Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: New Stevie Wonder and Maggie Rogers, Detroit tunes from Extra Arms, Nick Piunti + more

Listen to “Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music” every Saturday from 2-4 p.m. ET on Detroit Public Radio 101.9 WDET.

On this episode of Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music, another peek at the new Nick Piunti album (coming next week).

Plus, Stevie Wonder’s new song, some artists celebrating “Big-O” birthdays (50, 60,70 and 80), new tunes from The Cure and Maggie Rogers 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 Oct. 12, 2024

  • “Live For You” – Thee Sacred Souls (at St. Andrews 11/3)
  • “Practice” – Jamila Woods w/Saba (at The Majestic 10/22)
  • “Can We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart” – Stevie Wonder (at LCA 10/22)
  • “A Fragile Thing” – The Cure
  • “Long Way Down” – Nick Piunti & The Complicated Men (Up and Out Of It coming Oct. 18, 2024)
  • “Like A Woman” – Lady Blackbird
  • “For Real” – Pharrell Williams
  • “Ice Cream Man” – Van Halen (DLR turns 70 this week)
  • “Ice Cream Man” – Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers
  • “In The Living Room” – Maggie Rogers
  • “Baby Blues” – J.D. McPherson
  • “Ain’t Got Nothing On You” – Leon Bridges
  • “Escanaba” – Billy Strings
  • “Be My Baby” – Cissy Houston (9/30/33 – 10/7/24)
  • “Ain’t No Way” – Aretha Franklin (w/Cissy Houston)
  • “Sick Of Myself” – Matthew Sweet (Matthew turns 60 this week)
  • “I’ll Go Anywhere” – MUSTAFA
  • “How Long” – Eagles (a J.D. Souther song, d. 9/17/24)
  • “March March” – The Chicks (Natalie Maines turns 50 this week)
  • “Can’t Go Back” – Sampha
  • “Baby – Basia Bulat
  • “Day By Day” – Samara Joy
  • “Morning Thought” – Jr. Jr. (still around, retooling, expect more music!)
  • “Skating Away…” – Jethro Tull (“War Child” out this week in 1974)
  • “Shut Em Down” – Extra Arms
  • “Harry Truman” – Chicago (Robert Lamm turns 80 this week)

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  • Rob Reinhart
    Rob Reinhart is host of WDET's "Essential Music" and the syndicated program "Acoustic Cafe," heard on 125 stations around the country, and stations from Greece to New Zealand. He's voted in 11 presidential elections: 5 wins, 6 losses.