On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café,  Amelia Day joins us for the first time! The newcomer from Washington State is about 5 years into their career, having just dropped a new EP called “Ego Trip” this week, with a full-length debut coming later this year.

Also, two great covers from past in-studio guests Norah Jones, Grant Lee Phillips  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 May 3, 2026

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
• “Frown Lines” – Blessing Jolie
  
• “Kentucky Too Long” – Charlie Crockett
  
• “Strawberry Moonrise/Year After Year” – I’m With Her
  
• “Young Love” – Milk Carton Kids
  
• “Song Of Storms” – Jon Batiste & Josh Harmon
• “Lilac Wine” – Arooj Aftab, Beck
  
• “Clementine” – Amelia Day (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “Skippin’ Down The Sidewalk” – Amelia Day (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “We Were Made For These Times” – The Klezmatics
  
• “I Guess I Wasn’t Made For These Times” – The Beach Boys
  
• “All For A Man” – ROZZI
• “Next To Me” – Emeli Sande (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Alleycat” – Mumford & Sons
  
• “Dirtbag Saloon” – Emily Scott Robinson
  
• “Got A New Car” – Tyler Ballgame
• “The Store” – Anjimile
  
• “Cold Cold Heart” – Norah Jones (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “This Town (acoustic)” – Brooke Combe
  
• “The Only Time I Prayed” – Dermot Kennedy
  
• “Particular” – James Hunter Six
  
• “Under The Milky Way” – Grant Lee Phillips (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Margie” – Amelia Day (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “Eastward Of Eden” – Amelia Day (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)

Listen to Acoustic Café with host Rob Reinhart every Sunday from 1-3 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, Josh Ritter rounds our 2025 as our last guest of the year. Recorded at The Leon Loft in November, Josh plays songs from his new album “I Believe In You My Honeydew“.

Also, in-studio archives from Amos Lee, Shawn Colvin, Mike Doughty 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 21, 2025

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
• “This Christmas I’m Coming Home” – Leon Bridges & Norah Jones
• “Buffalo, 1981” – Haley Heynderickx & Max Garcia Conover
• “Clay Pigeons” – Muireann Bradley
• “All For You” – Rhett Miller
• “How To Love” – Buffalo Nichols (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “River” – The Accidentals
• “You Won’t Dig My Grave” – Josh Ritter (in-studio guest performance)
• “Truth Is A Dimension…” – Josh Ritter (in-studio guest performance)
• “Hard Times” – Mavis Staples
• “The Way It Will Be” – Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
• “Small Talk” – Whitney
• “Looks” – Mike Doughty (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Appalachian Adam’s Apple Smile” – Palmyra
• “Store Bought Christmas” – Old Crow Medicine Show
• “Rebel Soul” – Michael Kiwanuka
• “I’m Gone” – Shawn Colvin(Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Poor Poor Pitiful Me” – Freedy Johnson
• “Who Knows” – Daniel Caesar
• “Hanukkah Gelt” – The Klezmatics
• “Bottom Of The Barrel” – Amos Lee (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Thunderbird” – Josh Ritter (in-studio guest performance)
• “Only A River” – Josh Ritter (in-studio guest performance)
• “Wild Ways” – Josh Ritter (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