This week on In The Groove, some fresh selects and first spins from Wet Leg, Stereolab, The Circling Sun, Patchwork Inc., Rita Moran, Big Thief, Unknown Mortal Orchestra and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for July 14, 2025

• “Canopy” – Resavoir & Matt Gold
• “Cannock Chase” – Labi Siffre
• “Seu João” – Gabriel da Rosa
• “Me Gustas Tú” – Manu Chao
• “Primos” – Adrian Quesada & Hermanos Gutiérrez
• “Don’t Call It Love (12″ Version)” – Zero 7
• “Green Garden (1/f Version)” – Laura Mvula
• “Disparate Youth” – Santigold
• “Y Control” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• “Wolf Like Me” – TV on the Radio
• “Pokemon” – Wet Leg
• “Summer Girl (Amber Mark Remix)” – HAIM
• “Give It To Me Baby” – Jarina De Marco
• “Melodie Is a Wound” – Stereolab
• “Moon Dance” – Bitchin Bajas
• “Constellation” – The Circling Sun
• “African Skies” – Lars Bartkuhn
• “Brother Where Are You (Matthew Herbert Remix)” – Oscar Brown, Jr. & Matthew Herbert
• “Babystar” – Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill
• “Last Forever” – Patchwork Inc. & Wyatt Waddell
• “Temporary” – Ria Moran
• “Don’t Start Now (Kaytranada Remix)” – Dua Lipa
• “Highway” – Lewis OfMan & Empress Of
• “Tokyo Midnight” – Sababa 5 & Yurika Hanashima
• “Siesta Freestyle (Frisco version)” – Lewis OfMan & Alicia te quiero
• “Incomprehensible” – Big Thief
• “DEATH COMES FROM THE SKY” – Unknown Mortal Orchestra
• “Lush” – Four Tet
• “Latitude” – Coral Grief
• “Life Signs” – Water From Your Eyes
• “Kneel” – Nilufer Yanya
• “Virginia Tech” – Panda Bear
• “Cherry Sunshine” – Somesurprises

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Man, this was a heavy new music Friday to unload. So much stuff! And really all over the place, so consider this a stream of consciousness show because I did not know where we were going — but thanks for letting me drive!

Every show is like that, but this one felt like a rowdy ride, including new music from Wet Leg, Kassa Overall, Indigo De Souza, Shame, NewDad, Folk Bitch Trio and much more. Come along for this wild musical ride with me!

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for July 11, 2025

• “Crossfire / So Into You” – Nai Palm
• “Falador Passa Mal” – Os Originais do Samba
• “Pontos de Luz” – Gal Costa
• “WEIGHT OFF (feat. BADBADNOTGOOD)” – Kaytranada
• “Let it Happen (Soulwax Remix)” – Tame Impala
• “Home (Tom Sharkett Edit)” – LCD Soundsystem
• “Waiting For The Punchline (Swallertrip Extended)” – Franc Moody
• “Butterfly” – Jamiroquai
• “Contusion” – Stevie Wonder
• “REBIRTH OF SLICK (COOL LIKE DAT)” – Kassa Overall
• “Be Like The Water” – Indigo De Souza
• “Telescope (feat. Hiatus Kaiyote)” – Tres Leches
• “DNM” – Mk.gee
• “Pond Song” – Wet Leg
• “What We All Want” – Gang of Four
• “Quiet Life” – Shame
• “Roobosh” – NewDad
• “Is She Weird” – Pixies
• “Like Eating Glass” – Bloc Party
• “Out of the Races and Onto the Tracks” – The Rapture
• “Holiday Destination” – Nadine Shah
• “Holiday In Cambodia” – Dead Kennedys
• “Someone Like You” – Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill
• “Siesta Freestyle (Frisco version)” – Lewis OfMan & Alicia te quiero
• “Lo Siento (Lido Pimienta Edit)” – Reyna Tropical & Lido Pimienta
• “Reckoner” – Radiohead
• “Looking For You” – Nino Ferrer
• “Cathode Ray” – Folk Bitch Trio
• “The Wind Cries Mary” – Jimi Hendrix
• “If I’m Unworthy” – Blake Mills
• “Tenderly” – Luiz Bonfá
• “Dumb Feeling” – Mei Semones
• “Sometime / Someplace” – Cornelius
• “Prepare Your Coffin” – Tortoise
• “Overlander” – Budos Band

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The music of Lewis OfMan has always been very popular on this show. I swear, every time I play it, I get a text / email / phone call / smoke signal about how much y’all dig it, so I wanted to spotlight a handful of his tracks, including the new one, “Seoul Disco Night.”

Plus, new music from LL Burns, Matthew Herbert & Monoko Gill, Mocky and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for July 10, 2025

• “Bright Moments” – Admin
• “Don’t Be Afraid” – East Coast Love Affair
• “Seoul Disco Night” – Lewis OfMan
• “Avalanche!” – Shinji
• “Obsession (feat. Grégory Louis & Robert Benjamin) [The Paris Version]” – Guy Cuevas
• “Attitude” – Lewis OfMan
• “Plasty” – LL Burns
• “Quiet Places” – Ghost Funk Orchestra
• “Loud Places” – Jamie xx
• “Dark Moon” – Okonski
• “Fallen Again” – Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill
• “Animals” – Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill
• “Music Will Explain” – Mocky
• “Benoego” – Don Cherry
• “Metronomic Underground” – Stereolab
• “Queenless King” – WITCH
• “Drains” – Mary in the Junkyard
• “Kill Me” – Indigo De Souza
• “What You Are” – Pete Brandt’s Method
• “Nova” – Nomo
• “No Muscle, No Memory” – Rich Ruth
• “Love Buzz” – Shocking Blue
• “Archbishop Harold Holmes” – Jack White
• “Blues” – Geordie Greep
• “Happy House (Matthew Dear vs Audion Remix – Edit)” – The Juan MacLean
• “LITE SPOTS” – Kaytranada
• “Siesta Freestyle” – Lewis OfMan
• “Água de Coco” – Marcos Valle
• “All I Ever Am (Mura Masa Remix)” – The Cure
• “House of Mirrors (feat. Harry Stone)” – Riva Starr
• “Blue Ridge Mountains” – Fleet Foxes
• “Roscoe (Beyond the Wizard’s Sleeve Remix)” – Midlake
• “Draw Something Beautiful” – Ganavya
• “summer of love (Minow Remix)” – Two Another
• “Summer Sweat” – Hannah Cohen

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An immaculately heavy does of new music, including a candidate for song of the summer from Hannah Cohen, plus fresh releases from Joviale, Hotline TNT, Turnstile, Joe Armon-Jones, Ganavya and a special spotlight on Wednesday, who will be in town at the Majestic Theatre in November (get your tickets now — they’ll only get more popular once their new album, “Bleeds,” comes out!).

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for June 25, 2025

• “Summer Sweat” – Hannah Cohen
• “HARK!” – Joviale
• “Morning Light feat. Andreya Triana (Extended Version)” – Andreya Triana & Quantic
• “Cebollas Verdes (feat. Quantic)” – Khruangbin
• “Mambo Sun” – T. Rex
• “Wound Up Here (By Holdin On)” – Wednesday
• “Break Right” – Hotline TNT
• “NEVER ENOUGH” – Turnstile
• “War Transmission” – Joe Armon-Jones
• “draw something beautiful” – Ganavya
• “Roygbiv” – Boards of Canada
• “Sun Track I (feat. Tiff Ortiz)” – musclecars
• “Believer” – Annahstasia
• “Sleep Dreams” – Surprise Chef
• “Plasty” – LL Burns
• “Chambacú” – Aurita Castillo y Su Conjunto
• “Con Altura” – Orquesta Akokán
• “I Believe To My Soul” – Farhad Mehrad
• “Vista” – Okonski
• “Get Me Back In The Game” – LL Burns
• “Soul On Fire” – LaVern Baker
• “54-46 (That’s My Number)” – Toots & The Maytals
• “Ann Wants to Dance” – Papooz
• “In My Craft (feat. Miryam Solomon)” – Huw Marc Bennett
• “How Can We Mend a Broken Heart” – Kahil El’Zabar
• “Listen2me” – Foxwarren
• “Love In Constant Spectacle” – Jane Weaver
• “Payroll” – Mock Orange
• “Right Hand On My Heart” – The Whigs
• “My Room” – Divorce
• “Elderberry Wine” – Wednesday
• “I Just Can’t Take The Risk” – Saint Saviour & Jadu Heart
• “Please Don’t Hold Me Hostage for Who I Am, for Who I Was” – Thanya Iyer
• “Transmuted Matter” – Stereolab
• “Pharaohs” – SBTRKT & Roses Gabor
• “This Charming Disco” – Spoek Mathambo
• “All Night” – Yuksek & M.I.L.K.
• “Back On 74 (Full Crate Remix)” – Jungle

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Loved playing new tracks from The Beths, Say She She, Joy Crookes, Vulfmon, Wet Leg, Bon Iver and many more. 

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for June 24, 2025

• “No Joy” – The Beths
• “Cut & Rewind” – Say She She
• “Collarbone” – Fujiya & Miyagi
• “Too Poor” – Σtella
• “Carmen” – Joy Crookes
• “Bennie and the Jets” – Elton John
• “Sweet Life” – Frank Ocean
• “Big Boy 4014” – Vulfmon & Harrison Whitford
• “CPR” – Wet Leg
• “Past” – Thandii
• “Insane” – Madison McFerrin
• “Origin” – Studio
• “Atatue Inu” – Chrissy Zebby Tembo & Ngozi Family
• “Africa Bossa (Live)” – The Drive
• “For Oumou Sangaré” – The Kyle Shepherd Trio
• “Tomorrow Never Knows” – Junior Parker
• “Puaj” – Salin
• “Time” – Mo Kolours
• “Mamasong” – Lawne
• “Found A Light (Beale Street)” – BADBADNOTGOOD & V.C.R
• “If Only I Could Wait (feat. Danielle Haim)” – Bon Iver
• “Flames shards goo” – ML Buch
• “Thank You” – Bonnie Raitt
• “All I Ever Am (Mura Masa Remix)” – The Cure
• “House of Mirrors (feat. Harry Stone) [Extended Mix]” – Riva Starr
• “Blue Ridge Mountains” – Fleet Foxes
• “draw something beautiful” – Ganavya
• “Bara To Yaju” – Haruomi Hosono & Cornelius
• “Contact High” – Metronomy, Faux Real & Miki
• “Paradise (feat. Thalma De Freitas)” – DJ Center & Sly5thAve
• “Maybe Your Baby” – Stevie Wonder
• “O Telefone Tocou Novamente” – Jorge Ben Jor
• “All of Your Life” – Shirley Nanette
• “Going Down” – Freddie King

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Exploring selections from LCD Soundsystem, Atjazz, new stuff from Hidden Spheres and the captivating voice of Allysha Joy.

Plus, Barry Can’t Swim, Caribou, Tierra Whack and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for June 23, 2025

• “oh baby (lovefingers remix)” – LCD Soundsystem
• “See – Line Woman (Main Mix)” – Atjazz & Dominique Fils-Aimé
• “Trust the Feeling (feat. Joy Spheres Rees)” – Hidden Spheres, Allysha Joy & Finn Rees
• “Marombo” – Gerardo Frisina
• “Money (Kaidi Tatham Remix Extended Version)” – Cody Currie & Kaidi Tatham
• “So Nice (Summer Samba) [Azari & III Remix]” – Astrud Gilberto & Walter Wanderley Trio
• “La Piña Madura (feat. Quantic)” – Abelardo Carbono
• “Weak” – Vintage Culture, Maverick Sabre & Tom Breu
• “Sonder” – Barry Can’t Swim
• “Can’t Do Without You” – Caribou
• “Olhos Coloridos” – Sandra de Sá
• “MOOVIES” – Tierra Whack
• “Peace” – T.Williams & Sio
• “Awa (Ralf Gum Vocal Mix Edit)” – Ralf GUM & Monica Blaire
• “In A Dream (Live)” – Misha Panfilov
• “No One’s Watching Me (feat. Olivia Dean)” – Ezra Collective
• “Mega Circuit” – Japanese Breakfast
• “Elderberry Wine” – Wednesday
• “Fire” – Waxahatchee
• “Omission” – Julian Lage
• “Staring At The Wall” – Norah Jones
• “Northern Shuffle” – Julian Lage
• “Skipping Like A Stone (feat. Beck)” – Chemical Brothers
• “The Look” – Metronomy
• “Eastern Market” – Yusef Lateef
• “Won’t Be Long” – Aretha Franklin
• “Collage (Greg Foat Remix)” – Lady Blackbird
• “Not Your Man (feat. Annahstasia)” – A Song For You
• “Villain” – Annahstasia
• “Pink Sky” – Loma
• “Aquí Te Cuido” – Reyna Tropical
• “Cigarettes out the Window” – TV Girl
• “Yesterday’s World” – TV Girl & George Clanton
• “Because I’m Me” – The Avalanches

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What a heavy dose of new music discovery for this new music Friday with a heavy lean towards future soul and R&B from an established queen like Erykah Badu and her partner-in-crime on this latest material The Alchemist, or the emerging voice of Yaya Bey and Malaya teaming up with Theo Croker.

And don’t forget Jamilah Barry and Lianne La Havas covering Radiohead! Won’t you take a listen?

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for June 20, 2025

• “Transporter” – Wu-Lu, Leif Maine & Jackson Mathod
• “Next To You” – Erykah Badu & The Alchemist
• “VIBRAÇĀO (Kaidi Tatham Remix)” – Alexander Flood
• “end of the world (feat. Nigel Hall & Butcher Brown)” – Yaya Bey
• “Other Side of the Game” – Erykah Badu
• “High Vibrations” – Theo Croker, Malaya & D’LEAU
• “Cry Everything” – Kindness
• “If The Love Goes” – Jamilah Barry
• “Weird Fishes” – Lianne La Havas
• “The Scene” – Hotline TNT
• “All I Ever Am (Mura Masa Remix)” – The Cure & Mura Masa
• “Song For My Father” – Tenderlonious
• “Running Away” – VANO 3000, BADBADNOTGOOD & Samuel T. Herring
• “Piña Colada (feat. Nubya Garcia & Richie Seivwright)” – Blue Lab Beats
• “Red Room (Ki Pharaoh Basement Edit)” – Hiatus Kaiyote
• “Crushxd” – Crumb
• “Lie In The Gutter” – Peel Dream Magazine
• “Talk Is Cheap” – Dr. Dog
• “No. 1 Fan” – Majesty Crush
• “Sound & Color” – Alabama Shakes
• “To Be Still” – Brittany Howard
• “Piano Joint” – Conor Albert
• “Connect” – Vampire Weekend
• “No Problems” – Ginger Root
• “Fool” – Adrianne Lenker
• “Bastard” – Joy Orbison & Joe James
• “Baby (Is It A Crime)” – Rema
• “5 Dollar Pony Rides” – Mac Miller
• “Chase The Sunrise (feat. Yaya Bey, lojii & Fatima)” – Goya Gumbani
• “LIE DOWN..” – Saya Gray
• “Laura” – Brijean
• “Soil Before the Rain (Talamh)” – Kevin Reynolds
• “Home (Tom Sharkett Edit)” – LCD Soundsystem
• “In The Lassa” – Juana Molina
• “Cosoco” – Juana Molina
• “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart (Live In Chicago, May 2005)” – Wilco

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 heavy-on-the-favorites mix from In The Groove’s brief history as your favorite show, plus new music from SOFT PLAY, Vulfmon and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for June 19, 2025

• “Baby” – Brittany Howard
• “Baby No More” – Anjimile
• “Hush (Still Woozy Remix)” – The Marias
• “Sad Cowboy” – Goat Girl
• “Diving Woman” – Japanese Breakfast
• “Inner City Blues” – Zara McFarlane
• “Bad Bad News” – Leon Bridges
• “Beware The Stranger (Chris Seefried’s Ambient Excursion) [feat. Trombone Shorty] [Radio Edit]” – Lady Blackbird
• “Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe / Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe (Edit)” – Sly5thAve, The ClubCasa Chamber Orchestra & Kendrick Lamar
• “Things It Would Have Been Helpful to Know Before the Revolution” – Father John Misty
• “Everything and Nothing” – SOFT PLAY
• “I Will Dare” – The Replacements
• “I Don’t Want To Get Over You” – Magnetic Fields
• “In Spite Of Me” – Morphine
• “BACK ON” – SBTRKT
• “Berlin (Godblesscomputers Remix)” – Alexander Flood
• “Song For You (Mansionair Remix)” – Rhye
• “Laura” – Brijean
• “Dominique” – Ela Minus
• “Under The Pressure” – War On Drugs
• “They Came In Peace” – Bass Tranquility
• “It Ain’t Easy” – Hidden Spheres
• “Got To Be Mine” – Vulfmon & Evangeline
• “Razzle-Dazzle (feat. Yazz Ahmed, Tamar Osborn, Enrico Terragnoli, Luca Tapino & Marco Frattini)” – Rosa Brunello
• “Just Listen” – Mark Guiliana
• “Gotta Get Up” – Harry Nilsson
• “Figs and Gorgonzola” – Papooz
• “Misread” – Kings of Convenience
• “For The Time Being” – Erlend Øye & La Comitiva
• “Aht Uh Mi Hed” – Shuggie Otis
• “Hey” – Nilüfer Yanya
• “Green Eyed Love (Classixx Remix)” – Mayer Hawthorne
• “Three” – Hello Mary
• “Snowman” – Blonde Redhead
• “Bonnie and Clyde” – Brigitte Bardot & Serge Gainsbourg
• “Dry The Rain” – Beta Band

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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