This week on Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music classic April album releases from Seger, Sam & Dave, Gnarls Barkley, and Gillian Welch.

Also new Detroit tunes from Jack White and Ryan Racine, new Jill Scott, Samm Henshaw, a Prince cover from Low Cut Connie and 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 April 4, 2026

HOUR ONE:

• “G.O.D. And The Broken Ribs” – Jack White
• “Who Do You Love” – Bother Wallace
• “Project 10” – Satya
• “Sexistential” – Robyn
• “Don’t Bury Me” – Ryan Racine
• “Great Advice” – Courtney Barnett
• “Looking Back” – Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (April 1976)
• “Too Much” – Dave Matthews Band (April 1996)
• “Hold On I’m Coming” – Sam & Dave (April 1966)
• “Money” – Foy Vance
• “Dixie Chicken” – Little Feat
• “Jump” – Inara George
  
• “Float” – Samm Henshaw
  
• “Tear My Stillhouse Down” – Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings (April 1996)

• “ThunderWave” – Thundercat ft. WILLOW
• “Wild At Heart” – Neil Diamond
• “Little Red Corvette” – Low Cut Connie
• “Amiss” – waterbaby
• “Stuck In My Mind” – JR JR
• “Sumthin’ Sumthin'” – Maxwell (April 1996)
• “Mother’s Little Helper” – The Rolling Stones (April 1966)
• “Crazy” – Gnarls Barkley (April 2006)
• “It’s Only Love” – ROZZI
• “Sad & Beautiful World” – Mavis Staples
• “Doctrine Of Love” – Jalen Ngonda
• “Beat On The Brat” – Ramones (April 1976)
• “Freedom” – Beyonce (April 2016)

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

The playlist includes new music from Mitski’s latest album, along with selections from Mel Tormé, Secret Machines, and New Order. Later in the show, we hear tracks from Thundercat and Jill Scott, while additional highlights include music from Fontaines D.C., The Black Keys, and Tame Impala. 

Check the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the player above. 

In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for Mar 4, 2026 

• “Over” – Loaded Honey 

• “What It Gave Me” – Jordan Rakei & Jalen Ngonda 

• “Comin’ Home Baby” – Mel Tormé 

• “I’ll Change for You” – Mitski 

• “If I Leave” – Mitski 

• “Witches” – Alice Phoebe Lou 

• “I Wanna Be Adored (Remastered 2009) (Turnstile Cover) – The Stone Roses 

• “Two Weeks Head Over Heels (Grizzly Bear, Tears For Fears)” – Kimbra 

• “Common Blue” – Warpaint 

• “Les Fleurs” – Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band 

• “Wake and Return (Little Dragon Remix)” – OLAN 

• “Khayal” – Kazdoura 

• “The Windmills of Your Mind” – Dorothy Ashby 

• “Woodward Avenue” – Yusef Lateef 

• “Enough” – PVA 

• “Cursive” – Mandy, Indiana 

• “The Perfect Kiss” – New Order 

• “Mind’s a Lie” – High Vis 

• “Favourite” – Fontaines D.C. 

• “Tighten Up” – The Black Keys 

• “Hard Ride” – Glyders 

• “First Wave Intact” – Secret Machines 

• “Let it Happen (Soulwax Remix)” – Tame Impala 

• “Strange (Dan the Automator Remix)” – Foxwarren 

• “She Knows Too Much (feat. Mac Miller)” – Thundercat 

• “Arrow Through Me” – Wings 

• “Them Changes” – Thundercat 

• “The Machine” – Tall Black Guy x Jackson 5 

• “Do You Remember” – Jill Scott 

• “Pressha” – Jill Scott 

• “Plasty” – LL Burns 

• “Floresta Dos Sonhos” – Fabiano do Nascimento & Vittor Santos e Orquestra 

• “Alone Again Or” – Calexico 

• “Kingdom of Rust” – Doves 

• “Sonny The Strong” – Gaz Coombes 

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 on the final day of February, we’ll jump into historical March releases from the past 60 years including Seger, Anita Baker, Iggy Pop, Marvin Gaye and many more.

Also new music this week from Jill Scott, Mitski, Jose Gonzalez and the upcoming HELP (2) compilation!

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 28, 2026

HOUR ONE:

• “Red Dragon Tattoo” – Fountains Of Wayne
• “Random Name Generator” – Wilco
• “You Went Away Too Long” – The Womack Sisters
• “A Perfect Storm” – Jose Gonzalez
• “Bruises” – Chris Bathgate
  
• “I Want You” – Marvin Gaye (March 1976)
• “Sweet Love” – Anita Baker (March 1986)
• “Gardenia” – Iggy Pop (March 2016)
• “Be Great” – Jill Scott ft. Trombone Shorty
• “This Time For Real” – Chet Faker
• “Nothing I Could Hide” – Arlo Parks
  
• “Big Bang Baby” – Stone Temple Pilots (March 1996)
• “Takin’ It To The Streets” – The Doobie Brothers (March 1976)

• “That White Cat” – Mitski
• “Doctrine Of Love” – Jalen Ngonda
• “That’s The Way God Planned It” – Billy Preston
• “We All Go Back To Where We Belong” – R.E.M.
• “Everybody Hurts” – Al Green
• “The Freshmen” – The Verve Pipe (March 1996)
• “Soul Kiss” – Joe Jackson (March 1986)
• “Moonlight Becomes You” – Frank Sinatra (March 1966)
• “These Boots Are Made For Walking” – Nancy Sinatra (March 1966)
• “Bad Blood” – Neil Sedaka
  
• “Pictures” – Gnarls Barkley
• “Like A Rock” – Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (March 1986)

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

Blasting through the brick wall with Beastie Boys before cooling things down with new music discovery from Jill Scott, Daev Martian, Thundercat, Shy One, IZCO and much more.

Check the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the player above.

In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for February 16, 2026

• “Sabotage” – Beastie Boys
• “Excursions” – A Tribe Called Quest
• “Norfside (feat. Tierra Whack)” – Jill Scott
• “Bright Moments” – Admin
• “TRUMPETS (feat. 070 Shake)” – _BY.ALEXANDER
• “Rico Suave Bossa Nova” – Jay Dee & J Dilla
• “Babido’s Theme” – Daev Martian
• “I Did This To Myself” – Thundercat
• “Moonlight (feat. Private Joy)” – Shy One
• “Strike a Pose (feat. Camille Munn)” – IZCO
• “9th Wonder (Blackitolism)” – Digable Planets
• “BIG POPPA” – Kassa Overall
• “Vibes from the Tribe” – Phil Ranelin
• “Chantized” – Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller And Yusef Lateef
• “Let Your Hair Down (feat. Hutch the Great)” – Max Sinal
• “The Creator Has a Master Plan (Live)” – Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra
• “Big Beat Bam (Remix)” – Sister Nancy
• “Sun Is Shining” – Bob Marley & The Wailers
• “Survivor” – Chronixx
• “La Piña Madura (feat. Quantic) (Violla Remix)” – Abelardo Carbono
• “Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)” – Baz Luhrmann
• “Get Free (feat. Amber Coffman)” – Major Lazer
• “Praise You” – Fatboy Slim
• “Melodie Is A Wound” – Stereolab
• “Give It To Me Baby” – Jarina De Marco
• “Bloodlines” – Franc Moody
• “Big City Life” – Smerz
• “Roll The Dice” – Smerz
• “Can’t Run But” – Paul Simon
• “Found A Light (Beale Street)” – BADBADNOTGOOD & V.C.R

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.