On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café, the duo Rachael & Vilray make music that sounds like the 1940s, but it’s brand new! Rachael Price from Lake Street Dive and singer-songwriter-guitarist Vilray have created a new set of songs called “West Of Broadway.”

Also, in-studio archives from Australian soul songwriter Allysha Joy, folk stalwart John Gorka, Memphis bluesman Alvin Youngblood Hart 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 December 13, 2025

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
• “Teardrop” – Jose Gonzalez
• “Pajarito” – Jose Gonzalez
• “Not Yet Free” – Flock Of Dimes
• “Count The Days” – Swamp Dogg ft. Jenny Lewis
• “Big Mama’s Door” – Alvin Youngblood Hart (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “I’ll Find A Way” – Ted Lucas
• “Forever Never Lasts” – Rachael & Vilray (in-studio guest performance)
• “Love Comes Around” – Rachael & Vilray (in-studio guest performance)
• “No Kings” – Jesse Welles
• “This Morning I Am Born Again” – Haley Heynderickx/Max Garcia Conover
• “No Time To Cry” – John Gorka
• “Blue Chalk” – John Gorka (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “White Winter Hymnal” – The Accidentals
• “Islands” – Whitney
• “My Own Advice” – Belle Canyon
• “Take Two” – Madison Cunningham
• “Raise Up” – Allysha Joy (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Norwegian Wood” – Jacob Collier
• “In My Life” – The Beatles
• “Buckle” – Florence + The Machine
• “Side Pony” – Lake Street Dive (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Just For Fun” – Beyonce
• “Off Broadway” – Rachael & Vilray (in-studio guest performance)
• “The Stuff” – Rachael & Vilray (in-studio guest 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

On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café, Kristen Ford plays songs from her seventh album”Pinto.” First inspired by seeing Ani Difranco as a teenager, Kristen’s new record is her first for Ani’s Righteous Babe Records label!

Also, we dip into the archives for songs from Lady Blackbird, ZZ Ward and Mon Rovia, all recorded this year, Grant Lee Phillips in 2000 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 September 28, 2025

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
• “Returning To Myself” – Brandi Carlile
• “Cherokee Louise” – Joni Mitchell
• “Foreign” – Britton
• “She Explains Everything To Me” – David Byrne
• “Big Love Ahead” – Mon Rovia (in-studio performance)
• “Lonely Avenue” – Jon Batiste w/Randy Newman
• “White Man’s Dream” – Kristen Ford (in-studio guest)
• “Wild Heart” – Kristen Ford (in-studio guest)
• “Fast Like You” – Hazlett
• “Rosalee” – Molly Tuttle
• “No More Love Songs” – Bette Smith
• “Lioness” – ZZ Ward (in-studio performance)
• “Atlantic City” – Bruce Springsteen
• “Keep A Picture” – Margo Price
• “I Listened (Every Night)” – Blood Orange
• “Let You People Down” – Fruit Bats
• “Man On A Boat” – Lady Blackbird (in-studio performance)
• “Mockingbird (unplugged)” – Larkin Poe
• “Blame It On God” – Jacob Banks
• “Little Men” – Grant Lee Phillips
• “You’re A Pony” – Grant Lee Phillips (in-studio performance)
• “My Key To Gramercy Park” – Rachael & Vilray
• “Grrrl In The Mirror” – Kristen Ford (in-studio guest)
• “Whiplash” – Kristen Ford (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.