This week on Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music, music from the late Glen Hansard from his solo catalog. Also, classic August album releases from The Supremes, Beyonce, Bootsy, Boston 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 August 1, 2026

HOUR ONE:

• “Leave A Light On” – Dervish ft. Glen Hansard
• “The Light (4 PM)” – Cautious Clay
• “Sick Of The Times” – THAO ft. TuneYards, The Linda Lindas
• “If I Let You” – The Womack Sisters
• “When It’s Right, It’s Right” – Nick Behnan
• “Stretching Out (In A Rubber Band)” – Bootsy Collins (August 1976)
• “The Boy In The Bubble” – Paul Simon (August 1986)
• “If Your Girl Only Knew” – Aaliyah (August 1996)
• “Wake Up Everybody” – Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
• “Technopagans” – Jesse Welles
• “Winning Streak” – Glen Hansard

HOUR TWO:

• “Rock And Roll Band” – Boston (August 1976)
• “Ring The Alarm” – Beyonce (August 2006)
• “You Can’t Hurry Love” – The Supremes (August 1966)
• “Big Man On Mulberry Street” – Billy Joel (August 1986)
• “I Don’t Understand” – MT Jones (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Cigarette Curls” – Beth Orton
• “Your Love Is Electric” – Leon Bridges
• “But, Nvm” – Baby Rose
• “Yes We Can Can” – The Pointer Sisters
• “This Land Is Your Land” – Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
• “All You Fonies” – Dropkick Murphys
• “Say It To Me Now” – Glen Hansard
• “Roll On Slow” – Glen Hansard

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, we play the first of 3 EPs from Leon Bridges, fun new tunes from Yard Act and This Is Lorelei.

Also, an amazing covers record coming from Meshell Ndegeocello, a new life for Inner City’s “Good Life” 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 July 25, 2026

HOUR ONE:

• “Light The Way” – Leon Bridges
• “Keep Moving” – Jungle
• “Keep On Movin'” – Devon Gilfillian
• “That Rose” – Margaret Glaspy
• “On Foot Out” – Infinity Song
• “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)” – Meshell Ndegeocello & Cynthia Erivo
• “New Beginnings” – Yard Act
• “Just Like Saturday” – Allison Russell & Ruby Amanfu
• “Let Me Speak To Bobby” – Low Cut Connie
• “Kind” – Joy Oladokun
• “Love You Madly” – Cake (this week, 2001)
• “Johnny Appleseed” – Joe Strummer (this week, 2001)

HOUR TWO:

• “OurHome” – Rodrigo y Gabriela
• “In The Night” – Beck
• “Good Life” – Inner City
• “Bring Your Love” – Madonna & Sabrina Carpenter
• “Billy Came Back” – This Is Lorelei
• “the cure” – Olivia Rodrigo
• “High Heels” – The War & Treaty
• “You’re Poison” – Nick Piunti
• “You And Your Folks, Me And Mine” – Funkadelic
• “Hair Down” – Samm Henshaw

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… we’ve got a lot of new music to catch up on after two weeks of special shows! New Detroit stuff from Apropos and Lilly Macphee, plus Kelela, Phoebe Bridgers and Alabama Shakes.

Also, we’ll spin some classic tunes from July albums celebrating anniversaries, including Parliament, R.E.M., Cameo 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 July 11, 2026

HOUR ONE:

• “There’s Nobody There” – Jack White
• “nosedive” – Aubory Bugg
• “Maggie’s Farm” – Margo Price
• “Carolina Rain” – Rhiannon Giddens
• “10th Floor” – Apropos
• “New Shoes” – Paolo Nutini (released July 2006)
• “Itzsoweezee” – De La Soul (released July 1996)
• “Reason To Believe” – Tim Hardin (released July 1966)
• “If I Were A Carpenter” – Bob Seger
• “Knock Knock” – Swamp Dogg
• “Better” – Baby Rose
• “Hit Me In The Head” – The Rolling Stones
• “Street Of Dreams” – U2
• “Word Up” – Cameo (released July 1986)

HOUR TWO:

• “Point Nemo” – Melanie Charles
• “The Bridge” – Kelela
• “I Feel Hope Coming” – Alabama Shakes
• “This Sun Has Set” – Beabadoobee
• “When It’s Right” – Lilly Macphee
• “Eight Miles High” – The Byrds
• “Do That Stuff” – Parliament (released July 1976)
• “Fall On Me” – R.E.M. (released July 1986)
• “Lost Boys” – Phoebe Bridgers
• “Beyond The Brilliant Haze” – Everything Is Recorded
• “Javelin” – Kevin Morby (Acoustic Cafe preview)
• “Cool Cat” – Us3
• “Let Me Speak To Bobby” – Low Cut Connie
• “Super Bon Bon” – Soul Coughing (released July 1996)

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