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

 New music from Yukimi of Little Dragon, a selection from Jordan Rakei’s new live album, Madison Cunningham is about to be a superstar and lots 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 November 11, 2025

• “All over Me” – Yukimi & Little Dragon
• “Lost My Love (DJ Amir & Re.Decay Jazz Re.Imagined Remix)” – Kenny Cox
• “White Gloves ii” – Khraungbin
• “Mind’s Eye (Live From The Royal Albert Hall)” – Jordan Rakei
• “Witches” – Alice Phoebe Lou
• “Shut Up Kiss Me” – Angel Olsen
• “The Juice” – Causa Sui
• “Diving Woman” – Japanese Breakfast
• “Sin Dones” – Juana Molina
• “Golden Gate (On And On)” – Madison Cunningham
• “Who” – David Byrne & St. Vincent
• “Motorway” – Goat Girl
• “Sad Cowboy” – Goat Girl
• “New York, Let’s Do Nothing” – King Hannah
• “The World’s Biggest Paving Slab (Daniel Avery Remix)” – English Teacher & Daniel Avery
• “Radio Free Europe (Jacknife Lee Remix / 2025)” – R.E.M.
• “One Of The Greats” – Florence + the Machine
• “Elegantly Wasted (feat. Leon Bridges)” – Hermanos Gutiérrez
• “The Revolution Will Not Be Telefonin’” – Tonico 70
• “Groove” – Beans
• “Magica” – El Michels Affair & Rogê
• “Pinball Number Count (feat. Dames Brown & Nicholas Payton)” – Brandon Williams
• “I Can Say To You (Toribio Remix)” – Butcher Brown
• “Brian” – Alfa Mist
• “Dog It” – Digable Planets
• “SPOTTIEOTTIEDOPALISCIOUS” – Kassa Overall
• “Nothing Without You” – Uma
• “Girl Like Me (Kaytranada Remix)” – PinkPantheress
• “Maybe I Got It Wrong” – Ruti
• “Planet Caravan (feat. David Jimenez)” – Brownout & Brown Sabbath
• “A Melhor Saída” – Dora Morelenbaum
• “Sorry Sorry (Francois K Remix)” – Femi Kuti
• “Coltrane (Crooked Man Remix)” – Cymande
• “We Live in Brooklyn, Baby” – Roy Ayers Ubiquity

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.”

On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café, two legends of song, Mike Reid and Joe Henry, join us in the studio to play songs from their first album together “Life And Time.”

Also, some archived performances from Teddy Thompson, Aimee Mann, Amythyst Kiah, Lianne La Havas 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 November 2, 2025

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
• “Goodbye Mr. Blue” – Father John Misty
• “Deja Vu” – aron!
• “Hold On To You” – Belle Canyon
• “Walking The Floor Over You” – Teddy Thompson (in-studio performance)
• “I Can’t Make You Love Me” – Mike Reid
• “Sleeper Car” – Mike Reid & Joe Henry (in-studio guests)
• “The Bridge” – Mike Reid & Joe Henry (in-studio guests)
• “Boombox” – Charlie Parr
• “Disarray” – Lianne La Havas
• “Is Your Love Big Enough” – Lianne La Havas (in-studio performance)
• “Morning Morgantown” – Joni Mitchell
• “These Days” – Muireann Bradley
• “Pour The Wine” – Sons Of The East
• “Thunderbird” – Josh Ritter
• “Silk And Petals” – Amythyst Kiah (in-studio performance)
• “Best Guess (Wedding Version)” – Lucy Dacus
• “My Full Name” – Madison Cunningham
• “Dead Flowers” – The Rolling Stones
• “You’re With Stupid Now” – Aimee Mann (in-studio performance)
• “Martins Ferry” – Mike Reid & Joe Henry (in-studio guests)
• “History” – Mike Reid & Joe Henry (in-studio guests)

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