Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: New tracks from Lizzo, Lucy Dacus, Jack Spivey & more

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

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This week’s episode of Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music covers another busy week of newly released music from Lizzo, Lucy Dacus and Detroit’s Jack Spivey — plus a couple of weird moments from 50 and 40 years ago. We also open and close the show with a couple soon-to-be octogenarians!

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 Mar. 29, 2025

HOUR ONE:

  • “Down To Joy” – Van Morrison
  • “Forever Is A Feeling” – Lucy Dacus
  • “Superlover” – Allison Russelll & Annie Lennox
  • “I Put A Spell On You” – Annie Lennox
  • “Can I Get An Amen” – The War & Treaty
  • Lonesome Loser” – Little River Band
  • “Still Bad” – Lizzo
  • “Lazarus” – David Bowie
  • “Sleeves Up” – Crys Matthews
  • “Where Do We Go From Here” – Wilder Wods
  • “Show You Love” – The Altons (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
  • “Imma Be” – Black Eyed Peas (Fergie turns 50!)
HOUR TWO:
  • “Everybody Have Fun Tonight” – Wang Chung
  • “Cruel Cruel World” – Felix Ames
  • “Feel Like Makin’ Love” – Roberta Flack (released 50 years ago this month)
  • “Feel Like Makin’ Love” – Bad Company (also released 50 years ago this month)
  • “Cold Honey” – Jack Spivey
  • “Love Is Like A Rock” – Donnie Iris (82 and still rockin’… sorta)
  • “Knock On Wood” – Buddy Guy
  • “Moving On And On” – Q
  • “Never Felt Better” – Everything Is Recorded
  • “Look At The State Of Me Now”– Maya Delilah
  • “Gone Again” – Sunny War w/John Doe
  • “The Core” – Eric Clapton w/Marcella Detroit (Clapton turns 80 this weekend)

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.

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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.