Whether you’re a gearhead, political advocate, artist or house-head, we’ve got you covered this week with the finest club experiences and family functions the city has to offer. Put on your Saturday night best and try to keep it clean for Sunday morning, Detroit!

Upcoming events (Feb. 26 to Mar. 5)

Autorama 

Huntington Place 

Feb. 27-Mar. 1 

  General Admission: $30, Kids 6-12: $10, Kids 5 & Under: Free 

Come down to Huntington Place to experience Detroit’s 73rd Autorama! Check out over 800 unique works of art encapsulating hot-rods, muscle cars, trucks and motorbikes. The event will feature live music, celebrity appearances, famous movie cars, a pin-up contest, and more. The event will run from Friday to Sunday. 

Ground Zero 

TV Lounge 

Feb. 28

$35

The weather isn’t the only thing heating up this weekend. TV Lounge is hosting Ground Zero with performances from DJ Dextro, Redax and Lofila, spinning techno until your heart gives out and legs collapse. Dextro, known for his work on Missile, CLR and Mutual Rhythm, is sure to make this Saturday night one to remember…or not. The event will begin at 9 and go until “late.” 

Art March 

215 W Nine Mile, Ferndale, MI 

Mar. 1-Mar. 31 

Free

Celebrate and connect with Ferndale artists for the second annual Art March! Meet with gallery owners, local businesses and more as you enjoy live music, food vendors and a cash bar. There will be a wide variety of events available throughout March, but the opening takes place on the 1st from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. 

State of the Mama 

Jam Handy

Mar. 5

Free

Come down to Jam Handy next Thursday for the Mothering Justice Action Fund’s State of the Mama. This year’s theme is “Rooted in Resistance: Mamas Decide,” honoring generations of Black resistance while advocating for mothers to make their voices heard to contribute to Michigan’s political future. There will be a panel discussion with State and Federal candidates as well as Michigan advocates, including Abdul El-Sayed, Mallory McMorrow, Eboni Taylor, Nyah Phillips and more. The event will begin at 5 p.m. and go until 8 p.m.  

Dilla World 

Lincoln Factory

Feb. 28

$23

It’s been 20 years since J. Dilla passed and Detroit remains hungry for donuts. Dance your way down to Lincoln Factory for the 5th annual celebration of Dilla’s life and legacy with artists Blaaqgold, Meftah, Big Tone and more. Best to start this set with a pre-function coffee because this event starts at 10 p.m. and goes until 5 a.m. 

Donovan Glover & Jeanine Styles 

Big Pink

Feb. 27

$23

Warehouse raves made Detroit notorious for its nightlife in the 90’s and 2000’s, and today’s no different…well, perhaps it’s a bit more up to “legal standards” now, but you get the gist. Join DJs Donovan Glover and Jeanine Styles for an evening of high BPM house and dance music over on the east side. The event starts at 10 p.m. and goes until 2 a.m. 

The Planet D Nonet 

Cliff Bells

Feb. 26-Mar.1

$25

If you’re not a fan or tired of Detroit’s electronic side, perhaps you’ll be better off getting acquainted with its older-spirited cousin. Hop, skip and jump over to Cliff Bells between Thursday and Sunday to witness The Planet D Nonent perform their acclaimed album, “Echoes of Harlem: A Salute to Duke Ellington, Vol. 2.” Doors open at 5 p.m. for dinner and 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. for show seating.  

Peter McPoland & Girl Tones 

The Shelter

Mar. 3

$35+

Peter McPoland takes on The Shelter with Girl Tones in tow this upcoming Tuesday. Vermont clashes with Kentucky on stage as these two budding alternative rock powerhouses visit our not-so-little city as part of McPoland’s Big Lucky Tour that began earlier this month. The event begins at 7 p.m. 

FRAMEWORK 

Northern Lights Lounge

Feb. 28

$23+

Now, if you’re saying to yourself, “Come on Owen, I know you’ve got to include a bit of variety, but I was hoping for a bit more EDM,” I’ve got you covered. Pop out to New Center for some more electronic-fueled, intimate debauchery with DJ sets by Detroit’s own Rick Wade, Shigeto, Ryan Spencer and Todd Modes. The event begins at 9 p.m. and goes until 3 a.m. 

Editor’s note: An earlier version of this post was published without mentioning State Sen. Mallory McMorrow’s attendance of the State of the Mama event. We have amended this omission to better be in accordance with our value of fair coverage.

Part of the affordability crisis hitting American families is happening on our plates.

One local wholesale distributor says multiple factors are driving food costs up: President Trump’s tariffs, labor shortages and heightened immigration enforcement, and problems in the trucking industry. And all of that hits Detroit harder than most places. Many Detroit families struggle with food insecurity, and Congress just gutted the federal safety net that millions of families depend on.

Still, whether prices go up because of a tariff or a drought or a trucker shortage — if you don’t control any part of the system, you just absorb the hit. You are at the end of a chain somebody else built and no food pantry, no matter how well-run, changes that.

Natosha Tallman says the answer is not more charity — it’s infrastructure: commercial kitchens, cold storage, distribution, ownership. A system where Detroiters grow food, process it, sell it, and keep the money. 

Tallman and her team at the Northend Christian Community Development Corporation, which runs the Oakland Avenue Urban Farm, are trying to build that infrastructure. She joined Robyn Vincent on The Metro to discuss what it takes to move from a system focused on food charity to one of food sovereignty.

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On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café, our in-studio guest is Tre. Charles. He just started his musical journey 5 years ago, and he’s already appeared at Newport Jazz, and on stage with Ondara, Fantastic Negrito and many others. When not touring, Tre is organizing an artistic community in his home of Chapel Hill, NC.

Also this week, cool stuff from our archives from Beck doing a Hank Williams cover, Regina Spektor and much 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 February 22, 2026

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
• “Blues Run The Game” – Simon & Garfunkel
• “Fire Escape” – The Head & The Heart
• “Better Weather” – Kashus Culpepper
• “Vultures” – MEELS
• “Praying For Your Downfall” – Jensen McRae (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Fall Down (acoustic)” – Toad The Wet Sprocket
• “Sake Of The World” – Mutual Admiration Society
• “Memory” – Tre. Charles (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “WNDWS” – Tre. Charles (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “Cuckoo Storm” – Ye Vagabonds
• “Sun And Moon” – Samm Henshaw
• “Your Cheatin’ Heart” – Beck
• “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” – Beck (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “So Much Trouble In The World” – Lucinda Williams
• “We Got To Have Peace” – Mavis Staples
• “Memory Be A Blade” – waterbaby
• “Hi, I’m The Preacher’s Son” – Foy Vance
• “Break This Time” – Alejandro Escovedo (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Can’t Get It Out Of My Head” – Lisa Cerbone
• “Watching You Drown” – Lisa Cerbone (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Summer Dress” – Red House Painters
• “Summer In The City” – Regina Spektor (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “What You Won’t Do For Love” – Tre. Charles (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “Lately” – Tre. Charles (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)

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 week on Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music lots of great new Detroit tunes from Dames Brown, Nick Piunti, The Legal Maters…

Also new music now from some great 80s legends still delivering excellent music!

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 21, 2026

HOUR ONE:

• “No More Lies” – Thundercat & Tame Impala
• “Twisted On A Train” – King Tuff
• “Bein’ Alive” – Melissa Etheridge
• “Indigo Park” – Bruce Hornsby
• “Cry” – Thornetta Davis & Big Chief
  
• “American Obituary” – U2
• “Desire” – U2
• “Stay In Your Lane” – Courtney Barnett
• “The Look Of Love” – Isaac Hayes
• “Hair Down” – Samm Henshaw
• “Tragic Tragedy” – Nick Piunti
  
• “Cowboy Dreams” – Boy Golden w/Cat Clyde
  
• “Ramona” – Beck
  

• “Take Me As I Am” – Dames Brown
• “Belle Isle Drive” – Will Sessions w/Amp Fiddler & Dames Brown
• “In The Middle Of It” – Hiss Golden Messenger
• “Stray Dogs” – Hrishikesh Hirway ft. Iron & Wine
• “Baby’s Behind The Wheel” – Frank Allison & The Odd Sox
• “Song of The Future” – U2
• “Marching On” – The Legal Matters
• “Stay High” – Brittany Howard
• “Another Life” – Alabama Shakes
• “Here” – Mumford & Sons ft. Chris Stapleton
• “Letterman” – Michigander
• “Say It Loud – I’m Black And I’m Proud” – James Brown
• “I’m Black And I’m Proud – Say It Loud” – James Brown, Carl Cox remix
  

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

 Food is a connection to the past and a living memory. It has a way of reminding the senses that love existed.

It’s never just about the food. It’s about who taught you. It’s about who was there to help you stir the pot and give you the spoon to lick the cake batter. It’s about the traditions passed down on purpose and by accident. And sometimes it’s about learning the hardships that put the food on the table.

Ifayomi Christine is a writer, director, and lens based artist. She recently directed the film “Until It Feels Like Worship,” which untangles generational grief and trauma through remembrance and release.

Cornetta Lane-Smith is a Detroit-based filmmaker, writer, producer and the founder of Studio 8278. She wrote and executive produced the docu-series “Recipes of Resistance.” The series explores how food and conversation help unpack human complexity. 

They both joined The Metro’s Tia Graham to talk more about the film and docu-series. 

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Sacred Spaces is more than a tour,  it’s a celebration of cultural stewardship, collaboration, and the powerful role Black creatives play in shaping the city’s identity.

Throughout the month, nearly twenty Black-owned galleries, cultural institutions, and creative spaces have their doors open and are cross-promoting one another, inviting residents and visitors alike to experience the depth, diversity, and resilience of Detroit’s art ecosystem.

Misha McGowan is the gallery director and co-founder of Irwin House Detroit on West Grand Blvd. She also is the creator of Sacred Spaces.

We begin the conversation learning more about its origins and what’s happening right now to keep Detroit’s arts ecosystem connected. 

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For practicing Catholics, today is the last day to indulge in some of your favorite snacks and treats before lent—and a Paczki might be the sweetest snack of all.

Fat Tuesday or Paczki day has become a staple celebration in metro Detroit since Polish immigrants first migrated here in the 1910s. Michigan is home to over 740,000 Polish Americans. Only New York and Illinois have more.

Most Polish immigrants originally lived in the city of Hamtramck, but after the Dodge Main factory in closed, many moved to suburban cities like Warren and Sterling Heights.

George Kurzatkowski is a board member of the American Polish Cultural Center in Troy. He joined the program to discuss Polish culture and history, and the meaning behind Paczki day. 

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This episode of Visions is my third installment of Black History Month celebrations. This time I play a limited selection of classics from the 1950’s-1980’s.

You hear from Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Grant Green, Nancy Wilson, John Lee Hooker, The Quintet (Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, Max Roach), Steve Lacy, Vi Redd, Henry Threadgill, Clifford Jordan, Walter Bishop, Jr., plus Detroit’s Yusef Lateef, Dorothy Ashby, and Barry Harris.

This episode celebrates blues, big band, vocalists, ballads, and jazz standards, all by black jazz musicians. Enjoy the episode!

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. 16, 2026

• “Speak Low” – Grant Green
• “Bouncing with Bud” – Bud Powell
• “Since I Fell For You” – Nancy Wilson
• “Bermuda Blues” – Henry Threadgill
• “Born in Mississippi, Raised Up in Tennessee” – John Lee Hooker
• “John Coltrane” – Clifford Jordan
• “Salty Papa Blues” – Vi Redd
• “Evidence” – Steve Lacy with Don Cherry
• “Airmail Special (Live At The Newport Jazz Festival, 1957)” – Ella Fitzgerald
• “Corner Pocket (Live)” – Count Basie
• “Freedom Suite” – Walter Bishop, Jr.
• “Attica” – The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe & Bill Lee
• “Hot House (Live)” – The Quintet (Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, Max Roach)
• “The Dreamer” – Yusef Lateef*
• “Round Midnight” – Dorothy Ashby*
• “Body and Soul” – Barry Harris*
• “You Don’t Know What Love Is” – John Coltrane

* indicates Detroit artists

On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café, our in-studio guest is Shawn Colvin, who just turned 70 in January. This was originally recorded back in 2006, and is the favorite one of her appearances on our show over the years.

Also this week, another SongWriter Podcast preview, plus archives from Julie Miller, Lady Blackbird, Jack Johnson with G Love and Steve Earle with Shawn Colvin as Colvin & Earle.

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 February 15, 2026

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
• “You Get The Feeling” – Squeeze
• “Nothing Comes Easy” – Joy Oladokun
• “I Talk About You” – Donovan Woods
• “Best Friend” – Courtney Marie Andrews
• “Rainbow” – Jack Johnson/G Love (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “To Love Somebody” – Al Green
• “Summer Dress” – Shawn Colvin (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “Song For The Boys” – Shawn Colvin (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “Let’s Take Our Time” – Aaron Fraser & Durand Jones & The Indications
• “One For Ripley” – The James Hunter Six
• “A Friend Like You” – Milk Carton Kids
• “Like A Woman” – Lady Blackbird (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Winooski” – Dorian Wood (SongWriter Podcast preview)
• “I Was Raised In Babylon” – YUSUF (Cat Stevens)
• “Heavy Measures” – Samm Henshaw
• “Broken Things” – Julie Miller (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “All I Want (acoustic)” – Toad The Wet Sprocket
• “Infinite Pines” – Mon Rovia
• “Please Don’t Hate Me” – Aaron Rowe
• “Hurting You” – Madi Diaz (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “You’re Right (I’m Wrong)” – Colvin & Earle (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “These Four Walls” – Shawn Colvin (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “I’m Gone” – Shawn Colvin (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)

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 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

On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café, our first ever all-instrumental show, featuring in-studio performances from the past 30+ years. Legends like Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson, Lee Ritenour, Leo Kottke, Pat Metheny and Del McCoury, plus newer instrumentalists Rodrigo y Gabriela, Nickel Creek, Shana Cleveland and even Detroit’s own Moonrisers! The only human voice on this week’s show is mine.

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 February 8, 2026

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
• “Scotch & Chocolate” – Nickel Creek (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Silent Hills” – Lanterna (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Rare Bird Alert” – Steve Martin & SCR (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Quick Winter Sun” – Shana Cleveland (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Zydeco Shuffle” – Sonny Landreth (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Wichita Lineman” – Johnny A (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Lord, That’s A Long Way” – Sierra Hull (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Song For The Boys” – Pat Metheny (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “The Good Fortunes” – Fairport Convention (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Morning Glory” – Lee Ritenour (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Little Child” – SOLAS (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Ritual Dance” – Michael Hedges (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Red Eyes On A Mad Dog” – Del McCoury Band (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Embryonic Journey” – Jorma Kaukonen (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Red Bird, Yellow Sun” – Bill Miller (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “In Sight Of The Minaret” – Ian Anderson (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Vaseline Machine Gun” – Leo Kottke (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “All Your Hiding” – Moonrisers (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Mrs. Robinson” – Eric Johnson (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “-untitled-” – Fabulous Thunderbirds (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Galloping Sea Horses” – Jake Shimabukuro (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Yamanashi Blues” – California Guitar Trio (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” – Pete Huttlinger (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Roadbone” – Willy Porter (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Mettavolution” – Rodrigo y Gabriela (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Glass Elevator” – Infamous Stringdusters (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Gavotte en rondeau” – Chris Thile (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)

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 week on Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music a fond remembrance of Ismael Ahmed’s wonderful gift to Detroit, The Concert Of Colors.

Also, some classic February releases from decades past, new music from Thundercat ft. Lil’ Yachty, a cool cover from Beck, Detroit Cobras, Aretha, Dames Brown and so much more!

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 7, 2026

HOUR ONE:

• “What’s Going On” – Los Lobos (Concert Of Colors)
• “Glad” – Amp Fiddler & Urban Art Orchestra (Concert Of Colors)
• “What It Gave Me” – Jordan Rakei & Jalen Ngonda
• “Purple Raindrops” – Jalen Ngonda
• “Operation Heartbreak” –Aretha Franklin
  
• “Love Hangover” – Diana Ross (Feb. 1976)
• “Let’s Go Get Stoned” – Ray Charles (Feb. 1966)
• “If You Leave” – Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (Feb. 1986)
• “Last Donut Of The Night” – J Dilla (Feb. 2006)
• “I Did This To Myself” – Thundercat ft. Lil’ Yachty
• “Cha Cha Twist” – Detroit Cobras
• “Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime” – Beck
  
• “Rock & Roll Woman” – Buffalo Springfield
  
• “Love The One You’re With” – Isley Brothers
  

• “Africa” – Femi Kuti (Concert Of Colors)
• “It Don’t Come Easy” – Bettye LaVette (Concert Of Colors)
• “Victim Of Luck” – Metric
• “Why You Got Me Crazy” – Dames Brown + Amp Fiddler
• “When I Think Of You” – Janet Jackson (Feb. 1986)
• “Killing Me Softly” – Fugees (Feb. 1996)
• “High Note” – Mavis Staples (Feb. 2016)
• “Looking Up” – Elton John (Feb. 2016)
• “Streets Of Minneapolis” – Bruce Springsteen
• “Get Free” – Seratones
• “Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out” – Mayer Hawthorne
• “Hear It Through The Grapevine” – Gladys Knight & The Pips
  

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

Since 1986, The McDougall-Hunt Neighborhood on Detroit’s east side has been home to the Heidelberg Project, an environmental art installation that pushes the boundaries of what outdoor art could be and how it can improve a community. It was created by life-long Detroiter, painter, and visionary place-maker Tyree Guyton.

Through trials and tribulations, the Heidelberg Project celebrates 40 years this year. The installation preserves community history while reimaging the neighborhood where three generations of Guyton’s family lived. 

Guyton, now 70, is this year’s Kresge Eminent Artist. He’s being honored for his life’s work improving community through the arts. 

Guyton and the former manager of The Heidelberg Project Jeanne Whitefield joined The Metro. Whitefield is also Guyton’s wife of 25 years. Both spoke about life, legacy and the future of Detroit Heidelberg Project. 

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On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café, in-studio guests Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent, aka Shovels & Rope, play songs from their latest album “Something Is Working Up Above My Head.”

Also this week, a collection of in-studio duets, all from 2016 with Billy Bragg and Joe Henry, Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle, Judy Collins and Ari Hest and more. Plus new songs from Samm Henshaw, Bonny Prince Billy, Mumford & Sons and Larkin Poe.

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 February 1, 2026

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
• “Plastic Cigarette” – Zach Bryan
• “Changed” – Valerie June
• “They Keep Trying To Find You” – Bonny Prince Billy
• “Dime” – Silvana Estrada
• “Gentle On My Mind” – Billy Bragg + Joe Henry (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere” – The Dandy Warhols
• “Two Wolves” – Shovels & Rope (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “Colorado River” – Shovels & Rope (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “Hair Down” – Samm Henshaw
• “Can You Get To That” – Funkadelic
• “Pharmacy” – The Black Crowes
• “Kiss Me Quick” – Iron & Wine + Jesca Hoop (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “River” – Selah Mooney (SongWriter Podcast preview)
• “Mr. Marketer” – Hayley Heynderickx & Max Garcia Conover
• “The Banjo Song” – Mumford & Sons
• “I Choose Love” – Judy Collins + Ari Hest (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Little Bit (acoustic)” – Larkin Poe
• “American Tune” – Leslie Odom, Jr.
• “Summer Boys” – Mark Erelli
• “Come What May” –Shawn Colvin + Steve Earle
• “Favorite Place” – John Gorka
• “I’d Be Lying” – Shovels & Rope (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “love Song For A Dog” – Shovels & Rope (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)

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 week on Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music a couple cuts from a fascinating new album from Kronos Quartet and Mahalia Jackson, featuring her amazing singing and in conversation with Studs Terkel in 1963.

Also, new Detroit tunes from Dames Brown, The Legal Matters, another Nick Piunti preview, the duo Rosetta Pebble and more!

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 January 31, 2026

HOUR ONE:

• “Against The Dying Of The Light” – Jose Gonzalez
• “(It Takes All Kinds) To Make A World” – Gail Ann Dorsey
• “The Stars Are Out Tonight” – David Bowie
• “Opening Night” – Arctic Monkeys
• “Hold On” – Mahalia Jackson & The Kronos Quartet
  
• “What Would You Do” – Dames Brown
• “Rendevouz” – Will Sessions + Dames Brown, Amp Fiddler
  
• “I Got You” – Tedeschi Trucks Band
  
• “I Wish You Love” – Frank Sinatra
• “Stay Away” – Charles Bradley
• “Can’t Hold Us” – Sampa The Great
  
• “Handshake Deal” – Nick Piunti
  
• “Get On The Right Thing” – Wings
  

• “Music Always” – AV & The Inner City
• “Perfect Day” – Al Green w/Raye
• “2Sided” – Arlo Parks
• “Sweet Love” – Stephen Sanchez
• “The Message” – The Legal Matters
• “Chicago” – Mavis Staples
  
• “In The Saddle” – Whitney
• “Practice” – Jamila Woods w/Saba
• “Your Old Stand By” – Mary Wells
• “Disco Life” – Say She She
• “Bend In The River” – Rosetta Pebble
• “Hair Down” – Samm Henshaw
• “Shapes & Sizes” – Joan Armatrading & The Kronos Quartet
• “This World Will Make You Think” – Mahalia Jackson & The Kronos Quartet

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Artists in Detroit largely depend on support from charitable organizations and government funding. So, what does that support look like? And how can artists and city government come together to make art happen?

The Detroit Office of Arts, Culture and Entrepreneurship or ACE is the city’s department that oversees its investment in the arts. It supports the city’s creative workforce with education, mentorship and networking opportunities.

Lacey Holmes is the Project Manager for Detroit ACE . She joined the show to help us understand the city’s role in this conversation. 

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On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café, we’ll hear music from albums and artists having “Big O” birthdays this year, including classic albums from Stevie and Joni (both turning 50), Corrine Bailey Rae’s debut at 20, and lots of artists with big birthdays, from Zach Bryan at 3-0 to Buddy Guy turning 9-0!

Also this week, in-studio performances from Lou Barlow and Ben Folds (both 60), Peter Wolf and Loudon Wainwright III (both 80) 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 January 25, 2026

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
• “Shine” – Dolly Parton
• “I Need You” – Jon Batiste (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Snow” – Zach Bryan
• “Coyote” – Joni Mitchell
• “Stockings” – Suzanne Vega (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Hasten Down The Wind” – Warren Zevon
• “Weary” – Solange
• “Soul Meets Body” – Death Cab For Cutie (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Have A Talk With God” – Stevie Wonder
• “Not A Fan” – Ben Folds (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Holding Back The Year” – Lou Barlow (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “For No One” – The Beatles
• “Put Your Records On” – Corrine Bailey Rae
• “Give It To Me” – Peter Wolf (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Sunny Came Home” – Shawn Colvin
• “Guitar Town” – Steve Earle
• “Dilate” – Ani Difranco
• “Shankill Butchers” – The Decemberists
• “Greetings To The New Brunette” – Billy Bragg (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “I Love The Life I Live” – Buddy Guy
• “Cuyahoga” – R.E.M.
• “Whenever” – Beth Orton
• “Tuesday (Unerthd Version)” – Toro y Moi
• “My Moon My Man” – Feist (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “I’m Still In Love With You” – Al Green
• “Tear Stained Eye” – Son Volt (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “One Man Guy” – Loudon Wainwright III (Acoustic Cafe performance)

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This week on Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music a new album coming next month from Nick Piunti, Detroit rocker and restaurateur. Plus Lucinda Williams’ new album, a prescient 2014 track from YUSUF/Cat Stevens and more.

Also, we celebrate 50 years of David Bowie’s “Station To Station” album at 50, and 70 years of Verve Records!

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 January 24, 2026

HOUR ONE:

• “To Love Somebody” – Al Green
• “Let’s Take Our Time” – Aaron Fraser & Durand Jones & The Indications
• “Ain’t That A Trip” – The James Hunter 6 ft. Van Morrison
• “Dead End – Snail Mail
• “I Am America” – Jeff Daniels & Thornetta Davis
  
• “Manic Monday” – Prince
• “Taste On My Lips” – Ya Tseen (w/Portugal. The Man and Meshell Ndegeocello)
  
• “Pride II” – Meshell Ndegeocello
• “Tanana” – Portugal. The Man
• “WAP” – The Claypool Lennon Delirium (coming to Meadowbrook 5/31)
• “Against The Dying Of The Light” – Jose Gonzalez
• “Get Back” – Samm Henshaw
• “You get the Feeling” – Squeeze
  
• “Hourglass” – Squeeze
  

• “Fall Moon” – St. Paul & The Broken Bones (coming to St. Andrews 4/29)
  
• “Site Unseen” – Courtney Barnett (coming to The Majestic 5/21)
• “Hold Tight” – Rozzi
• “Who’s That” – Brother Wallace
• “Big In Madrid” – Nick Piunti
• “Golden Years” – David Bowie
  
• “Blueberry Hill” – Louie Armstrong
• “Glory” – Dames Brown ft. Waajeed
  
• “I Was Raised In Babylon” – YUSUF/Cat Stevens
• “Freedom Speaks” – Lucinda Williams
• “Let’s Do It” – Ella Fitzgerald
• “Day By Day” – Samara Joy

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