In this week’s episode of Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music, Lady Blackbird (pictured above), new songs from Bon Iver, Robert Randolph and Natalie Bergman (new on Third Man Records) and much 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 Apr. 26, 2025

HOUR ONE:

• “Like A Ship (Without A Sail)” – Leon Bridges & Keite Young
  
• “Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled” – Lady Blackbird
• “I’ll Be Okay” – Michigander
• “Wildfire Season” – Jobi Riccio
• “Be My Own Man” – Phillip Michael Scales
• “Isn’t She Lovely” – Stevie Wonder
  
• “Like A Rock” – Bob Seger
  
• “Ziplock” – Penny & Sparrow
• “Luke & Leanna” – Craig Finn
• “Ride” – B-52s (Kate Pierson turns 77!)

• “From” – Bon Iver
• “There She Goes” – Curtis Harding
• “Gunslinger” – Natalie Bergman
• “Flowers” – Durand Jones & The Indications
• “Lord Have Mercy” – Durand Jones (Acoustic Cafe performance, 2023)
• “What Was That” – Lorde
• “Witness” – The Wood Bros.
• “Staring” – Renée Elise Goldsberry
• “Shine” – Joy Clark (Acoustic Cafe performance, 2025)
• “Stuck In Reverse” – The Swell Season
• “Novelty” – Jensen McRae
• “Big Women” – Robert Randolph
• “Sex And Drugs And Rock & Roll” – Michael Franti & Spearhead
• “Still Bad” – Lizzo (Lizzo turns 37!)

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.

Always a good day when we’ve got a fresh Tall Black Guy flip to explore alongside new music from Cousin Kula, Smerz, Flying Vipers, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, SHOLTO, Clea Vincent & Via Mardot, HAIM, Bon Iver, Durand Jones & the Indications 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 April 15, 2025

• “Too High” – Stevie Wonder
• “Never Come Down” – Tall Black Guy x Stevie Wonder
• “Why Why Why Why Why” – Cousin Kula
• “You got time and I got money” – Smerz
• “Bitter Sweet Symphony” – The Verve
• “Move On Up” – Devon Russell
• “War Ina Babylon” – Max Romeo & The Upsetters
• “La Planète Sauvage (feat. Brandee Younger)” – Flying Vipers
• “Baby, This Love I Have” – Minnie Riperton
• “Earth 1” – Unknown Mortal Orchestra
• “Work This Time” – King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
• “Backline” – Butcher Brown
• “Nautilus (Mawtilus)” – Nuyorican Soul
• “Yeah Yeah” – Will Sessions
• “The Sunrise Fool” – SHOLTO
• “Bugs” – Jamila Woods
• “Wish I Didn’t Miss You (Dragutesku Edit)” – Angie Stone
• “Vitamin C” – Can
• “Pali Gap” – Jimi Hendrix
• “O Sapo” – João Gilberto
• “Nuit Magnétique” – Clea Vincent & Via Mardot
• “Another Day” – Los Hermanos & Soul Saver
• “Relationships” – HAIM
• “Day One (feat. Dijon & Flock of Dimes)” – Bon Iver
• “Are You Even Real” – Teddy Swims & GIVĒON
• “The Line” – D’Angelo
• “Black Hole Sun” – bigboihums
• “Run” – Madison McFerrin & Bobby McFerrin
• “She Cleans Up” – Father John Misty
• “My Fun” – Suki Waterhouse
• “18 Cigarettes” – Duck Ltd.
• “Wire” – OMNI
• “Been So Long” – Durand Jones & The Indications & Aaron Frazer
• “The World Is A Ghetto” – War

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.

This week’s episode of Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music  showcases huge hits performed by the original artists in foreign languages! From classic Motown tunes, to new wave hits from The Police and Blondie, to Belle & Sebastian, to Beyonce, Olivia Rodrigo to The Beatles… in German, Japanese, Spanish, Italian and many more.

See the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

• “Aqui Con Tigo” – Smokey Robinson
• “Shock Den Affen” – Peter Gabriel
• “I’m A Cookoo (Japanese Version)” – Belle & Sebastian
• “Héros” – David Bowie
• “Será Será (Hips Don’t Lie)” – Shakira & Wyclef Jean
• “Je Ne Repartirai Pas” – Nat King Cole
• “Wie Schon Das Ist” – Marvin Gaye
• “Mon Ami Geh Nicht Fort” – Celine Dion
• “De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da” (Spanish & Japanese) – The Police
• “L’Amore Verra” – The Supremes
• “Can’t Change Me (French Version)” – Chris Cornell
• “99 Luftballons” – Nena
• “Angelitos Negros” – Roberta Flack (RIP)

• “Irremplazable” – Beyonce
• “Así es la vida” – David Lee Roth
• “Conociéndome, Conociéndote” – ABBA
• “Chiquitita” – Cher
• “Questions 67 & 68” (Japanese Version) – Chicago
• “traitor” – Olivia Rodrigo
• “El Cancer” – Joe Jackson
• “Sei Solo Tu” – The Temptations
• “Sie Liebt Dich” – The Beatles
• “Un-break My Heart” (Spanish Version) – Toni Braxton
• “Mariposa Libre” – Sting
• “So Ein Mann” – Phil Collins
• “Sunday Girl” (French Version) – Blondie
• “Con Le Mie Lacrime” – The Rolling Stones