This week on Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music exploring the curious trend of “Title Twins”… brand new songs, featuring previously used, sometimes iconic song titles of the past. Why? Who knows! But let’s have some fun hearing the new and old back-to-back.

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 11, 2026

HOUR ONE:

• “For The Love Of Money” – The Black Keys
• “For The Love Of Money” – The O’Jays
• “Hotel California” – Joji
• “Hotel California” – The Gypsy Kings (cuz I can’t take the Eagles again)
• “For What It’s Worth” – Liam Gallagher
  
• “For What It’s Worth” – Buffalo Springfield
  
• “Night Moves” – Lissie
• “Night Moves” – Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
• “The Look Of Love” – ABC
• “The Look Of Love” – Isaac Hayes (cuz this version is awesome)
• “Somebody That I Used To Know” – Gotye
• “Somebody That I Used To Know” – Elliott Smith
• “Rock The Boat” – Trombone Shorty
  
• “Rock The Boat” – The Hues Corporation
  

• “Who Do You Love?” – Brother Wallace
• “Who Do You Love?” – Bo Diddley
• “Nice Work If You Can Get It” – Sloan
• “Nice Work If You Can Get It” – Ella Fitzgerald
• “Real Love” – Mary J. Blige
• “Real Love” – Joan Osborne
  
• “California” – Rufus Wainwright
  
• “California” – Joni Mitchell
  
• “It Should Have Been Me” – Ray Charles
  
• “It Should Have Been Me” – Gladys Knight & The Pips
  
• “Cherry Baby” – Jenny Lewis
  
• “Cherry Baby” – Starz
• “Tired Of Being Alone” – Teenage Fanclub
  
• “Tired Of Being Alone” – Al Green
  

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 a couple cuts from a fascinating new album from Kronos Quartet and Mahalia Jackson, featuring her amazing singing and in conversation with Studs Terkel in 1963.

Also, new Detroit tunes from Dames Brown, The Legal Matters, another Nick Piunti preview, the duo Rosetta Pebble and 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 January 31, 2026

HOUR ONE:

• “Against The Dying Of The Light” – Jose Gonzalez
• “(It Takes All Kinds) To Make A World” – Gail Ann Dorsey
• “The Stars Are Out Tonight” – David Bowie
• “Opening Night” – Arctic Monkeys
• “Hold On” – Mahalia Jackson & The Kronos Quartet
  
• “What Would You Do” – Dames Brown
• “Rendevouz” – Will Sessions + Dames Brown, Amp Fiddler
  
• “I Got You” – Tedeschi Trucks Band
  
• “I Wish You Love” – Frank Sinatra
• “Stay Away” – Charles Bradley
• “Can’t Hold Us” – Sampa The Great
  
• “Handshake Deal” – Nick Piunti
  
• “Get On The Right Thing” – Wings
  

• “Music Always” – AV & The Inner City
• “Perfect Day” – Al Green w/Raye
• “2Sided” – Arlo Parks
• “Sweet Love” – Stephen Sanchez
• “The Message” – The Legal Matters
• “Chicago” – Mavis Staples
  
• “In The Saddle” – Whitney
• “Practice” – Jamila Woods w/Saba
• “Your Old Stand By” – Mary Wells
• “Disco Life” – Say She She
• “Bend In The River” – Rosetta Pebble
• “Hair Down” – Samm Henshaw
• “Shapes & Sizes” – Joan Armatrading & The Kronos Quartet
• “This World Will Make You Think” – Mahalia Jackson & The Kronos Quartet

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