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

This week on Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music brand new Detroit music from Ryan Allen, Nick Behnan and The Legal Matters.

Also a great cover from the “HELP (2)” compilation, new waterbaby and Tank & The Bangas, plus a never-before-heard Bill Withers song from Taj Mahal!

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 March 21, 2026

HOUR ONE:

• “Good News” – ROZZI
• “All I Did Was Dream Of You” – beabadobee
• “Why Don’t You” – Squeeze
• “Pulling Mussels (From A Shell)” – Squeeze
• “When It’s Right, It’s Right” – Nick Behnan
  
• “I Feel For You” – Chaka Khan
• “2Sided” – Arlo Parks
• “Stones” – Everlast
• “So This Is Heartache” – Teddy Thompson
• “Dry Spell” – Kacey Musgraves
• “Hold On” – Devon Gilfillian
  
• “Move” – Tank & The Bangas
• “Universal Soldier” – Depeche Mode
  

• “Beck N Call” – waterbaby
• “Riptides” – Death Cab For Cutie
• “After All This Time” – Joe Jackson
• “Another World” – Joe Jackson
• “Diamond In The Rough” – Laura Rain & The Caesars
• “It Don’t Mean Nothing” – Richard Marx
• “Somewhere Else” – TOMORA
• “The Valley” – Son Little
• “They’re Coming For Us” – Ryan Allen
• “Stuck With Me” – The Legal Matters
• “I Ain’t Sold On Time” Foy Vance
• “Time” – Taj Mahal
• “Moanin’ And Groanin'” – Bill Withers

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