Acoustic Café: Pieta Brown with new music, archived recordings from Kevin Morby, Gomez + more

On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café,  we welcome back Pieta Brown with her first new music in seven years. The new album “Dreamin Of” comes after years of work on interesting instrumental music with the likes of Bon Iver, Don Was, Calexico and others.

Also on the show: archived performances from Gomez, Allen Stone, Kevin Morby and more.

See the playlist below and listen to the episodes on-demand for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

Acoustic Café Playlist for August 23, 2026

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
• “So Jealous (acoustic)” – Tegan & Sara
• “Virtuoso” – Ryan Beatty
• “From This Room” – Amy Ray
• “How We Operate” – Gomez (Acoustic Cafe performance, 2006)
• “Hand It Over” – Keb’ Mo’ w/The Soweto Gospel Choir
• “Glitter Town” – Pieta Brown (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “Time Of The Night” – Pieta Brown (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “Venus In The Zinnias” – Aldous Harding
• “Her Name Is Joy” – MT Jones
• “New To This Town” – Brittney Spencer
• “On The Way Down” – Allen Stone (Acoustic Cafe performance, 2021)
• “And They Call Her California” – Ray Lamontagne
• “Long After Midnight” – Flock Of Dimes
• “Frown Lines” – Blessing Jolie
• “North Dakota Slate Roof” – Bruce Hornsby
• “Dandelion” – Kevin Morby (Acoustic Cafe performance, 2026)
• “Two Angels” – Chris Pierce
• “Working For The Enemy” – Peter Case (Acoustic Cafe performance, 1995)
• “Ex Factor” – Kandace Springs
• “Drinkin’ Side” – Pieta Brown (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)
• “Dreamin’ Of” – Pieta Brown (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guest)

Listen to Acoustic Café with host Rob Reinhart every Sunday from 1-3 p.m. ET on Detroit Public Radio 101.9 WDET and streaming on-demand at wdet.org