This week on Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music, tickets for the Ann Arbor Folk Festival are on sale early this year as A2 is celebrating their 50th Folk Fest. In today’s show, we’ll check out some of the artists on the bill.

Also, new tunes from Michigander, new albums from Beck, Beabadoobee and some on the way from Sylvan Esso, Joy Oladokun as well as a couple leftover “guilty pleasure” songs from the fall fundraiser shows!

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 September 26, 2026

HOUR ONE:

• “I’m Into Livin'” – Stevie Wonder
• “Our Year” – Tegan & Sara
• “The Way It Goes” – Leon Bridges
• “Have A Great Day” – Us3
• “10th Floor” – Apropos
• “Rock & Roll Never Forgets” – Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (Oct 1976)
• “Tears Dry On Their Own” – Amy Winehouse (Oct 2006)
• “Naked Eye” – Lucious Jackson (Oct 1996)
• “Silencio” – U2
• “Reflection” – Jungle
• “MADitation” – Rodrigo y Gabriela
• “One And The Same” – Thee Sacred Souls
• “Everybody Have Fun Tonight” – Wang Chung (Oct 1986)

HOUR TWO:

• “It’s Easier” – Stevie Wonder
• “Ebony Eyes” – Stevie Wonder
• “X-panded Universe” – Father John Misty
• “Every Sorrow” – Nick Piunti
• “Grass” – XTC (Oct 1986)
• “All That I Got Is You” – Ghostface Killah (Oct 1996)
• “So Fine” – Electric Light Orchestra (Oct 1976)
• “Unconquered” – Tom Morello ft. KNEECAP
• “My Baby Loves Me” – Pokey LaFarge
• “Laughter & Tears ” – The Womack Sisters
• “Can You Get To That” – Funkadelic (new 2026 remastered)
• “The Monkees” – The Monkees (Oct 1966)
• “Love Rollercoaster” – Ohio Players (Oct 1976)

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,  Detroit’s very own APROPOS is our in-studio guest for some recent singles, including his newest “10th Floor.” Steeped in Detroit history, APROPOS is looking forward to spreading the new sounds of Detroit far and wide.

Also on the show: archived performances from Karla Bonoff, Bruce Cockbur, ROZZI 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 August 9, 2026

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
• “There’s A World” – Sufjan Stevens
• “In The Night” – Beck
• “It Won’t Hurt” – Dwight Yoakam (1986)
• “Meet The New Swamp” – Jesse Welles
• “Freedom” – Rose Cousins (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Bar, Guitar & A Honky Tonk Crowd” – Brent Cobb
• “Long Drive” – APROPOS (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “Simple” – APROPOS (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “Holy Moses” – Houndmouth
• “OurHome” – Rodrigo y Gabriela
• “Don’t Dream It’s Over” – Neil Finn (1986)
• “Still The One” – Orleans (Acoustic Cafe performance) (1976)
• “Love Is A Golden Lion” – Allison Russell
• “begged” – Olivia Rodrigo
• “Three More Days” – Ray Lamontagne  (2006)
• “San Marcos” – Margo Price
• “When You Give It Away” – Bruce Cockburn (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “I Knew You Were Waiting” – Meshell Ndegeocello ft. Cynthia Erivo
• “She Said” – Cynthis Erivo
• “Tears Of Joy” – Leon Bridges
• “Fig Tree” – ROZZI (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Someone To Lay Down Beside Me” – Karla Bonoff (Acoustic Cafe performance)  (1976)
• “10th Floor” – APROPOS (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guests)
• “Ain’t No Way” – APROPOS (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guests)

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