This week on Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music it’s our annual show filled with songs of heartbreak, betrayal, busted romance and all the things that are essential to the human experience. And the ANTI-Valentines show is even better when it’s on Valentines Day!

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 February 14, 2026

HOUR ONE:

• “Happy Valentine’s Day” – Outkast
• “Parallel Bars” – Robbie Fulks & Kelly Willis
• “No Reply” – The Beatles
• “She Used To Be Mine” – Sara Bareilles & Rufus Wainwright
• “World’s Worst Girlfriend” – Shura
  
• “So Far Down” – Sloan
• “I Snub You” – Iggy Pop
• “It Should Have Been Me” – Gladys Knight & The Pips
• “It Should Have Been Me” – Ray Charles
• “No Not Again” – The Tubes
• “Sky Blue And Black” – Jackson Browne
  
• “Phones And Radios” – Priscilla Block
  
• “IDGAF” – Dua Lipa
  
• “No No I’m Losing You” – Aretha Franklin
  

• “When Rita Leaves” – Delbert McClinton
• “Diamonds And Divorce Decrees” – Sunny Sweeny
• “I Ain’t Got The Fever No More” – Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes
• “Love To Hate You” – Erasure
• “Why You Got Me Crazy (Walk Away)” – Dames Brown
• “If You Could Read My Mind” – Gordon Lightfoot
• “Somebody That I Used To Know” – Elliott Smith
• “Black Cow” – Steely Dan
• “Old Me, New Wig” – Molly Tuttle
• “Praying For Your Downfall” – Jensen McRae
• “I Am Trying To Break Your Heart” – JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound
• “Moving On” – Leonard Cohen
• “I Wanna Be Around” – Aretha Franklin

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

This episode of Visions features more celebrations of Black History Month. I span six decades and many subgenres within the broader lens of jazz.

You hear from Mary Lou Williams, McCoy Tyner, Aretha Franklin, Miles Davis, esperanza spalding, Joel Ross, Sun Ra, Gil Scott-Heron, Archie Shepp, Max Roach, Christian McBride, Roy Hargrove, and Lonnie Liston Smith.

This episode highlights rhythm, revolution, resistance, spirituality, the African diaspora, and so much more. Happy listening!

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

Visions Playlist for Feb. 9, 2026

• “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” – Gil Scott-Heron
• “Attica Blues” – Archie Shepp
• “All Africa” – Max Roach
• “Solea” – Miles Davis
• “Sister Rosa” – Christian McBride
• “Survival Blues” – McCoy Tyner
• “There Is No Greater Love” – Aretha Franklin*
• “I’m Not So Sure” – Roy Hargrove
• “Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit)” – Joel Ross
• “Baby Man” – Mary Lou Williams
• “Sais (Egypt)” – Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes
• “On Jupiter” – Sun Ra
• “The Peacocks” – esperanza spalding
• “The Ankh of Amen-Ra” – Alice Coltrane*

* indicates Detroit artists

On this episode of Visions, I welcome the new year with a mix of old and new. I play classic cuts that got us here and new music that’s taking us into the new year and beyond.

I play quintessential tracks from Max Roach, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, John McLaughlin, Aretha Franklin, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, and Lee Morgan.

I also play brand new singles from Joel Ross, Signal Quartet, and Tomeka Reid. Finally, I cover a couple albums that came out last year that I didn’t discover until this year from Gerald Clayton and Phi-Psonics.

Happy new year and happy listening!

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

Visions Playlist for Jan. 5, 2026

• “A Brand New Me” – Aretha Franklin*
• “One by One (Live)” – Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
• “Wisdom is Eternal (for Barry Harris)” – Joel Ross
• “More Always” – Gerald Clayton
• “dance! skip! hop!” – Tomeka Reid
• “Sumpin’ Like Dat” – Marion Hayden*
• “Love Theme from Your Life” – Phi-Psonics
• “And Silence” – Myra Melford Trio
• “I’ll Get By (As Long As I Have You)” – John Coltrane
• “The Mercenary” – Lee Morgan
• “Credibility Gap” – Signal Quartet*
• “Absolutions” – Max Roach
• “Prince of Darkness” – Miles Davis
• “Just Give It Some Time” – Bennie Maupin*
• “Binky’s Beam” – John McLaughlin
• “Groove” – William Parker

* Indicates Detroit artists