On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café, the band NEEDTOBREATHE joins us in the studio for songs from their brand new album “The Long Surrender.” Now 20 years on, the band is charting the course for the next phase with their 10th studio album.

Also this week, archives from Abraham Alexander, Ye Vagabonds, James Hunter and a cool cover from The Heavy Heavy.

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Acoustic Café Playlist for March 29, 2026

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
• “Whatever’s For Us, For Us” – Joan Armatrading
• “Woncha Come Home” – kissing other ppl
• “Time Traveler” – Emily Scott Robinson
• “Just A Rock” – Jose Gonzalez
• “Don’t Do me No Favors” – James Hunter (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Obvious” – Wet Leg
• “Spread The Ashes” – NEEDTOBREATHE (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “Sing To Me Savannah” – NEEDTOBREATHE (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “At All” – Jon Batiste
• “Empty Trainload Of Sky” – Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
• “Paper And Stone” – Iron & Wine
• “Real Love Baby” – The Heavy Heavy (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “I Am A Fish” – Carla Khilstedt (SongWriter Podcast)
• “Video” – India Arie
• “Different Light” – Rostam
• “Sitric Road” – Ye Vagabonds (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Love” – Beck
• “Sink” – waterbaby
• “You Without Me” – Brandi Carlile
• “Tears Run Dry” – Abraham Alexander (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “The Long Surrender” – NEEDTOBREATHE (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “Say It Now” – NEEDTOBREATHE (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

On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café, we’re joined by the 4-piece Irish band Ye Vagabonds, playing songs from their 4th album “All Tied Together.” This is the band’s first album with no instrumentals, trad songs, and it’s all in English. Their new songs reflecting on their early days entering the Dublin music scene!

Also this week, Alison Mosshart on the SongWriter Podcast preview, and archives from Graham Nash, I’m With Her and much more.

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Acoustic Café Playlist for March 1, 2026

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
• “Undercurrent” – Perfume Genius
• “Keeper” – Courtney Marie Andrews
• “Sweet Ice Tea” – Tinsley Ellis
• “Somewhere Down In Georgia” – Mon Rovia
• “Marguerita” – Graham Nash (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “True Love Will Find You In The End” – Beck
• “Forever Never Lasts” – Rachael & Vilray (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Sitric Road” – Ye Vagabonds (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “The Flood” – Ye Vagabonds (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “Low & Lonely” – AV & The Inner City
• “Only A Fool” – The James Hunter 6
• “Big Money” – Jon Batiste
• “Ancient Light” – I’m With Her (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Radio – Duo” – Alison Mosshart (SongWriter Podcast)
• “Can You Run?” – Rissi Palmer
• “Aeroplane” – Zach Bryan
• “Ripple” – The Dandy Warhols
• “Darkest Hour” – Bob Weir
• “Only A River” – Josh Ritter (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “I’ll Change For You” – Mitski
• “Nothing Comes Easy” – Joy Oladokun
• “Long Grass” – Ye Vagabonds (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “Danny” – Ye Vagabonds (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

 

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.

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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 afternoon’s mix moves easily from the alt-pop edge of Beck and the steady flow of Blackalicious to the introspective soul of ANOHNI and the classic Detroit sound of Martha Reeves & The Vandellas. Along the way, we lean into groove-driven cuts from Little Dragon and Baby Rose with BADBADNOTGOOD.

We also mix in psychedelic touches from Black Sabbath and The Beatles, and spotlight Olivia Dean’s beautiful cover of Stevie Wonder’s “Knocks Me Off My Feet.” The set closes with the smooth, steady feel of Dorothy Ashby, a mix that keeps the pace even while crossing styles and eras.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for February 18, 2026 

• “The New Pollution” – Beck 

• “Make You Feel That Way” – Blackalicious 

• “Naked Eye” – Luscious Jackson 

• “pokemon” – Wet Leg 

• “Why Am I Alive Now?” – ANOHNI 

• “You’ve Been In Love Too Long (Single Version)” – Martha Reeves & The Vandellas 

• “Elevator” – Gavin Turek 

• “Klapp Klapp” – Little Dragon 

• “It’s Alright” – Baby Rose & BADBADNOTGOOD 

• “Brownout” – Ghost Funk Orchestra 

• “I Didn’t Expect That (Live on WDET)” – Daniel Villarreal 

• “Tighten Up” – The Black Keys 

• “Hard Ride” – Glyders 

• “Planet Caravan” – Black Sabbath 

• “Crossbow” – Tamar Aphek 

• “DNM” – Mk.Gee 

• “Breaking Point” – Brandee Younger 

• “Moon Eyes” – Obongjayar 

• “Knocks Me Off My Feet (Cover)” – Olivia Dean 

• “Seasons (Waiting on You) [BADBADNOTGOOD Reinterpretation]” – Future Islands 

• “Looking For You” – Nino Ferrer 

• “The Distance” – CAKE 

• “Get It Up for Love” – Ned Doheny 

• “Frosted” – Scrimshire 

• “Immortal Hands” – Stereolab 

• “Season of the Witch (Secrets Edit)” – Donovan 

• “Go It Alone” – Beck 

• “New York” – Cat Power 

• “Vento a Favor” – Sessa 

• “Dita Cuja” – Nicholas Mariano 

• “Don’t Believe the Dancers” – Tony Allen & Adrian Younge 

• “Castles Made of Sand” – The Jimi Hendrix Experience 

• “Revolution (Esher Demo)” – The Beatles 

• “Moonshake” – Can 

• “Soul Vibrations” – Dorothy Ashby 

Listen to In The Groove with host Ryan Patrick Hooper weekdays from noon-3 p.m. ET on 101.9 WDET or stream 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!

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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