On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café, Chris Thile (Nickle Creek, Punch Brothers, Goat Rodeo) talks about his new collection of Bach Sonatas & Partitas, and how this set is different from the Bach he recorded in 2013. Chris also explains his “daily practice of Bach” and what it means in his life!

Also, in-studio archives from Grammy nominees Molly Tuttle and Southern Avenue, plus newcomer Treanne, a peek at the upcoming Jose Gonzalez album 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 November 30, 2025

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
• “Afraid” – Flock Of Dimes
• “Off Broadway” – Rachael & Vilray ft. Stephen Colbert
• “I’m Listening” – Josh Ritter
• “I Fell In Love” – Treanne
• “Old Me, New Wig” – Molly Tuttle (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “We Got To Have Peace” – Mavis Staples
• “Gavotte” – Chris Thile (in-studio guest performance)
• “Allemanda” – Chris Thile (in-studio guest performance)
• “Robin’s Egg” – Iron & Wine (w/I’m With Her)
• “Emily’s Song” – Daniel Caesar
• “Pajarito” – Jose Gonzalez
• “Music By Men” – Florence & The Machine
• “Beck N Call” – Waterbaby
• “Hold On To The Light” – Jack Johnson, Hermanos Guiterrez
• “Long Is The Road” – Southern Avenue (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Does My Ring Burn Your Finger” – Buddy & Julie Miller (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Pretty Ideas” – Amber Mark
• “Baby Man” – Fruit Bats
• “If God Is A Woman” – Larkin Poe
• “Gentle On My Mind” – Alison Krauss
• “I Made This For You” – Chris Thile (in-studio guest performance)
• “Allegro assai” – Chris Thile (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

In this week’s episode of Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music, family bands and family members making music together! From The Jackson 5 to Dolly Parton, oklou to The Brothers Johnson, Detroit’s The Jones Girls and some fun family in-studio performances from Acoustic Cafe.

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Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music Playlist for November 29, 2025

HOUR ONE:

• “The Hard Way” – Jimmy Cliff
• “Many Rivers To Cross” – Delta Spirit (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Family” – Aloe Blacc
• “Family Affair” – Sly & The Family Stone
  
• “Let’s Celebrate” – The Jones Girls
  
• “Alien” – Chris & Trixie Whitley (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “You Can’t Fail Me Now” – Loudon & Lucy Wainwright Roche (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Evona Darling” – Linda & Teddy Thompson (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Family Time” – Ziggy Marley (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Upside” – Southern Avenue
• “Ode To My Family” – The Cranberries
• “Family & Friends” – The Isley Brothers
• “friends & family” – oklou
  

• “We Are Family” – Sister Sledge
• “Family Reserve” – Lyle Lovett
• “Smoky Mountain DNA” – Dolly Parton & Family
• “I’ll Be Good To You” – The Brothers Johnson
  
• “I Want You Back” – The Jackson 5
• “Back In Your Head” – Tegan & Sara (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Close The Door” – The Holmes Brothers (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Key To The Highway” – Phil & Dave Alvin (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Family Bible” – Willie Nelson & Family
• “Family Table” – Bill Withers
• “Family Ghost” – Jeff Tweedy
• “Nothing Compares To You” – The Family
  
• “Let’s Do It Again” – The Staple Singers
  

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

On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café, our guest is the band Southern Avenue, the family band from Memphis. In July, they absolutely brought the house down at The Leon Loft, playing songs from their new album “Family.”

Also, the late Flaco Jimenez, cool new covers from Maia Sharp (U2) and kissing other ppl (Lennon Stella), Warren Zevon and Lianne La Havas from our in-studio archives and more!

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Acoustic Café Playlist for August 24, 2025

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
• “And So It Goes” – Billy Joel
• “No Champagne (6 AM)” – Cautious Clay
• “How About A Drink” – Billy Raffoul
• “What’s It All For” – Noah Cyrus
• “Paperthin” – Lianne La Havas (in-studio performance)
• “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” – Maia Sharp
• “Upside” – Southern Avenue (in-studio guests)
• “Found A Friend” – Southern Avenue (in-studio guests)
• “Forever Never Lasts” – Rachael & Vilray
• “I Don’t Want Your Garden” – Hazlett
• “Carmelita” – Flaco Jimenez & Dwight Yoakam
• “Lawyers, Guns & Money” – Warren Zevon (in-studio performance)
• “God Sent You” – Bruce Springsteen
• “Avalanche” – Jade Bird
• “The Way I Tell The Story” – David Wilcox
• “Dinner” – Indigo De Souza
• “Driver Education” – Indigo Girls (in-studio performance)
• “Kissing Other People” – kissing other ppl
• “Self Made Man” – Rachel Baiman
• “What If” – TORS
• “Treason” – Nilufer Yanya
• “Sisters” – Southern Avenue (in-studio guests)
• “Long Is The Road” – Southern Avenue (in-studio guests)
• “So Much Love” – Southern Avenue (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.

On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café, we revisit our 2005 interview with Death Cab For Cutie’s Benjamin Gibbard and Chris Walla to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their game-changing album Plans.

Also featured, archived stuff from Sting, Rachael & Vilray, Aimee Mann and much more!

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Acoustic Café Playlist for August 3, 2025

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
• “Under the Milky Way” – The Church
• “Jubilee” – The War & Treaty
• “The Farm” – HAIM
• “Love And Hate” – Natalie Jean
• “Even In The Evening” – Rachael & Vilray (2021 in-studio performance)
• “That’s Gonna Leave A Mark (acoustic)” – Molly Tuttle
• “Crooked Teeth” – Death Cab For Cutie (in-studio guests, 2005)
• “Brothers On A Hotel Bed” – Death Cab For Cutie (in-studio guests, 2005)
• “Sisters” – Southern Avenue
• “Can’t Win For Losing” – Cedric Burnside & Tierinii Jackson
• “Progress Of Man (Bitcoin & Cattle)” – Hayes Carll
• “You’re With Stupid Now” – Aimee Mann (2006 in-studio performance)
• “Keep On Tryin'” – Poco
• “I Need The Answer” – Durand Jones & The Indications
• “The Way Of The World” – Noah Cyrus
• “These Days” – Tanner Usrey
• “California Zephyr” – Ben Gibbard & Jay Farrar (2009 in-studio performance)
• “Moon Over Bourbon Street” – Sting
• “Shape Of My Heart” – Sting (2024 in-studio performance)
• “In Good Trouble” – India Arie
• “The Flyboy & The Kid” – Willie Nelson
• “Photobooth” – Death Cab For Cutie (in-studio guests, 2005)
• “Soul Meets Body” – Death Cab For Cutie (in-studio guests, 2005)