Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: A happy 80th birthday to Dolly, a fond farewell to Bobby, new Arlo Parks and more
Rob Reinhart January 17, 2026Listen to “Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music” every Saturday from 2-4 p.m. ET on Detroit Public Radio 101.9 WDET.
This week on Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music the happiest of birthday wishes to Dolly Parton who turns 80 on Monday, plus the late Bobby Weir in various musical arrangements, new music from waterbaby, Mitski, Arlo Parks and 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 January 17, 2026
HOUR ONE:
- “2Sided” – Arlo Parks
- “Holding On” – Disclosure w/Gregory Porter
- “You’ve Got What It Takes” – Ledisi w/Gregory Porter
- “For Real” –
Eric Hirshberg & Aloe Blacc - “A Hazy Shade Of Winter” – The Accidentals
- “I Can’t Make You Love Me” – Prince
- “Feels Alright” – Spoon
- “Sugar Magnolia” – Grateful Dead
- “The Algorithm Song” – Jon Spear
- “Memory Be A Blade” – waterbaby
- “The Flood” – Ye Vagabons
- “When Love Comes To Town” – Slash, Shemekia Copeland, Myles Kennedy, Joe Bonamassa
- “Seven Bridges Road” – Dolly Parton
- “Wildfowers” – Trio
- “World On Fire” – Dolly Parton
- “Jolene” – Beyonce
- “Smoky Mountain DNA” – Dolly Parton & Family
- “9 To 5” – Allison Krauss
- “Only A River” – Bob Weir
- “Walkin’ Blues” – Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman
- “Where’s My Phone” – Mitsky
- “Deeper” – Disclosure w/Leon Thomas
- “Heart Inside My Head” – Nick Puinti
- “Hell In A Bucket” – Grateful Dead
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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