On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café, in-studio guests Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent, aka Shovels & Rope, play songs from their latest album “Something Is Working Up Above My Head.”

Also this week, a collection of in-studio duets, all from 2016 with Billy Bragg and Joe Henry, Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle, Judy Collins and Ari Hest and more. Plus new songs from Samm Henshaw, Bonny Prince Billy, Mumford & Sons and Larkin Poe.

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 February 1, 2026

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
• “Plastic Cigarette” – Zach Bryan
• “Changed” – Valerie June
• “They Keep Trying To Find You” – Bonny Prince Billy
• “Dime” – Silvana Estrada
• “Gentle On My Mind” – Billy Bragg + Joe Henry (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere” – The Dandy Warhols
• “Two Wolves” – Shovels & Rope (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “Colorado River” – Shovels & Rope (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “Hair Down” – Samm Henshaw
• “Can You Get To That” – Funkadelic
• “Pharmacy” – The Black Crowes
• “Kiss Me Quick” – Iron & Wine + Jesca Hoop (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “River” – Selah Mooney (SongWriter Podcast preview)
• “Mr. Marketer” – Hayley Heynderickx & Max Garcia Conover
• “The Banjo Song” – Mumford & Sons
• “I Choose Love” – Judy Collins + Ari Hest (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Little Bit (acoustic)” – Larkin Poe
• “American Tune” – Leslie Odom, Jr.
• “Summer Boys” – Mark Erelli
• “Come What May” –Shawn Colvin + Steve Earle
• “Favorite Place” – John Gorka
• “I’d Be Lying” – Shovels & Rope (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “love Song For A Dog” – Shovels & Rope (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)

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