Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: A new life for ‘Good Life,’ a new version of Aretha’s final No. 1 hit, Yard Act, Beck, Leon Bridges + more

This week on Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music, we play the first of 3 EPs from Leon Bridges, fun new tunes from Yard Act and This Is Lorelei.

Also, an amazing covers record coming from Meshell Ndegeocello, a new life for Inner City’s “Good Life” 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 July 25, 2026

HOUR ONE:

• “Light The Way” – Leon Bridges
• “Keep Moving” – Jungle
• “Keep On Movin'” – Devon Gilfillian
• “That Rose” – Margaret Glaspy
• “On Foot Out” – Infinity Song
• “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)” – Meshell Ndegeocello & Cynthia Erivo
• “New Beginnings” – Yard Act
• “Just Like Saturday” – Allison Russell & Ruby Amanfu
• “Let Me Speak To Bobby” – Low Cut Connie
• “Kind” – Joy Oladokun
• “Love You Madly” – Cake (this week, 2001)
• “Johnny Appleseed” – Joe Strummer (this week, 2001)

HOUR TWO:

• “OurHome” – Rodrigo y Gabriela
• “In The Night” – Beck
• “Good Life” – Inner City
• “Bring Your Love” – Madonna & Sabrina Carpenter
• “Billy Came Back” – This Is Lorelei
• “the cure” – Olivia Rodrigo
• “High Heels” – The War & Treaty
• “You’re Poison” – Nick Piunti
• “You And Your Folks, Me And Mine” – Funkadelic
• “Hair Down” – Samm Henshaw

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