Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: Our annual Canada Day Show, honoring our cherished and valued neighbors… now more than ever!

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

Canada-Day

In this week’s episode of Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music, it’s the annual Canada Day Show, ahead of the July 1 holiday.

“Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners. And necessity has made us allies. Those whom nature hath so joined together, let no man put asunder.”

– Former U.S. President John F. Kennedy

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 June 28, 2025

HOUR ONE:

  • “The Canadian Dream” – Sam Roberts Band
  • “Baseball” – Sara Dufour
  • “Red Future” – Snotty Nose Rez Kids
  • “The Cobbler” – Matt Andersen
  • “Consistency” – Tanika Charles
  • “No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature” – The Guess Who
  • “Dopamine” – Jon Vinyl
  • “Canadian” – Billy Raffoul
  • “Mhepo” – Munya Mataruse
  • “Total Cinema” – Ken Yates
  • “Girls Like You” – Sofia Camara
  • “Yellow” – Tegan & Sara
  • “Human Nature” – Sloan
  • “Rolodex” – Logan Richard
HOUR TWO:
  • “Better Broken” – Sarah McLachlan
  • “Home” – Aysanabee
  • “Listen2Me” – foxwarren
  • “Poets” – Tragically Hip
  • “Eleanor Rigby” – Oscar Peterson
  • “Life Is A Highway” – Tom Cochrane
  • “Walking In Sunshine” – Brandon Isaac
  • “Nothing Is Perfect” – Metric
  • “My People” – AHI
  • “The Night Loves Us” – Alan Doyle
  • Qujannamiik” – The Jerry Cans
  • “Pour que tu m’aimes encore” – Celine Dion
  • “Acadian Driftwood” – The Band

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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.