Exploring new music from Dry Cleaning, Automatic, Tyler Ballgame and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for September 30, 2025

• “Pia Dance” – Yin Yin
• “Mq9” – Automatic
• “Hit My Head All Day (Edit)” – Dry Cleaning
• “Angles Mortz” – Nightbus
• “The Killing Moon (feat. Mélanie Pain)” – Nouvelle Vague
• “One Tiny Flower” – Jeff Tweedy
• “Any Way That You Want Me” – Spiritualized
• “Percolator” – Stereolab
• “Jealous Boy” – Bug Club
• “Just Like Heaven” – The Cure
• “The Divine Chord (feat. MGMT & Johnny Marr)” – The Avalanches
• “Got To Keep On” – Chemical Brothers
• “One of the Greats” – Florence + the Machine
• “Seventeen” – Sharon Van Etten
• “The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs” – Wye Oak
• “It’s All Around You” – Tortoise
• “Never Be Another You” – Lee Fields & the Expressions
• “I Love You Too Much” – Stevie Wonder
• “Shakey Ground” – Temptations
• “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” – Ninapinta
• “Street Fighter Mas” – Kamasi Washington
• “Begin Again (Joe Goddard Remix)” – Jessie Ware
• “I Believe In Love” – Tyler Ballgame
• “Somebody Made for Me” – Emitt Rhodes
• “This Will Be Our Year” – The Zombies
• “About Time” – Cate Le Bon
• “On The Floor” – Perfume Genius
• “Safeandsound” – Parcels
• “Wish You Were Here” – Pink Floyd
• “Goodbye Mr. Blue” – Father John Misty
• “Going To California” – Led Zeppelin
• “Words” – Big Thief
• “Waiting For The Punchline (Swallertrip Extended)” – Franc Moody
• “In Person” – Low Island

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Cracking open a couple of musical time capsules by throwing it back to the releases of Stevie Wonder’s magnum opus “Songs in the Key of Life” as well as a groundbreaking Temptations single.

We also go back 27 years ago to 1998 when A Tribe Called Quest and OutKast both dropped landmark albums on the same day.

Of course, there’s new stuff, too, from Nightbus, Jeff Tweedy, Big Thief, Tortoise and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for September 29, 2025

• “Papa Was a Rolling Stone (Single Version)” – Temptations
• “Psychedelic Reggae (with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics) [with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics]” – Winston Wright
• “Let It Be (with The Dixie Flyers)” – Aretha Franklin
• “Happy With You” – Big Thief
• “KC Rain (No Wonder)” – Jeff Tweedy
• “Banc de poissons” – Vulfmon & Jacob Jeffries
• “Animaru” – Mei Semones
• “Gimme Some More” – Labi Siffre
• “SHELL ( OF A MAN )” – Saya Gray
• “Love Takes Miles” – Cameron Winter
• “Layered Presence” – Tortoise
• “The Field (feat. The Durutti Column, Tariq Al-Sabir, Caroline Polachek & Daniel Caesar)” – Blood Orange
• “Will Anybody Ever Love Me?” – Sufjan Stevens
• “A Deeper Life” – Chaos In The CBD & Isaac Aesili
• “Love’s In Need of Love Today” – Stevie Wonder
• “Village Ghetto Land” – Stevie Wonder
• “Silver” – Say She She
• “Riverside” – Oracle Sisters
• “African Skies” – Lars Bartkuhn
• “I Did It For You” – Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes
• “Chasing The Drum” – Yussef Dayes
• “Rust (feat. Tom Misch)” – Yussef Dayes
• “Ámame” – Bardo
• “Save Me” – Emma-Jean Thackray
• “See-Line Woman” – Danielle Ponder & Bryce Dessner
• “My Moon My Man” – Feist
• “Africa” – Bill Laurance & Michael League
• “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To” – Andrew Bird, Alan Hampton & Ted Poor
• “Garden” – Maria Somerville
• “To Be A Rose” – Jenny Hval
• “Angles Mortz” – Nightbus
• “The Middle (Outro)” – Girls of the Internet & Allysha Joy
• “Back 2 Me (feat. Sadie Walker)” – Girls of the Internet
• “Find A Way” – A Tribe Called Quest
• “Rosa Parks” – OutKast

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So much to explore on this new music Friday on In The Groove! Fresh releases from Jadu Heart, Vulfmon, Franc Moody, Juana Molina, Joy Crookes, Nightbus (a new favorite around here!), plus Automatic, RIO KOSTA and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for September 26, 2025

• “Save Me” – Emma-Jean Thackray
• “Siestas ahí” – Juana Molina
• “Sharks In The Water” – Franc Moody
• “Banc de poissons” – Vulfmon & Jacob Jeffries
• “Dewy” – Resavoir & Matt Gold
• “Fade Your Heart” – Joy Crookes
• “Landslide” – Nightbus
• “Alone (Four Tet Remix)” – The Cure
• “Mercury” – Automatic
• “It’s Starting” – RIO KOSTA
• “Kelly Watch the Stars (Vegyn Version)” – Air
• “Sad Makeup” – Yukimi
• “Selenge” – Céline Dessberg
• “Nobody New” – The Marias
• “Soul On Fire” – LaVern Baker
• “Every Time He Comes Around” – Minnie Riperton
• “BOYS WITH THE CHARACTERISTICS OF WOLVES” – Unknown Mortal Orchestra
• “Bill Loves You” – Hidden Spheres
• “Stay Happy” – Broken Social Scene
• “SOS” – Jadu Heart
• “U” – Jadu Heart
• “Monsters” – SAULT
• “Sun For Someone” – Oscar Jerome
• “Little Things” – Lake Trout
• “Another Day To Run” – Bill Withers
• “Bright Moments” – Admin
• “Don’t Be Afraid” – East Coast Love Affair
• “Seoul Disco Night” – Lewis OfMan
• “Fuzz Jam (Harvey Sutherland X-Tra Fuzz Remix)” – Lazy Eyes
• “Attitude” – Lewis OfMan
• “Plasty” – LL Burns
• “Quiet Places” – Ghost Funk Orchestra
• “Loud Places” – Jamie XX, Romy
• “NEVER ENOUGH” – Turnstile
• “draw something beautiful” – Ganavya
• “Roygbiv” – Boards of Canada
• “Eple” – Röyksopp

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Just a dash of new music on the show today from Tame Impala and keiyaA. The rest is a ton of throwbacks, opening up with Led Zeppelin and ending with Prince and sprinkling in a ton of your fall song picks that you left on the In The Groove hotline—thank you so much for those!

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

• “Ramble On” – Led Zeppelin
• “Blue Ridge Mountains” – Fleet Foxes
• “So Says I” – The Shins
• “Mansize Rooster” – Supergrass
• “20th Century Boy” – T. Rex
• “Land of the Freak” – King Khan & the Shrines
• “If You Want Me” – Womack Sisters
• “Just A Little Bit” – Etta James
• “I’ll Bet You” – Funkadelic
• “Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today)” – The Temptations
• “Where’s My Brain???” – The Lazy Eyes
• “End Of Summer” – Tame Impala
• “St. Elmo’s Fire” – Michael Franks
• “Red Clay” – Jack Wilkins
• “Motions” – Liz Cooper & The Stampede
• “Freaking Out the Neighborhood” – Mac DeMarco
• “Black Power” – Peace
• “Dooyo” – Dur-Dur Band
• “Glasshouses” – Maribou State
• “5pm” – Otis Junior & Dr. Dundiff
• “Sigo Sin Entenderte” – LOUTA
• “Heart of Glass (12-Inch Version)” – Blondie
• “Guilty” – Lady Wray
• “Whirlpool Dub (Adrian Sherwood Reset in Dub Version)” – Panda Bear, Sonic Boom & Adrian Sherwood
• “Caroline, No” – Beach Boys
• “Stupid Prizes” – KeiyaA
• “Bamboo” – Harvey Sutherland
• “Coltrane (Crooked Man Remix)” – Cymande
• “Last One Standing (Vocal Version)” – Monophonics & Kelly Finnigan
• “In Your Eyes (feat. Charlotte Day Wilson)” – BADBADNOTGOOD
• “Weird Fishes / Arpeggi” – Radiohead
• “Purple Rain” – Prince & the Revolution

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.

Fresh releases from Butcher Brown, Alex G, Tortoise and more.

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

• “Melodie Is A Wound” – Stereolab
• “Guess I’m Fallin In Love” – Spoon
• “I Found The F” – Broadcast
• “Ibiza” – Butcher Brown
• “Baby This Love I Have” – Minnie Riperton
• “Check the Rhime” – A Tribe Called Quest
• “We the People….” – A Tribe Called Quest
• “T.R.O.Y.” – Heroes of Limbo
• “Layered Presence” – Tortoise
• “All I Wanna Do” – Beach Boys
• “This Will Be Our Year” – Zombies
• “Used To Be” – Beach House
• “June Guitar” – Alex G
• “Seasons Come, Seasons Go” – Bobbie Gentry
• “One Of These Things First” – Nick Drake
• “I Dig Love” – George Harrison
• “When I Was Younger” – Bonny Light Horseman
• “Melatonin” – A Tribe Called Quest
• “Jingo (Luke Una’s Dancing in Outer Space Edit)” – Manu Dibango, King Sunny Ade & Luke Una
• “La Ceiba” – Antibalas
• “QADIR (BADBADNOTGOOD Remix)” – Nick Hakim
• “Vitamin C” – Can
• “Dove” – Cymande
• “Tears can be so soft” – Christine and the Queens
• “Strangers” – Portishead
• “My Baby’s Got It Out For Me” – a.s.o.
• “Army Of Me” – Björk
• “8 Ball” – Underworld
• “Alone Again Or” – Calexico
• “Roscoe (Beyond the Wizard’s Sleeve Remix)” – Midlake
• “Walking Wires” – High Vis
• “Love Like Blood” – Killing Joke

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 couple musical milestones we revisit including releases from Funkadelic and Steely Dan, plus new music discovery from Billie Marten, Makaya McCraven, Cate Le Bon, Flock of Dimes and more.

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

• “Clover” – Billie Marten
• “Guns of Brixton (feat. Camille)” – Nouvelle Vague
• “Paper Tiger” – Spoon
• “Downtown” – Destroyer
• “Away (feat. Jeff Parker)” – Makaya McCraven
• “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” – Kate Bush
• “About Time” – Cate Le Bon
• “Autumn Sweater” – Yo La Tengo
• “Don’t Be Cruel” – Billy Swan
• “Accidental Meetings” – Chaos in the CBD
• “stay (Scott Grooves Raw Silk Edit)” – Allysha Joy
• “Otis” – Durutti Column
• “Lifer” – Wye Oak
• “Long After Midnight” – Flock of Dimes
• “Hotel Yorba” – White Stripes
• “Little Room” – White Stripes
• “Sleeping Ute” – Grizzly Bear
• “Gone Clear” – William Tyler
• “Black Cow” – Steely Dan
• “Moonlight Mile” – Rolling Stones
• “The Wind Cries Mary” – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
• “Bad Bad News” – Leon Bridges
• “Maybe I Got It Wrong” – Ruti
• “Last Forever” – Patchwork Inc. & Wyatt Waddell
• “Nancy From Now On” – Father John Misty
• “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (feat. Black Thought)” – Brian Jackson & Masters At Work
• “One Nation Under A Groove” – Funkadelic
• “24/7” – Kyle Dion
• “Burning Down the House (Live)” – Talking Heads
• “From A Lover” – Yazmin Lacey
• “Slow Down” – Skip Marley & H.E.R.
• “Skindo Le-Le (S.U.M.O. Rebounce)” – A Bossa Elétrica
• “Next To You” – Erykah Badu & The Alchemist
• “I Couldn’t Love You More (Jam Master’s Deep Rework)” – Sade
• “So Easy” – Röyksopp

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Major new releases from Detroit and beyond, starting in the greatest music city in the world… I’m very in love with this “raw silk edit” by Scott Grooves of Allysha Joy’s “stay.” What a reconstruction of an already beautiful track!

Plus, new releases from Georgie Sweet, Nightbus, Cut Copy, Antibalas, Celeste 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 September 22, 2025

• “The Ones We Loved” – Georgie Sweet
• “Angles Mortz” – Nightbus
• “Belong To You” – Cut Copy & Kate Bollinger
• “Bloodlines” – Franc Moody
• “Girl I Love You” – Massive Attack
• “Diego” – Gotts Street Park
• “Drifting” – Omar Apollo
• “Da Du Dah” – Kokoroko
• “You Got It” – Thandii
• “Free” – Sault
• “La Ceiba” – Antibalas
• “Dub Je Je” – Antibalas
• “VW Blue” – Dora Morelenbaum
• “VIBRAÇĀO (Kaidi Tatham Remix)” – Alexander Flood & Kaidi Tatham
• “Skating” – Vince Guaraldi Trio
• “100 years of Bill & Lil” – Joe Webb
• “First Kalimba” – Lars Bartkuhn
• “Plastic 100°C” – Sampha
• “They Came in Peace” – Tranquility Bass
• “Pain” – The War On Drugs
• “We Can Be Friends Though” – Brown Penny
• “Nobody” – Mitski
• “Woman Of Faces” – Celeste
• “Labor Of Love” – CARRTOONS & Haile Supreme
• “Law of Nature” – Gab Ferreira
• “Crossfire / So Into You” – Nai Palm
• “Doo Wop (That Thing)” – Lauryn Hill
• “A Sua Diversão” – Ana Frango Elétrico
• “Ámame” – Bardo
• “stay (Scott Grooves Raw Silk Edit)” – Allysha Joy
• “Radio Cure” – Wilco
• “Pink Moon” – Nick Drake
• “Are You With Me Now?” – Cate Le Bon
• “Manhattan” – Cat Power
• “Oh Baby” – LCD Soundsystem

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.

The main thing on the musical menu today is getting you ready for Sundance, the 3rd edition of Anthony Jasper and Scott Grooves’ end-of-summer dance party at the American Riad happening this Sunday, Sept. 14 from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.

The American Riad is a community space at the corner of Euclid & Oakland in Detroit’s North End neighborhood (you can’t miss it). It’s free, open to the public and an excellent example of dance and music bringing the city together. To preview the event, Anthony Jasper stopped by to chat and I played tracks from Grooves including “E2E4” and “So Glad.”

On top of all that, new music discovery from Deep Sea Diver, JuliaWhy?, spill tab, Cut Copy, Nightbus; a music spotlight on El Michels Affair and their excellent album “24 Hr Sports”; and a track from Andrew Bird’s “The Mysterious Production of Eggs,” which turns 20 this year and will get a special reissue.

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

• “Skin Is, My” – Andrew Bird
• “Small Stakes” – Spoon
• “Moonshake” – Can
• “Heaven’s Gonna Burn Your Eyes” – Thievery Corporation
• “C.T.F.O” – Jose Junior
• “What Do I Know” – Deep Sea Diver
• “Pale Blue Dot” – JuliaWhy?
• “A Fragile Thing (Mark Saunders Heartbroken Remix)” – The Cure
• “Assis” – spill tab
• “Carry Me Away” – El Michels Affair & Norah Jones
• “Shimmy Shimmy Ya” – El Michels Affair
• “C.R.E.A.M.” – El Michels Affair
• “Once Around the Block” – Badly Drawn Boy
• “Moving Forward (Cosmodelica Remix)” – Bryony Jarman-Pinto
• “How Can We Mend a Broken Heart” – Kahil El’Zabar
• “Step In” – Jeb Loy Nichols & Cold Diamond & Mink
• “5 On A Joyride” – Cody ChesnuTT
• “Cathode Ray” – Folk Bitch Trio
• “Dollar Store (feat. Waxahatchee)” – Ben Kweller
• “Does This Song Sound Familiar? (7″ Version)” – Pearl Charles
• “Afraid” – Flock of Dimes
• “If Only I Could Wait (feat. Danielle Haim)” – Bon Iver
• “Thinkin Bout You” – Frank Ocean
• “All Night” – Romare
• “I’m Doing Fine (feat. Amp Dog Knight)” – Moodymann
• “E2E4” – Scott Grooves
• “So Glad” – Scott Grooves
• “The Ones We Loved” – Georgie Sweet
• “Angles Mortz” – Nightbus
• “Belong To You” – Cut Copy & Kate Bollinger
• “Weak In Your Light” – Nation of Language
• “Evertyhing Is Simple” – Widowspeak
• “Thank You” – Bonnie Raitt
• “I Just Want To Talk To You” – Charles Brown & Sleepy Creek

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Welcoming back the Detroit techno pioneer Jeff Mills back to the show ahead of his Star Chronicle artist residency at Spot Lite, plus a selection of rockin’ Motown covers from Rod Stewart, The Band and Fanny, and lots more.

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

• “SHELL ( OF A MAN )” – Saya Gray
• “Girl I Love You” – Massive Attack
• “Diego” – Gotts Street Park
• “Drifting” – Omar Apollo
• “Sick Of The Blues” – Porridge Radio
• “DNM” – Mk.gee
• “Yep (Remix)” – Catpack, DJ Harrison
• “Better Days” – Tom Misch
• “Gravity Rides Everything” – Modest Mouse
• “7/4 (Shoreline)” – Broken Social Scene
• “Speak In The Dark” – Tara Lily
• “Neverender (Kaytranada Remix)” – Justice, Tame Impala & KAYTRANADA
• “BE YOUR GIRL (KAYTRANADA REMIX)” – Teedra Moses
• “The Only Way Out Is Through” – Hannah Williams & The Affirmations
• “Find A Way” – Say She She
• “It’s All Around You” – Tortoise
• “Gotta Get Up (Another Day) [Minnie Version]” – Jill Scott
• “Jump Into The Fire” – Harry Nilsson
• “(I Know) I’m Losing You” – Rod Stewart
• “Ain’t That Peculiar” – Fanny
• “Don’t Do It (Concert Version)” – The Band
• “Catamaran” – Allah-Lahs
• “Veni Vidi Vici” – The Black Lips
• “Say I Wanna Know” – Nick Waterhouse
• “For the Time Being” – Erlend Øye & La Comitiva
• “Hammers” – Kessoncoda
• “Don’t Get Me Started” – The Smile
• “False Street Dub” – Kings Of High Speed & JKriv
• “The Happening (Radio Mix)” – Tomorrow Comes The Harvest
• “Conceptions” – Optic Nerve
• “Direct Drive” – Terrence Dixon
• “Methane Bubbles” – Jeff Mills
• “Inner City Blues (In The Groove Iso Vocal Edit)” – Marvin Gaye
• “Dark Moon” – Okonski

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New music discovery from El Michels Affair & Rogê, Women In Jazz & Rosa Brunello, Girls of the Internet, Blood Orange, Dijon, Georgie Sweet and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for September 8, 2025

• “Super Strut” – Deodato
• “Mágica” – El Michels Affair & Rogê
• “Uno Bruno Uno” – Women In Jazz & Rosa Brunello
• “Carry Me Higher (Elite Mix) [10 Inch Version]” – The Blessed Madonna, Joy Anonymous & Danielle Ponder
• “Affirmations (feat. Anelisa Lamola) [Extended Mix]” – Girls of the Internet
• “Song For You (Mansionair Remix)” – Rhye
• “Mind Loaded (feat. Caroline Polachek, Lorde & Mustafa)” – Blood Orange
• “Vivid Light” – Blood Orange
• “YUKON” – Justin Bieber
• “Another Baby!” – Dijon
• “My Love” – Metronomy & Nourished by Time
• “Yeah Yeah” – Bubaza
• “Its My House (Special Disco Version)” – Risco Connection
• “La La La (Hard Version) Pt 1” – Segun Bucknor
• “Hard Times” – Baby Huey & The Baby Sitters
• “The Ones We Loved” – Georgie Sweet
• “Angles Mortz” – Nightbus
• “Sending All My Love Out” – Emerson
• “What Is Love” – Dee-Lite
• “Rearrange” – Sextile
• “Ankle Injuries” – Fujiya & Miyagi
• “Guess I’m Fallin In Love” – Spoon
• “Get Sun (feat. Arthur Verocai)” – Hiatus Kaiyote
• “Life Is Beautiful” – Larry June, 2 Chainz & The Alchemist
• “No Bad Vibes (feat. MARISA DARGAHI & Joe Webb)” – Bluewerks & DARGZ
• “Road To Nowhere” – Rogê
• “More Than A Woman (triple j Like A Version)” – Lazy Eyes
• “Constellation” – The Circling Sun
• “Rolling With A Planet (Vocal Mix)” – Ari Roze
• “Zannik” – Khaled Al Reigh
• “Illegal Hit” – Yttling Jazz
• “Ikuchi” – Jimi Tenor & Cold Diamond & Mink
• “Yègellé Tezeta” – Mulatu Astatke

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A ton of music from Lady Wray, El Michels Affair & Norah Jones, Yeek, Lola Young and Tame Impala, plus throwbacks from Aretha Franklin, Digable Planets and OutKast.

And, for good measure, a preview of this year’s Dally In The Alley and the local music you’ll hear there. The lineup for this year’s event includes dream beach, Bevlove, Delano Smith, Johnstonsons, Oliver Dollar, ADMN, Apropos 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 September 5, 2025

• “Hard Times” – Lady Wray
• “Carry Me Away” – El Michels Affair & Norah Jones
• “Heaven” – Yeek
• “SPIDERS” – Lola Young
• “Valerie (Live, BBC Radio 1 In Lounge, London/2007)” – Amy Winehouse
• “Messy” – Lola Young
• “Dog It” – Digable Planets
• “West Savannah” – OutKast
• “Nobody Knows We Are Fun” – CHAI
• “GOOD LUCK” – KAYTRANADA
• “Never Catch Me (feat. Kendrick Lamar)” – Flying Lotus
• “Are You Tired? (Keep on Singing)” – DARKSIDE
• “Midnight Train To Memphis” – The SteelDrivers
• “Before You feat. APROPOS (Extended)” – Oliver Dollar
• “What Cha’ Gonna Do (feat. Apropos & Boog Brown)” – Oliver Dollar
• “I Cry” – Johnstonsons
• “Remember Me” – Bevlove
• “Nebula (Original Mix)” – Delano Smith
• “Before You Gotta Go” – Courtney Barnett
• “Trick To Happy” – Bahamas
• “Road To Nowhere” – Rogê
• “So Far to Go (feat. Common & D’Angelo)” – J Dilla
• “Skindo Le-Le (S.U.M.O. Rebounce)” – A Bossa Elétrica
• “Yeah Yeah” – Bubaza
• “Waves” – Ista
• “Loser” – Tame Impala
• “Better” – Sprints
• “Midnight” – Jessie Ware
• “Pullin’” – Aretha Franklin

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The Detroit Jazz Fest sets itself apart by being the largest free jazz festival in the world.

It’s not easy or cheap for a cultural institution to be able to give it all away for free. Getting rid of any barrier of entry, however, ensures that this festival actually looks and feels like Detroit. That’s a big issue in a majority Black city that often struggles to represent itself via arts, culture and media.

The 2025 edition of the festival will feature major names performing like Keyon Harrold, Kenny Barron, Endea Owens, Chucho Valdes, Branford Marsalis, John Scofield and many more.

This year’s artist-in-residence is a big deal, too. That’s Jason Moran, an accomplished pianist, educator and composer who currently serves as the artistic director for jazz at the Kennedy Center. He’s racked up 18 solo releases via jazz stalwart labels like Blue Note.

During his residency with the fest, he’ll perform three varied sets over Labor Day weekend, including a tribute for Duke Ellington’s 125th birthday, an opening night set with techno pioneer Jeff Mills and Detroit poet Jessica Care Moore, and more. You can see the full schedule here.

Earlier this year, Jason Moran joined In The Groove to chat about the Detroit Jazz Festival, his influences (including the late great Detroit pianist Geri Allen) and more. 

Click the audio above to hear that full interview.

As someone that spends a lot of time at concerts and festivals, I always preach the importance of thanking the people who do all the heavy lifting to make the event go off without a hitch.

That’s the bartenders, the security guards, the folks running the stages, keeping the sound sharp, making sure the grounds are clean and safe for patrons. And everybody else in between.

During this year’s Detroit Jazz Fest, take a moment to thank these people as you go out about your day.

So, what does it take to make four days of jazz go off without a hitch? And programmed as well as it is?

Behind the scenes of the Detroit Jazz Festival is artistic director Christopher Collins and his incredible team, who blend the next generation of performers with the legends of jazz each year. 

The 2025 edition of the festival is no different, with rising saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin alongside iconic Detroit bassist Marion Hayden and 83-year-old Cuban pianist Chucho Valdés.

I got the chance to chat with Christopher Collins ahead of this year’s Detroit Jazz Festival to talk about the programming and also the importance of keeping the event free and open to the public. Click the audio above to hear that full interview.

I started re-reading James McBride’s brilliant book “Kill ‘Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul,” so I had to start the show with “Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud (Pts. 1 & 2)” by the man himself. Plus, a spotlight on jazz guitarist Mansur Brown, putting Erykah Badu’s “Mama’s Gun” tour on your calendar (which lands at the Fox Theatre on November 20th) and new music discovery from Love Spells and Justin Bieber (yes, that guy).

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for August 21, 2025

• “Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud (Pts. 1 & 2)” – James Brown
• “Him Belly No Go Sweat” – Antibalas
• “Dog It” – Digable Planets
• “Black Is… (feat. DSTL, Sareem Poems & Rich Medina) [Instrumental]” – Tall Black Guy, Ozay Moore & Malaya
• “Legs” – Darondo
• “Hard Times” – Baby Huey & The Baby Sitters
• “Woman Of The Ghetto (Reimagined)” – Melanie Charles & Marlena Shaw
• “Kiss Me On My Neck” – Erykah Badu
• “A.D. 2000” – Erykah Badu
• “Dark Clouds Rain Soul (Dub)” – Breakestra
• “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” – José Feliciano
• “Wish I Didn’t Love You” – Love Spells
• “Bittersweet” – Lewis Taylor
• “Sun” – Emma-Jean Thackray
• “In The Breaks” – Galliano
• “Crosseyed And Painless” – Talking Heads
• “YUKON” – Justin Bieber
• “Faded” – Mansur Brown
• “Snitches Brew (feat. Mansur Brown)” – Kamaal Williams
• “Côte D’ivoire” – Yoni Mayraz
• “Morning Light feat. Andreya Triana (Extended Version)” – Andreya Triana & Quantic
• “Water Me Down (Pamcy Remix)” – Vagabon
• “Crushxd” – Crumb
• “Continuum 5” – Nala Sinephro
• “Continuum 6” – Nala Sinephro
• “Be Reasonable” – somesurprises
• “A Figure In The Surf” – Mount Kimbie
• “Somber The Drums” – DIIV
• “Brakhage” – Stereolab
• “Dance Yrself Clean” – LCD Soundsystem
• “Cold Little Heart” – Michael Kiwanuka

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New music discovery from Rogê, Ista, Larry June & 2 Chainz, The Marias, Anderson East and more, plus lots of your voicemails and picks for your favorite discoveries from 2025 (so far).

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

• “Get Sun (feat. Arthur Verocai)” – Hiatus Kaiyote
• “Life Is Beautiful” – Larry June, 2 Chainz & The Alchemist
• “No Bad Vibes (feat. MARISA DARGAHI & Joe Webb)” – Bluewerks & DARGZ
• “Road to Nowhere” – Rogê
• “Waves” – Ista
• “Human Behaviour (feat. Underworld) [Underworld Mix]” – Björk
• “Closer” – Mr. Fingers
• “SPACE INVADER” – KAYTRANADA
• “Love Is a Natural Magical Thing” – Laurie Miller
• “17 Days (Piano & a Microphone 1983 Version)” – Prince
• “Plasty” – LL Burns
• “Nobody New” – The Marias
• “Strange” – Celeste
• “Yeah Yeah” – Blackrock
• “All Your Love” – Magic Sam
• “You’ve Got A Woman” – Lion
• “Ruler Of My Heart” – Irma Thomas
• “You Are Mine” – Jay Robinson
• “Knife” – Grizzly Bear
• “West Side” – Studio
• “The Seize” – Jordan Rakei
• “Dispose of Me” – Omar Apollo
• “Star Blanket River Child” – Brightblack Morning Light
• “Three More Days” – Ray LaMontagne
• “Will O the Wisp” – Armando Young
• “Someone (feat. Jamila Woods) [Armando Young Remix]” – Gabriel Garzón-Montano
• “É Preciso Dar um Jeito, Meu Amigo” – Erasmo Carlos
• “1968” – Bill Frisell
• “Anyway” – Anderson East
• “Go Home” – Angel Olsen
• “The Joke” – Brandi Carlile

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New music from Khaled Al Reigh, Francis Bebey, Yttling Jazz, Jimi Tenor, Africa Express and more of your listener picks highlighting your favorite new music and music discoveries from 2025!

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

• “Constellation” – The Circling Sun
• “Rolling With A Planet (Vocal Mix)” – Ari Roze
• “Zannik” – Khaled Al Reigh
• “Le Grand Soleil De Dieu (Psychemagik Remix)” – Francis Bebey
• “Illegal Hit” – Yttling Jazz
• “Ikuchi” – Jimi Tenor & Cold Diamond & Mink
• “Pit Stop (Take Me Home) [feat. Mike Patton, Jennifer Charles, Kid Koala & Dan the Automator]” – Nathaniel Merriweather
• “Fallen Again” – Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill
• “7/4 (Shoreline)” – Broken Social Scene
• “Collage” – The Three Degrees
• “Love Is a Hurtin’ Thing (12″ Version)” – Gloria Ann Taylor
• “Heaven Scent (feat. Chloe Sevigny) [DEEWEEDUB]” – Soulwax
• “Invocation (feat. Onipa, Jupiter & Okwess, Otim Alpha, Damon Albarn & Joan as Police Woman)” – Africa Express
• “MISK” – Roundabout
• “Don’t Listen” – Corto.alto
• “Back On 74” – Jungle
• “Seu João” – Gabriel da Rosa
• “Don’t Call It Love (12″ Version)” – Zero 7
• “Siesta Freestyle (Frisco version)” – Lewis OfMan & Alicia te quiero
• “Safe And Sound” – Justice
• “Enything” – Quickly, Quickly
• “I Don’t Live Here Anymore” – War On Drugs
• “Moonshine” – Joviale
• “How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore (“1999” B-Side)” – Prince
• “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
• “Garden” – Maria Somerville
• “Alone (Four Tet Remix)” – The Cure

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New music from Domenique Dumont, Wu-Lu, Erykah Badu, Joviale and more of your listener picks highlighting your favorite new music and music discoveries from 2025!

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

• “Cos-Ber-Zam Ne Noya (Daphni Mix)” – Daphni
• “You Wanted A Hit” – LCD Soundsystem
• “Punkrocker (feat. Iggy Pop)” – Teddybears
• “Alemania” – Twin Shadow
• “Desert Raven” – Jonathan Wilson
• “Josh Tillman and the Accidental Dose” – Father John Misty
• “Enchantia” – Domenique Dumont
• “Sun Is Shining (Yes King Remix)” – Bob Marley
• “The Beach Party” – Hot Chip
• “Carry Me” – Nubiyan Twist & Seun Kuti
• “The Seer” – Nubya Garcia
• “O Telefone Tocou Novamente” – Jorge Ben Jor
• “Transporter” – Wu-Lu, Leif Maine & Jackson Mathod
• “Next To You” – Erykah Badu & The Alchemist
• “end of the world (feat. Nigel Hall & Butcher Brown)” – Yaya Bey
• “Firestarter (Jitwam Remix)” – The O’My’s & Jitwam
• “Through Your Soul (feat. Bubz Fiddler & J Dilla)” – Amp Fiddler
• “Hush (Still Woozy Remix)” – The Marias
• “Sad Cowboy” – Goat Girl
• “Diving Woman” – Japanese Breakfast
• “Ann Wants To Dance” – Papooz
• “In My Craft (feat. Miryam Solomon)” – Huw Marc Bennett
• “Everything Is Peaceful Love” – Bon Iver
• “Summer Sweat” – Hannah Cohen
• “HARK!” – Joviale
• “Morning Light feat. Andreya Triana (Extended Version)” – Andreya Triana & Quantic
• “Home (Tom Sharkett Edit)” – LCD Soundsystem
• “Someone Great” – LCD Soundsystem
• “Flutes” – Hot Chip

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Kicking off with Afrobeat from Antibalas, playing your messages left on the Groove hotline suggesting Josi Devil and Gold Brother, plus lots more.

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

• “Sáré Kon Kon” – Antibalas
• “Ice Breaker” – Bubaza
• “The Same Love That Made Me Laugh” – Bill Withers
• “Ondas (Kiko Navarro Motor City Jazz Remix – Radio Edit)” – John Beltran
• “Restless Sleep” – Josi Devil
• “Lose My Faith” – Gold Brother
• “D’Evils” – SiR
• “Sol” – musclecars
• “Spanish Joint” – D’Angelo
• “Didn’t I (Dave Allison Rework)” – Darondo
• “Undo The Blue (Beyond the Wizards Sleeve Re-Animation)” – Iraina Mancini
• “In the Waiting Line (Dorfmeister con Madrid de los Austrias Dub)” – Zero 7
• “Little Child Runnin’ Wild” – Curtis Mayfield
• “The Path Less Travelled” – Vegyn
• “Hurts To Be Alone” – Norah Jones
• “Cigarettes And Coffee” – Otis Redding
• “Nothing Compares To You” – Britti
• “Over When Its Over” – Lucy Rose
• “Sonny Jr. (Dreams) [feat. Robert Glasper & Dwele]” – Black Milk
• “On Jupiter” – Sun Ra & Sun Ra and His Arkestra
• “Favourite” – Fontaines D.C.
• “Dreams Tonite” – Alvvays
• “Swimmers” – Broken Social Scene
• “Pulling Our Weight” – Radio Dept.
• “Supersad” – Suki Waterhouse
• “Comfort Eagle” – Cake
• “TURBULÊNCIA” – Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly
• “Sombras” – Daniel Villarreal

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New music from Yves Tumor & NINA, Cecily & Tall Black Guy, Ruby Rushton and Paul Cornish’s loving tribute to the late great Detroit pianist Geri Allen.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for August 4, 2025

• “People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul (Remix)” – James Brown
• “Life Goes On (feat. Sampa the Great)” – Ezra Collective
• “We Don’t Count” – Yves Tumor & NINA
• “Bloco da Harmonia” – Carlos Dafé & Adrian Younge
• “’Cause I Love You (Remix by Tall Black Guy)” – Cecily & Tall Black Guy
• “I Couldn’t Love You More (Jam Master’s Deep Rework)” – Sade
• “Walk to Regio’s” – Ruby Rushton
• “Queen Geri” – Paul Cornish
• “Sherylamazing” – Terrence Parker
• “Sad Piano Music” – Daphini
• “The Field (feat. The Durutti Column, Tariq Al-Sabir, Caroline Polachek & Daniel Caesar)” – Blood Orange
• “Otro Atardecer” – Bad Bunny & The Marías
• “Me Pasa (Piscis)” – Bomba Estéreo, Rawayana & ASTROPICAL
• “Cumbia Sampuesana” – Abelardo Carbono & Radio Malembe
• “Me Gustas Tú” – Manu Chao
• “Sun Is Shining” – Bob Marley & The Wailers
• “Bam Bam” – Sister Nancy
• “Police And Thieves (Dub)” – Lee “Scratch” Perry, Bob Riddim & Xana Romeo
• “Ghetto Defendant” – The Clash
• “Rabbit Run (From the “Caught Stealing” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” – IDLES
• “Spiral” – Wye Oak
• “It’s All Around You” – Tortoise
• “My Last Chance (SalaAM ReMi LP Mix)” – Marvin Gaye
• “Hold Me” – SAULT
• “Thinking Bout You” – Flo Morrissey & Matthew E. White
• “The Garden” – Papooz
• “Pit Stop (Take Me Home) [feat. Mike Patton, Jennifer Charles, Kid Koala & Dan the Automator]” – Nathaniel Merriweather
• “Squares” – Beta Band
• “The Darkness That You Fear” – The Chemical Brothers
• “Carry Me Higher (7 Inch Version)” – The Blessed Madonna, Joy Anonymous & Danielle Ponder
• “Super Strut” – Deodato
• “31 Bloom” – Four Tet

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