On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café, Jonah Kagen makes his national debut with the album “Sunflowers & Leather,” an album he created entirely himself, traveling the country in an Airstream trailer last year.

Also, some archived performances from Rosanne Cash, Eels, Fountains Of Wayne 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 October 26, 2025

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
• “Already Dead” – Beck
• “Everybody Laughs” – David Byrne
• “Thank You, Love You, All Better” – Olivia Barton
• “Oh Wide World” – Mon Rovia
• “Hurricane” – Rosanne Cash (in-studio performance)
• “Soul Of A Man” – Robert Plant & Suzi Dian
• “Sunflowers & Leather” – Jonah Kagen (in-studio guest)
• “You Again” – Jonah Kagen (in-studio guest)
• “Things Done Changed” – Jerron Paxton
• “Parting Gift” – Fiona Apple
• “I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man” – Eels (in-studio performance)
• “Favorite Place” – John Gorka
• “Nowhere Is Where” – Margo Price
• “At All” – Jon Batiste
• “Hate That It’s True” – Ivy
• “Fire In The Canyon” – Fountains Of Wayne (in-studio performance)
• “Hollywood (Unerthed Version)” – Toro y Moi
• “Here To Forever (acoustic)” – Death Cab For Cutie
• “Planting By The Signs” – S.G. Goodman
• “Lovestruck” – The Heavy Heavy (in-studio performance)
• “Moon” – Daniel Caesar
• “God Needs The Devil” – Jonah Kagen (in-studio guest)
• “The Roads” – Jonah Kagen (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

New music from Georgie Sweet, Nightbus, Cut Copy, Hot Chip, Dry Cleaning and a few of my favorite covers from Fiona Apple, Cat Power, and Buddy Miles.

Plus writer and social commentator Fran Lebowitz drops by to chat Motown, Dolly Parton and the New York Dolls ahead of her talk at the Fisher Theatre on Wednesday (tickets available here).

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 October 21, 2025

• “The Ones We Loved” – Georgie Sweet
• “Angles Mortz” – Nightbus
• “Belong To You” – Cut Copy & Kate Bollinger
• “Bloodlines” – Franc Moody
• “Devotion (Short Boys’ Remix)” – Hot Chip
• “Coltrane (Crooked Man Remix)” – Cymande
• “Spirit Adapter” – Yin Yin
• “Mq9” – Automatic
• “Hit My Head All Day (Edit)” – Dry Cleaning
• “siestas ahí” – Juana Molina
• “Banc de poissons” – Vulfmon & Jacob Jeffries
• “Dewy” – Resavoir & Matt Gold
• “Across The Universe” – Fiona Apple
• “Ask Me Anything” – The Strokes
• “How It Ends” – DeVotchka
• “The Rat” – The Walkmen
• “The Smile” – David Axelrod
• “100 Years of Bill & Lil” – Joe Webb
• “New York” – Cat Power
• “Down By The River” – Buddy Miles
• “The Wind Cries Mary” – Jimi Hendrix
• “Hey Joe” – Jimi Hendrix
• “Who Knows (Live At Filmore East, 1970 / 50th Anniversary)” – Band of Gypsys / Jimi Hendrix
• “Surfin” – Ernest Ranglin
• “Police & Thieves” – The Clash
• “Nobody Can Live Forever” – Tim Maia
• “(Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below We’re All Going To Go” – Curtis Mayfield
• “You’ve Been In Love Too Long (Single Version)” – Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
• “Come See About Me (Live)” – The Supremes
• “9 to 5” – Dolly Parton
• “Personality Crisis” – New York Dolls
• “Trash” – New York Dolls
• “Marquee Moon” – Television

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.

Fresh selections from Mei Semones, Nia Andrews, Butcher Brown, Oreglo, KeiyaA and 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 October 8, 2025

• “Itsumo” – Mei Semones
• “You Can’t Not Be Who You Are” – Nia Andrews
• “HOURS:AFTER” – Butcher Brown
• “Bosté” – Oreglo
• “Make You Feel That Way” – Blackalicious
• “Take It” – KeiyaA
• “Puaj” – Salin
• “Elegantly Wasted (feat. Leon Bridges)” – Hermanos Gutiérrez
• “Heavy” – The Marias
• “Poison (Cover)” – Sharon Van Etten
• “Angles Mortz” – Nightbus
• “If You Rescue Me (Chanson des Chats)” – Gael García Bernal, Alain Chabat, Aurélia Petit & Sacha Bourdo
• “Theme” – Jon Brion
• “October” – Okonski
• “Just Another Day” – Womack Sisters
• “Dr Rego” – Cisco Kid
• “Little Child Runnin’ Wild” – Curtis Mayfield
• “Winter in America (feat. Rich Medina) [12″ Version]” – Brian Jackson
• “The Revolution Will Not Be Telefonin’” – Tonico 70
• “Lady Day and John Coltrane” – Gil Scott Heron
• “God Gave Me Feet For Dancing (feat. Yazmin Lacey)” – Ezra Collective
• “Paradise (feat. Thalma De Freitas)” – DJ Center & Sly5thAve
• “Why You Lied” – Forest Law
• “What Is Love?” – Deee-Lite
• “Groove Is In the Heart” – Deee-Lite
• “Cannonball” – The Breeders
• “Black Steel (Radio Edit)” – Tricky
• “Natural One” – Folk Implosion
• “Sleep To Dream” – Fiona Apple
• “On And On” – Erykah Badu
• “Heart Cooks Brain” – Modest Mouse
• “Are You That Somebody” – Aaliyah

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.