Our friends from the 4th annual Howdy Fest stop by to talk about the importance of carving out queer space in the country world and the awesome bands (and mechanical bull!) they’ll have this Saturday at the Old Miami. Plus, new music from Foxwarren, Ezra Furman, Four Tet, David Byrne, Madison McFerrin and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for June 18, 2025

• “Strange” – Foxwarren
• “Alone (Four Tet Remix)” – The Cure
• “Into Dust (Still Falling)” – Four Tet
• “Power of the Moon” – Ezra Furman
• “Rock & Roll” – The Velvet Underground
• “Needles in the Camel’s Eye” – Brian Eno
• “Everybody Laughs” – David Byrne & Ghost Train Orchestra
• “Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)” – Talking Heads
• “Transmuted Matter” – Stereolab
• “One Pillow” – Theo Croker, Estelle & Kassa Overall
• “Ain’t It Nice” – Madison McFerrin
• “Mr. Man” – Air
• “Lovin’ You” – Johnny “Guitar” Watson
• “Save Their Souls” – Bohannon
• “Nobody New” – The Marias
• “Mi Swing Es Tropical” – Quantic, Nickodemus, Tempo & The Candela Allstars
• “Cumbia Espacial (feat. N. Hardem)” – El León Pardo
• “Una Mañana” – Caramelo Haze
• “Be Thankful For What You’ve Got (Live)” – Orgone
• “Peaceful Place” – Leon Bridges
• “Don’t Get Me Started” – The Smile
• “False Start Dub” – Kings Of High Speed & JKriv
• “Right Back to It (feat. MJ Lenderman)” – Waxahatchee
• “Elderberry Wine” – Wednesday
• “Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other (Alternate Version)” – Willie Nelson
• “Sugar Man” – Rodriguez
• “Parade” – Kevin Morby
• “Dream Baby Dream” – Suicide
• “Everything Is Simple” – Widowspeak
• “Everybody’s Stalking” – Badly Drawn Boy
• “Thirty One” – Butcher Brown

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.

A belated birthday party for the legendary Motown songwriter Lamont Dozier, who I had the chance to interview back in 2020 when his memoir “How Sweet It Is: A Songwriter’s Reflections on Music, Motown and the Mystery of the Muse” was released. I re-aired that interview and played one of my favorite solo tracks of his… plus new music from Nilufer Yanya, Resavoir & Matt Gold, Mansur Brown, Leon Thomas 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 June 17, 2025

• “Cold Heart” – Nilufer Yanya
• “Diversey Beach (feat. Mei Semones)” – Resavoir & Matt Gold
• “Weather Report (Live At Shinjuku Riquid Room / 1997)” – Fishmans
• “Alone” – Mansur Brown
• “HOW FAST” – Leon Thomas
• “All I Ever Am (Mura Masa Remix)” – The Cure
• “Crossbow” – Tamar Aphek
• “Only In Dreams (Weezer cover)” – Mock Orange
• “Room At The Top” – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
• “Love Is A Painting” – Bug Club
• “Breaking Point” – Brandee Younger
• “Found A Light (Beale Street)” – BADBADNOTGOOD & V.C.R
• “Moon Eyes” – Obongjayar
• “Red Moon” – Tom Misch
• “Red Room” – Hiatus Kaiyote
• “Free (Acoustic Version)” – Prince
• “Goin’ to See My Baby” – The Fatback Band
• “South of the River (Detroit Swindle Remix)” – Tom Misch
• “Wednesday Night People” – Moodymann
• “Tea Leaf Dancers” – Flying Lotus
• “I Wanna Stay” – The Love Unlimited Orchestra
• “Lovely Day (Tall Black Guy Remix)” – Jill Scott
• “Why Am I Alive Now?” – ANOHNI
• “You’ve Been In Love Too Long (Single Version)” – Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
• “ELEVATOR” – Gavin Turek
• “Klapp Klapp” – Little Dragon
• “Going Back To My Roots (12” Version)” – Lamont Dozier
• “Maria No Mas” – Fantastique
• “Mirando” – Ratatat

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.

Smashing into the work week with an upbeat musical punch to the face featuring fresh songs from Yazmin Lacey, Original Koffee, Brandee Younger, Sessa and more, plus David Byrne readies a new album and tour stop in Detroit. A special artist spotlight on Brooklyn trio Nation of Language, who are getting ready to release their 4th album on Sub Pop and have a tour date at the Majestic this September! You heard about it here on In The Groove…

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for June 16, 2025

• “Ain’t I Good For You” – Yazmin Lacey
• “KOFFEE” – Original Koffee
• “Royalty” – Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
• “Get Free (feat. Amber Coffman)” – Major Lazer
• “New Pinnacle” – Brandee Younger
• “Seasons (Waiting on You) [BADBADNOTGOOD Reinterpretation]” – Future Islands
• “Looking For You” – Nino Ferrer
• “Get It Up For Live” – Ned Doheny
• “Peg (DJ Snatch Edit)” – Steely Dan
• “I Wish (The Reflex Edit)” – Stevie Wonder
• “Vento a Favor” – Sessa
• “Zombie” – Goat
• “Don’t Believe the Dancers” – Tony Allen & Adrian Younge
• “Castles Made of Sand” – Jimi Hendrix
• “Revolution (Esher Demo)” – Beatles
• “Frosted” – Scrimshire
• “Immortal Hands” – Stereolab
• “Lltb (feat. Wet)” – Jam City
• “You got time and I got money” – Smerz
• “Bitter Sweet Symphony” – The Verve
• “A Forest (Tree Mix)” – The Cure
• “A1” – Darkside
• “Waiting For The Punchline (Swallertrip)” – Franc Moody
• “Everybody Laughs” – David Byrne & Ghost Train Orchestra
• “This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) [Live]” – Talking Heads
• “Gold Lion” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• “Say My Name” – Belair Lip Bombs
• “Across That Fine Line” – Nation of Language
• “Inept Apollo” – Nation of Language
• “I’m Not Ready For The Change” – Nation of Language
• “Papa Don’t Take No Mess” – James Brown

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.

Exploring music from Thandii, Chicano Batman, Cousin Kula, DJ Koze, Young Marble Giants, Bug Club and more.

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

• “It Only Takes 2” – Thandii
• “Burn” – Afriqua
• “Color My Life” – Chicano Batman
• “Dirty Money” – Antibalas
• “Clothes Off” – Cousin Kula
• “Stay High” – Brittany Howard
• “I Feel for You (Acoustic Demo)” – Prince & the Revolution
• “Harlem” – Bill Withers
• “Slip Away (feat. Menahan Street Band)” – Charles Bradley
• “Aruna” – DJ Koze
• “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do) [Kon Rework]” – Daryl Hall & John Oates
• “Consulate Case” – Surprise Chef
• “Bangoro (Gitkin Remix)” – Bab L’ Bluz
• “Since I’ve Been Loving You” – Led Zeppelin
• “All My Love (Ween Cover)” – Led Zeppelin
• “Brand – New – Life” – Young Marble Giants
• “I Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar” – Jonathan Richman
• “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” – The Slits
• “Jealous Boy” – The Bug Club
• “Love Is A Painting” – The Bug Club
• “Marriage” – The Bug Club

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.

We look back at the life of Brian Wilson, plus fresh releases from Detroit including the excellent new single “Another Day” from Los Hermanos & Soul Saver, and producer Tall Black Guy, plus around the rest of the world from Black Country, New Road, The Marias, Foxwarren and more.

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

• • “Besties” – Black Country, New Road

• • “Too Many People” – Paul & Linda McCartney

• • “Dear Prudence” – Gabor Szabo

• • “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” – Beach Boys

• • “God Only Knows” – Beach Boys

• • “Supernatural (Extended Mix)” – We Are KING

• • “Just The Two Of Us” – Bill Withers & Grover Washington, Jr.

• • “Hello Detroit” – Tall Black Guy

• • “Flutes” – Hot Chip

• • “Baby (How Much I LFO You)” – DJ Koze

• • “Listen2me” – Foxwarren

• • “Josh Tillman and the Accidental Dose” – Father John Misty

• • “The Magician” – Andy Shauf

• • “Things I Do” – Andy Shauf

• • “Typical (feat. Jordan Rakei) [Little Dragon’s Rick Ride Remix]” – Nightmares On Wax

• • “Day Dreaming” – Aretha Franklin

• • “The Other Lover” – Little Dragon & Moses Sumney

• • “Retold” – Nate Smith

• • “O Sapo” – João Gilberto

• • “If You Rescue Me (Chanson des chats) [feat. Gael García Bernal, Sacha Bourdo, Alain Chabat & Aurélia Petit]” – Jean-Michel Bernard

• • “Waters Of March” – John Roseboro & Mei Semones

• • “Mushaboom” – Feist

• • “Say you love me” – Astrid Sonne

• • “Back To Me” – The Marias

• • “Another Day” – Los Hermanos & Soul Saver

• • “Honey” – Moby

• • “Hand Clapping Song” – The Meters

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.

Following the loss of musical genius Sly Stone, I asked for your voicemails to remember him and to share your favorite songs from his catalog. You did not disappoint! There’s quite a few of your picks in the show today, so hopefully you can hear your voice reflected on Detroit public radio — just the way it should be! There’s also new music from Stereolab, Smerz 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 June 11, 2025

• “Looking For You” – Nino Ferrer
• “Roll Your Daddy Right” – John Lee Hooker 
• “Nimerudi (Malcolm Catto / The Heliocentrics Remix)” – Goat, Mc Yallah, Malcolm Catto & The Heliocentrics
• “Conocerla (Amantes Del Futuro Edit)” – Reyna Tropical & AMANTES DEL FUTURO
• “Mescalero” – Cochemea
• “Vento a Favor (Instrumental)” – Sessa
• “Dance to the Music (John Luongo Dance Remix)” – Sly & The Family Stone
• “Shadrach” – Beastie Boys
• “People Everyday (Metamorphosis Mix)” – Arrested Development
• “Rhythm Nation” – Janet Jackson
• “Because I Got It Like That” – Jungle Brothers
• “The Devil & Mister Jones (Adrian Sherwood Reconstruction)” – Spoon
• “Bam Bam” – Sister Nancy
• “Police and Thieves” – Lee “Scratch” Perry, Bob Riddim & Xana Romeo
• “Whirlpool Dub (Adrian Sherwood Reset in Dub Version)” – Panda Bear, Sonic Boom & Adrian Sherwood
• “Caroline, No” – Beach Boys
• “Parabéns” – Marcos Valle
• “You Can Do It (Baby) [feat. George Benson]” – Nuyorican Soul
• “Everybody Is a Star (Single Version)” – Sly & The Family Stone
• “Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)” –  Sly & The Family Stone
• “Melodie Is a Wound” – Stereolab
• “Can’t Keep Checking My Phone” – Unknown Mortal Orchestra
• “Bloodlines” – Franc Moody
• “Love and Hate in a Different Time (Kerri Chandler Remix)” – Gabriels
• “Roll the dice” – Smerz
• “Lost Without (feat. Seinabo Sey)” – Kindness
• “Feels So Good” – Marcos Valle & Leon Ware
• “Lost Without You (feat. Dames Brown)” – Will Sessions & Amp Fiddler
• “Can’t Run But” – Paul Simon
• “Phoenix” – Rhye

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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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.