On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café,  Feist turned 50 this year, so we’re celebrating that milestone birthday by going back to one of our favorite sessions in 2012. Leslie was touring with the trio Mountain Man in support of her album “Metals.”

Also, past in-studio archives from beabadoobee, NEEDTOBREATHE, Norah Jones and Frank Turner.

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 June 21, 2026

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
• “Is She Really Going Out With Him (acoustic)” – Joe Jackson
• “Brightside” – Ziggy Marley
• “Second Best” – Momo Boyd & Infinity Song
• “Game To Lose” – I’m With Her
• “Care” – beabadoobee (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Scarlet Tide” – Renee Fleming & Bela Fleck
• “How Come You Never Go There” – Feist (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “My Moon My Man” – Feist (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “Uncertain, TX” – Kacey Musgraves
• “In Good Trouble” – India Arie
• “The Long Surrender” – NEEDTOBREATHE (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Defiance, Ohio” – Iron & Wine
• “Riding That Symbol” – Aldous Harding
• “Software Developer” – Blessing Jolie
• “Different Light” – Rostam
• “Little Broken Hearts” – Norah Jones (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Fallin'” – Alicia Keys
• “Often Lately” – Dermot Kennedy
• “Down South” – Paul McCartney
• “Live And Let Die” – Frank Turner (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Cool To Know You” – The Arcadian Wild
• “Get It Wrong, Get It Right” – Feist (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “The Bad In Each Other” – Feist (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

This week on Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music we feature songs about songs, singing about singing… basically, just music celebrating the joys and pains of making music! This is the second episode of these songs, and I suspect eps 3 and 4 will be coming soon

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 June 13, 2026

HOUR ONE:

• “Sir Duke” – Stevie Wonder
• “Old Songs Never Die” Rachael Baiman
• “I’m With The Band” – Little Big Town
• “Hip Hop Is Dead” – Nas
• “Crappy Love Song” – Theo Katzman
• “I’ll Have To Say I Love You In A Song” – Jim Croce
• “I’ve Got The Music In Me” – Kiki Dee
• “Uptown Funk” – Mark Ronson
• “Doo Wop (That Thing)” – Lauryn Hill
• “Rock And Roll” – Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
• “Max’s Kansas City, 1976” – Wayne County & The Backstreet Boys
• “Don’t Stop The Music” – Rihanna
• “Song For Sad Friends” – Feist

HOUR TWO:

• “Lovesong” – The Cure
• “Lovesong” – beabadoobee
• “Lovesong For No One” – John Mayer
• “Love Song” – Shemekia Copeland
• “Love Song 43” – Ryan Racine
• “Love Hate Song” – Alisa Amador
• “Put Your Records On” – Corinne Bailey Rae
• “Crazy About A Jukebox” – Taj Mahal
• “Life Is A Long Song” – Jethro Tull
• “Field Song” – Mon Rovia
• “Song For No One” – Shawn Mendes
• “A Great Idea For A Song” – Artichoke
• “The Entertainer” – Billy Joel
• “A Song For You” – Ray Charles

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