevie Wonder (the song for Connecticut)
• “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” – Marvin Gaye & Tammy Terrell (the song for North Mariana Islands)
• “Lose Yourself” – Eminem (the song for Michigan)
• “Thrift Store Jewelry” – The Bad Plus
  
• “Nobody’s Soldier” – Hozier
• “Remember” – Tank & The Bangas ft. Samara Joy and Robert Glasper
  
• “Jackson & Monk & Rowe” – Elvis Costello (happy 70th!)

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On this week’s episode of Acoustic Cafe, our in-studio guest is Jade Bird, playing songs from her new EP, Burn The Hard Drive, which is all about her broken engagement and creating new sounds. Jade also throws in an old tune and a cool cover.

Plus, hear previous Acoustic Cafe performances from Detroit’s Thornetta Davis in 1997, Toronto songwriter AHI in 2018, and the late John Mayall with a Bluesbreakers classic in 2001.

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Acoustic Cafe Playlist for Aug. 18, 2024

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani Difranco
• “Country Kid” – The Avett Brothers
• “Purple Haze” – Joy Oladokun
• “Fill My Cup”- The Dip
• “Promise”- Maya Hawke
• “Another Man”- John Mayall (2001 in-studio performance)
• “I Forgive It All” – Jamey Johnson
• “C’est La vie” – Jade Bird (in-studio performance)
• “Burn The Hard Drive”- Jade Bird (in-studio performance)
• “I Would Like To Heal”- Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
• “Lucid Girl”- Thee Sacred Souls
• “Into The Blue”- Aaron Frazer
• “Circumstances”- Shemekia Copeland (in-studio performance)
• “She Sang Sweet Baby James”- Johnny Cash
• “Sweet Baby James”- James Taylor
• “While U Can”- Omar Apollo
• “No More Love Songs”- Bette Smith
• “Leonard Cohen”- Bobby Bazini (in-studio performance)
• “Action Line”- The HipHarp Collective
• “Burns Out At Midnight”- Waxahatchee
• “Living Well”- Donovan Woods
• “On My Side” – AHI (in-studio performance)
• “Sunday Morning” – Thornetta Davis (in-studio performance)
• “Thirteen” – Jade Bird (in-studio performance)
• “I Get No Joy” – Jade Bird (in-studio performance)

On this episode of Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music, Woodstock is now 55 years in the rearview and we’ll celebrate the iconic festival’s birthday.

Plus, new Meshell Ndegeocello from her tribute to James Baldwin and a tune from Detroit’s Jack Spivey. I also get into some cool covers, and a few originals of songs you best know through others.

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Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music Playlist for Aug. 17, 2024

• “Dime” – Aaron Frazer
  
• “I Can See” – Durand Jones & The Indications
• “Belle Isle Drive” – Will Sessions w/Amp Fiddler and Dames Brown
• “Another Country” – Meshell Ndegeocello
• “Too Much Stress” – Steve Cropper w/Brian May and Billy Gibbons
• “Strawberry Letter 23” – Shuggie Otis
• “Love The One You’re With” – Isley Brothers
• “Satellite Business 2.0” – Sampha w/Little Simz
• “Mor” – Sigur Ros
• “Real Love Baby” – Father John Misty
• “ghost” – Sierra Spirit
• “Woodstock, 55 years ago NOW!” – Rob Reinhart for Culture Shift, 2019
• “Beaches” – Beabadoobee
• “Live For You” – Thee Sacred Souls
• “Ahead By A Century” – The Tragically Hip
• “Prove It To You” – Brittany Howard
• “Different Skin” – Jack Spivey
• “Thing Called Love” – John Hiatt
• “Take Me To The River” – Al Green
• “Thirteen” – Jade Bird (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Winding Roads” – Stephen Marley w/Jack Johnson
• “Feel” – The Heavy Heavy
• “Best Left Unsolved” – BADBADNOTGOOD
• “Volunteers” – Jefferson Airplane, 8/17/69 – Woodstock

Listen to Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music every Saturday from 2-4 p.m. ET on Detroit Public Radio 101.9 WDET.

On this episode of Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music, I celebrate the birthdays of Dire Straits co-founder Mark Knopfler, who turns 75 today (Aug. 12) and British musician Joe Jackson, who turned 70 this past Sunday.

I also feature a couple of Detroit’s finest up-and-comers who’ll be joining us on Thursday for WDET’s Sounds Like Detroit concert at New Center Park! You can grab tickets here.

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Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music Playlist for Aug. 10, 2024

• “Industrial Disease” – Dire Straits
  
• “Holloywood” – Toro y Moi w/Benjamin Gibbard
• “Inner City Blues” – Zara McFarlane
• “I’m Going Home” – Marvin Gaye
• “Dreams” – Infinity Song
• “All You Children” – Jamie xx
• “Sacrifice” – Isis Damil*
• “In The Clouds” – O.A.R.
• “Dear Mr.President” – Fitz & The Tantrums
• “More Than A Billionaire” – Bette Smith
• “Death Valley High” – Orville Peck & Beck
• “Worthy” – Mavis Staples
• “Dynamite” – The Roots
• “Walk Us Uptown” – Elvis Costello & The Roots
• “Tough Mother” – Shemekia Copeland
• “Coyote” – Joni Mitchell
• “Cheap Day Return” – Jethro Tull
• “Beautiful Day” – Amos Lee
• “Games” – C3TheArtist*
• “Dreams” – Justin Townes Earle
• “Drive” – Incubus
• “The Joke” – Coheed & Cambria
• “Peaceful Place” – Leon Bridges
• “Shape In A Drape” – Joe Jackson
• “It’s Different For Girls” – Joe Jackson

*Sounds Like Detroit 2024 performer

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On this episode of Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music, hear new music from the stunning vocalist Lady Blackbird (pictured above), plus her recent work with Moby.

I’m also looking at some cool releases from Augusts of the past, including work from FKA Twigs, Stevie Wonder, Portishead, The Supremes, Jeff Buckley and more.

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Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music Playlist for August 3, 2024

• “Time Makes Fools Of Us All” – Father John Misty
  
• “Baldwin Maifesto II” – Meshell Ndegeocello w/Staceyanne Chin
  
• “The Price Of The Ticket” – Meshell Ndegeocello
• “Diamond In The Rough ” – Laura Rain & The Caesars
  
• “Lights On” – FKA Twigs (LP1, August 2014)
  
• “Come See About Me” – The Supremes (Where Did Our Love Go, August 1964)
  
• “The Woman In Red” – Stevie Wonder (The Woman In Red OST, August 1984)
  
• “Call Me (Whatever You’d Like)” – Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
  
• “So Bad” – Cassandra Lewis (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance, 2024)
• “Raise Up” – Allysha Joy
  
• “Sour Times” – Portishead (Dummy, August 1994)
• “Reborn” – Lady Blackbird
  
• “dark days” – Moby + Lady Blackbird
  
• “Different Light” – Thunderlily
• “Tonight (Was a Long Time Ago)” – Jack White
  
• “Mr. Jones” – Counting Crows (Adam Duritz turned 60 on 8/1)
  
• “Lover You Should’ve Come Over” – Jeff Buckley (Grace, August 1994)
• “Pick Up The Pieces” – Average White Band (AWB, August 1974)
• “Heaven Help Us All” – Ray Charles w/ Gladys Knight (Genius Loves Company, August 2004)
• “Everybody’s Talking” – Tedeschi Trucks Band (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
  
• “Vintage” – Moses Sumney
  
• “I Apologize” – Anita Baker (Rhythm Of Love, August 1994)

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On this episode of Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music, more from the new Jack White album, released only on vinyl and exclusively at his Third Man Records stores.

I’m also honoring the late Duke Fakir, the last original member of The Four Tops, and John Mayall, founder of The Bluesbreakers, and a lot of new music from WDET’s own Shigeto, Carmel Liburdi, The Decemberists and more.

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Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music Playlist for July 27, 2024

• “Up All Night” – James Bay (ft. The Lumineers and Noah Kahan)
  
• “Simple Step” – Vulfpeck (ft. Antwaun Stanley)
  
• “Can’t Fight” – Lianne La Havas
  
• “White Rabbit” – Hiatus Kaiyote
  
• “The Truman Show ” – Carmel Liburdi
  
• “Waking Up” – Washed Out
  
• “Oh No!” – The Decemberists
  
• “Freedom” – Beyonce ft. Kendrick Lamar
  
• “I Fall In Love Too Easily” – Andrew Bird
  
• “Action Line” – Dorothy Ashby
  
• “Bitchin’ And Moanin’” – Jim Bizer
  
• “Ain’t No Woman Like The One I Got” – The Four Tops (w/ the late Duke Fakir)
  
• “That’s How I’m Feelin’” – Jack White
  
• “Icky Thump” – The White Stripes
  
• “Rumble And Sway” – Jaimie N. Commons
  
• “Lie 95” – Bartees Strange
  
• “The Punch” – Shigeto (ft. KESSWA)
  
• “Room To Move” – John Mayall
  
• “Another Man” – John Mayall (Acoustic Cafe performance, 2001)
  
• “Forever Now” – The Avett Brothers
  
• “Heart Shaped Box” – D A M S E L (Jack Spivey & Ember Henderson)
  
• “ ” – The Japanese House (Acoustic Cafe performance, 2024)
  
• “ All I Do” – The Four Tops (w/ the late Duke Fakir)
• “Reach Out, I’ll Be There” – The Four Tops (w/ the late Duke Fakir)

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On this week’s episode of Acoustic Cafe, we continue our celebration of our 30th year with a collection of in-studio performances of cover songs.

There have been hundreds performed in our studios, so this is just part one!

This episode features songs of Rihanna covered by LOW, The Beatles covered by The Holmes Bros., Stevie Wonder covered by Jalen Ngonda, Townes Van Zandt covered by Rodney Crowell, Marvin Gaye covered by
Devon Gilfillian, and many more.

See the playlist below and listen to. the episodes on-demand for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

Acoustic Cafe Playlist for July 21, 2024

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani Difranco
• “What’s Going On” – Devon Gilfillian
• “Olympia, WA” – Molly Tuttle
• “I Fall In Love Too Easily” – Susan Werner
• “To Love Somebody” – Graffiti 6
• “When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again/Love Stinks” Peter Wolf
• “Purple Rain Drops” – Jalen Ngonda
• “Wish You Were Here” – Jake Shimabukuro
• “Wave Of Mutilation” – Grant Lee Phillips
• “Dont Know Why” – Norah Jones
• “Beechwood Park” – Beck
• “River Man” – Robyn Hitchcock
• “Angel” – Alison Brown & Beth Nielsen Chapman
• “8:05” – Dave Alvin & Cindy Cashdollar
• “Stay” – Low
• “Supernatural” – Cowboy Junkies
• “No Place to Fall” – Rodney Crowell
• “Sea of Heartbreak” – Rosanne Cash
• “Soul Meets Body” – Catie Curtis
• “The Weight” – Deanna Carter
• “Heart of Gold” – Ilsey
• “Stop” – Lizz Wright
• “Tower of Song” – Tom Jones
• “I’ll Be Back” – The Holmes Brothers
• “I Want A New Drug” – Glen Phillips
• “You Got Lucky” – Lukas Nelson
• “I Never Cared For You” – Allison Krauss
• “Sofa No. 1” – Michael Hedges