Rob Reinhart is host of WDET's "Essential Music." The rest of Rob's week is spent producing the syndicated program "Acoustic Cafe," heard on 125 commercial and noncommercial radio stations, and online at Acafe.com. Since 1995, "Acoustic Cafe" has featured interviews and performances with songwriting greats, from Willie Nelson to Robert Glasper, Norah Jones to Joan Baez, Bob Seger to Ledisi, Emmylou Harris to Courtney Barnett and hundreds more.

Over the last 30 years, Reinhart has also owned a small ad agency, written and produced syndicated comedy for radio, voiced thousands of radio and TV commercials, consulted movie, television and internet media projects, and even been the voice of Radio Bonnaroo. He is also a partner in SongCraft Presents, a video songwriting series, creating new songs with interesting people in cool places!

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: 8-8-15

This week, Essential Music returns to Eastern Market from 2-4pm, with cool guests and great music... then Aretha/Isley Bro. tickets...

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: 8-1-15

This week on RREM... cool new music from Gary Clark Jr. and Patty Griffin, more Fair Lane Folk, and tickets...

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: 7-25-15

This week on RREM... A new lengthy piece from City & Colour, Fair Lane Folk Fest artists and tix, MoPop...

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: 7-18-15

This week on RREM (@WDET)... The introduction of JR JR (fmrly Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr), father and son Daniels, new...

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: 7-11-15

Come on down to Shed 3 at EM from 2-4 and say hey! Then from 4-5 I'll be back at...

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: 7-4-15

This week on RREM... for the 4th Of July, we'll take a musical trip around this great country... songs of...

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: 6-27-15

Canada Day is coming 7/1, so this week it'll be all Canadian artists (our neighbors to the north, south and...

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: 6-20-15

This week on RREM... RIP Wendell Holmes (The Holmes Bros.), fun new and old music from Beck, ZZ Ward, Nate...

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: 6-13-15

This week on RREM (@WDET)... it's our June Eastern Market broadcast in Shed 3 from 2-4 with great guests and...

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: 6-6-15

This week on RREM... A great new album from Detroit's Chris Emmerson, plus the new thing from FFS (Franz Ferdinand...

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: 5-30-15

This time, a sneak peek at the new Indigo Girls and Galactic albums, Langhorne Slim, Fogerty @ 70 and a...

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: 5-23-15

This week... Rickie Lee Jones with a new New Orleans sound, Shamir, Flint's own Whitey Morgan and Detroit's own Prime...