Love the mix on the show today, where the new bounces up against the classics and we bridge the sonic gaps in between!

For the classics, a special spotlight on the Isley Brothers and the 50th anniversary of their third album, The Heat Is On. I spin a couple heavy hitters off that album alongside new releases from Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill, Lewis OfMan & Alicia te quiero, Big Thief, Wednesday, and more.

And even though it happened over the weekend, I’ll never miss the chance to celebrate Prince’s birthday; he would’ve been 67 on Saturday.

Check the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the player above.

In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for June 9, 2025

• “In A Moment Divine” – Freak Heat Waves & Cindy Lee
• “oh baby (lovefingers remix)” – LCD Soundsystem
• “Tu Amor (Double Drop Luke É Soul Re-Edit)” – Mamacita, Persona RS, Luke Una & Luke Solomon
• “Need To Run” – Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill
• “Lo Siento (Lido Pimienta Edit)” – Reyna Tropical & Lido Pimienta
• “Reckoner” – Radiohead
• “For You (Many Selves Version)” – Kadhja Bonet
• “Let My People Go” – Darondo
• “Fight the Power, Pts. 1 & 2” – Isley Brothers
• “Pop Life” – Prince & the Revolution
• “Melodie Is a Wound” – Stereolab
• “Moon Dance” – Bitchin Bajas
• “Controversy” – Prince
• “Someone Like You” – Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill
• “Siesta Freestyle (Frisco version)” – Lewis OfMan & Alicia te quiero
• “Incomprehensible” – Big Thief
• “Elderberry Wine” – Wednesday
• “Too Young” – Phoenix
• “Watchin’ U” – A.K. Paul
• “Darling Nikki” – Prince & The Revolution
• “Give Me the Sunshine (Mini-Tro)” – Leo’s Sunshipp
• “Walk On By” – Isaac Hayes
• “Lovin’ You” – Johnny “Guitar” Watson
• “For the Love of You, Pts. 1 & 2” – Isley Brothers
• “Light My Fire” – Shirley Bassey
• “Move On Up (Extended Version)” – Curtis Mayfield
• “Carmen” – Joy Crookes
• “Bennie and the Jets” – Elton John
• “17 Days (Piano & a Microphone 1983 Version)” – Prince

Listen to In the Groove with host Ryan Patrick Hooper weekdays from noon-3 p.m. ET on 101.9 WDET or stream on-demand at wdet.org.

I’m continuing my fill-in duties as host of In the Groove this week, with new music from Cameron Winter, Julien Baker & TORRES.

Plus, a ranging mix of classic cuts from the likes of Kate Bush, Bill Evans, and Thelonius Monk, to name but a few. 

Check the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the player above.

In The Groove (with guest host Adam Fox) playlist for June 5, 2025

• “Cold Heart” – Nilüfer Yanya
• “Can You Get To That” – Funkadelic
• “Rill Rill” – Sleigh Bells
• “Uncanny Tales (The Score)” – Dabrye
• “Linear Motion” – Rebecca Goldberg
• “I Have the Touch” – Peter Gabriel
• “Sama Gàmmu” – Youssou N’Dour
• “One Hundred Years from Now” – The Byrds
• “Sugar in the Tank” – Julien Baker & TORRES
• “I Am Goodbye” – Bonnie “Prince” Billy
• “Horsehead” – DIIV
• “Rave Down” – Swervedriver
• “Cloudbusting” – Kate Bush
• “Headlock” – Imogen Heap
• “Magic Sam’s Boogie (Live)” – Magic Sam & Shakey Jake
• “Ride Like Hell” – Big Sugar
• “It’s Rough On Rats (If You’re Asking)” – Jack White
• “Love Takes Miles” – Cameron Winter
• “Tomorrow is Perfect” – mark william lewis
• “Tango” – Ryuichi Sakamoto
• “Love Is a Stranger” – Eurythmics
• “Eminence Front” – The Who
• “Down On the Street” – The Stooges
• “Corpse Pose” – Unwound “Starburster” – Fontaines D.C.
• “It’s All Over Now Baby Blue” – Marianne Faithfull
• “Monk’s Dream (Take 8)” – Thelonious Monk
• “Waltz for Debby (Take 2)” – Bill Evans Trio
• “Atlantic High” – John Fahey
• “Stomping Gamay” – Karriem Riggins, Madlib & Jahari Massamba Unit
• “Star Roving” – Slowdive
• “The Concept” – Teenage Fanclub “Spastik” – Plastikman

Listen to In the Groove with host Ryan Patrick Hooper weekdays from noon-3 p.m. ET on 101.9 WDET or stream on-demand at wdet.org.

Adam Fox filling in for RPH again! Today on In The Groove, tracks from Robert Glasper, Detroit Cobras and Brian Eno.

Plus, new music from William Tyler, Preoccupations, and much more!

Check the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the player above.

In The Groove (with guest host Adam Fox) playlist for June 4, 2025

• “The Dude” – Donald Byrd
• “Ill at Ease” – Preoccupations
• “We Live As We Dream, Alone” – Gang of Four
• “When I Grow Up” – Fever Ray
• “Eventually” – Rival Consoles
• “The Emperor’s New Clothes” – Sinéad O’Connor
• “Priestess” – Cass McCombs
• “VIVID DREAMS (feat. River Tiber)” – KAYTRANADA
• “Detroit State of Mind” – Will Sessions
• “Oh! You Pretty Things” – David Bowie
• “Grass” – The Pretty Things
• “Mambo Sun” – T. Rex
• “1176” – Russ Macklem
• “Sumpin’ Like Dat” – Marion Hayden
• “Check the Rhime” – A Tribe Called Quest
• “Afro Blue (feat. Erykah Badu)” – Robert Glasper Experiment
• “Peace Exists Here” – Max Cooper
• “Concern” – William Tyler
• “B Minor” – Lanterna
• “Pancho & Lefty (Live)” – Townes Van Zandt
• “Turn” – Ron Leary
• “Rid of Me” – PJ Harvey
• “Lip” – His Name Is Alive
• “St. Elmo’s Fire” – Brian Eno
• “Sweet Thing” – Van Morrison
• “Season of the Shark” – Yo La Tengo
• “Ode to a Black Man” – The Dirtbombs
• “Summers Gonna Be My Girl” – The Go
• “Bad Girl” – The Detroit Cobras
• “Hell Is Chrome” – Wilco
• “Pure Love” – DJ Koze & Damon Albarn

Listen to In the Groove with host Ryan Patrick Hooper weekdays from noon-3 p.m. ET on 101.9 WDET or stream on-demand at wdet.org.

Ryan Patrick Hooper is taking a well-earned vacation, which means I (WDET Program Director Adam Fox) get to play radio host for the rest of the week — I promise to take care of the Good Ship “ITG” in his stead!

We kicked off the fill-in shows with style today — new stuff from Marie Davidson, Stereolab and Luster, as well as some music that gets better with age from Taj Mahal, Sonny Rollins, Cate Le Bon and much more!

Check the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the player above.

In The Groove (with guest host Adam Fox) playlist for June 3, 2025

• “Kiko and the Lavender Moon” – Los Lobos
• “Gratiot” – Detroit Escalator Company
• “Three Drums” – Four Tet
• “Close My Eyes” – Luster
• “Lorelei” – Cocteau Twins
• “Love Has Got Me Crying Again” – Denise James
• “The Department of Ghosts” – Outrageous Cherry
• “My City Was Gone” – Pretenders
• “Love Is Overtaking Me” – Arthur Russell
• “Monkey Gone to Heaven” – Pixies
• “Trailer Trash” – Modest Mouse
• “Most of the Time” – Bob Dylan
• “Lotta Love to Give” – Daniel Lanois
• “Are You With Me Now?” – Cate Le Bon
• “Respectable Street” – XTC
• “Bonnet of Pins” – Matt Berninger
• “Dan’s Boogie” – Destroyer
• “Same Old Song” – Four Tops
• “Leaving Trunk” – Taj Mahal
• “St. Thomas” – Sonny Rollins
• “Wu Punk” – Georgia Anne Muldrow
• “Sodajerk” – Buffalo Tom
• “Flag With No Pole” – World News
• “Demolition” – Marie Davidson
• “Washing Machine Heart” – Mitski
• “Policy of Truth” – Depeche Mode
• “Come On Let’s Go” – Broadcast
• “Transmutated Matter” – Stereolab
• “Le temps de l’amour” – Françoise Hardy
• “You Can Make It If You Try” – Sly and the Family Stone
• “You’re Welcome (Stop on By)” – Bobby Womack
• “Fusion Swirl” – Jeff Parker
• “Yekermo Sew” – Mulatu Astatke
• “Black Sand” – Glass Beams

Listen to In the Groove with host Ryan Patrick Hooper weekdays from noon-3 p.m. ET on 101.9 WDET or stream on-demand at wdet.org.

Movement is right around the corner, and many in Detroit and beyond are getting ready to hit the dance floor together and celebrate.

But dance is much more than just movement — it’s a mode of self-expression and a bridge to human connection, or as author Emma Warren calls it, a “technology of togetherness.”

In her recent book, “Dance Your Way Home: A Journey Through the Dance Floor,” Warren reflects on how different styles of music like Detroit techno can influence movements, promote connection and create cultural change.

Today on The Metro, we revisit a conversation Warren had with WDET’s Ryan Patrick Hooper last year about the book and why dance is so important to humans.

Use the media player above to hear the full conversation.

Listen to The Metro weekdays from 10 a.m. to noon ET on 101.9 FM and streaming on-demand.

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Blowing out 75 birthday candles for Stevie Wonder today! That’s always a pleasure on this show. I make it clear that there are just a few artists you can always play and Stevie Wonder is someone you simply can’t exhaust — at least in my mind. Hope you agree! I’ll be playing your Stevie picks for the rest of the week… looking forward to that!

Plus new music from Ezra Furman, Elkka, Yannis & the Yaw and more.

Check the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the player above.

In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for May 13, 2025

• “Power of the Moon” – Ezra Furman
• “Rock & Roll” – Velvet Underground
• “Veni Vidi Vici” – Black Lips
• “South of the River” – Tom Misch
• “5pm” – Otis Junior & Dr. Dundiff
• “The Light” – Jordan Rakei
• “No Room for Doubt (feat. Willy Mason)” – Lianne La Havas
• “Golden Lady” – José Feliciano
• “All I Do” – Stevie Wonder
• “In My Life” – Doug Riley
• “Living For The City” – Stevie Wonder
• “I Wanna Be Where You Are” – Michael Jackson
• “We Can Work It Out” – Stevie Wonder
• “Love Having You Around (Live at the Keystone Korner)” – Abbey Lincoln
• “Voodoo Woman” – Koko Taylor
• “Bonnie And Clyde” – Brigitte Bardot & Serge Gainsbourg
• “7 AM” – Jacqueline Taïeb
• “The Call Up” – The Clash
• “Rain Can’t Reach Us (feat. Tony Allen)” – Yannis & the Yaw
• “Song Of Hope” – Nicolas Jaar
• “Cécile” – Edouard Ferlet
• “Stay Gold (feat. Gregoire Maret)” – Alicia Olatuja
• “Let it Happen (Soulwax Remix)” – Tame Impala
• “Sudden Weight (feat. Allysha Joy)” – First Beige
• “I Just Want To Love You” – Elkka
• “S.N.C.” – Darkside
• “SP12 Beat” – Mount Kimbie
• “Water Me Down” – Vagabon
• “Death & Romance” – Magdalena Bay
• “Starfish And Coffee” – Prince
• “I Like the Way You Do It to Me” – Roy Ayers
• “As” – Stevie Wonder

Listen to In the Groove with host Ryan Patrick Hooper weekdays from noon-3 p.m. ET on 101.9 WDET or stream on-demand at wdet.org.

There’s a new tribute album coming out to celebrate Broken Social Scene’s “You Forgot It In People” album, with contributions from Maggie Rogers & Sylvan Esso as well as Toro Y Moi (you’ll hear both and Broken Social Scene during the show).

Plus, new music from Baltimore punks TURNSTILE, Ezra Collective, Original Koffee and more.

Check the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the player above.

In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for May 12, 2025

• “No Room for Doubt (feat. Willy Mason)” – Lianne La Havas
• “Mantra” – Jordan Rakei
• “Opaline Bubbletear” – Dummy
• “Blue Dada” – Dummy
• “NEVER ENOUGH” – TURNSTILE
• “Underwater Boi” – Turnstile & BADBADNOTGOOD
• “Mambo Sun” – T. Rex
• “Osa Polar” – Melenas
• “Ponta de Lanca (Umbabarauma)” – Jorge Ben Jor
• “B.U.A” – Stereolab
• “Leggo Beast” – Gregory Isaacs
• “Mam Pe’ela Su’ure” – Florence Adooni
• “Glory” – Sault
• “Let Go” – Sonic Interventions
• “Down (feat. Dames Brown) [Natasha Diggs Extended Remix]” – The Vision
• “God Gave Me Feet For Dancing (feat. Yazmin Lacey)” – Ezra Collective
• “Conocerla (Amantes Del Futuro Edit)” – Reyna Tropical & AMANTES DEL FUTURO
• “KOFFEE” – Original Koffee
• “Sweetie” – Kokoroko
• “Musica” – Mildlife
• “Workin’ On It” – Brijean
• “Volume” – Caribou
• “Thrown Around” – James Blake
• “It’s Alright” – Baby Rose & BADBADNOTGOOD
• “DIPAD33 / W . I . D . F . U” – Saya Gray
• “Beta Pan” – Lawne
• “Levels” – oreglo
• “Fácil” – Empress Of
• “31 Bloom” – Four Tet
• “Dream State” – Kamasi Washington & André 3000
• “Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl” – Maggie Rogers & Sylvan Esso
• “Stars And Sons” – Toro Y Moi
• “7/4 (Shoreline)” – Broken Social Scene

Listen to In the Groove with host Ryan Patrick Hooper weekdays from noon-3 p.m. ET on 101.9 WDET or stream on-demand at wdet.org.