A special spotlight on Courtney Barnett, her new single “Stay In Your Lane” plus some of my favorites from her back catalog… plus new music from Butcher Brown, Jeff Tweedy, Foxwarren 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 October 27, 2025

• “Stay In Your Lane” – Courtney Barnett
• “Before You Gotta Go” – Courtney Barnett
• “Avant Gardener” – Courtney Barnett
• “Otis” – Durutti Column
• “Water Underground” – Real Estate
• “Fall Into You” – Soulstice
• “It Will Never Be The Same” – Dropout Orchestra
• “Close Your Eyes” – Miguel Migs, Meshell Ndegecello
• “Downtown” – Destroyer
• “Dominoes” – Donald Byrd
• “You Wish” – Nightmares On Wax
• “Ibiza” – Butcher Brown
• “Sealion” – Feist
• “30th Century Man” – Scott Walker
• “Dedicated Follower of Fashion” – The Kinks
• “Are You With Me Now?” – Cate Le Bon
• “Drinkin’ On A Tuesday” – Sarah Mary Chadwick
• “Heart Is A Drum” – Beck
• “Sleeping Lessons” – The Shins
• “Nu Tones” – Nomo
• “War On War” – Wilco
• “Enough” – Jeff Tweedy
• “Can You Get To That?” – Funkadelic
• “Le temps de l’amour (Fox Medium)” – Françoise Hardy
• “Call Me The Breeze” – J.J. Cale
• “I Love You And Buddha Too” – Mason Jennings
• “Gravity Rides Everything” – Modest Mouse
• “Gooey” – Glass Animals
• “Everybody Knows” – SBTRKT
• “The Tower” – Wye Oak
• “Born Too Late” – Dent May
• “Pretty Boys (feat. Khruangbin)” – Paul McCartney
• “Pelota (Cut A Rug Remix)” – Khruangbin, Quantic
• “Say That” – Toro Y Moi
• “Odessa” – Caribou
• “Listen2me” – Foxwarren
• “Overlander” – Budos Band
• “Cigarettes Out The Window” – TV Girl
• “Since I Left You” – Avalanches

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.”

In this week’s episode of Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music, a fond farewell to D’Angelo, with cool Detroit connections.

Also, brand new St. Paul, Courtney Barnett, Oklou ft. FKA Twigs, Amber Mark, and lots more!

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

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music Playlist for October 18, 2025

HOUR ONE:

• “viscus” – Oklou ft. FKA Twigs
• “Tie You Down” – HAIM ft. Bon Iver
• “Get Back Again” – The Tragically Hip
• “Stay In Your Lane” – Courtney Barnett
  
• “Pleasure Zone” – Laura Rain & The Caesars
  
• “Lady” – D’Angelo
• “Be Here” – Raphael Saadiq ft. D’Angelo
• “Over” – Robert Glasper ft. Yebba
  
• “Close To Home” – Flock Of Dimes
• “Big Money” – Jon Batiste
• “So Far To Go” – J Dilla ft. Common, D’Angelo
  

• “Stars Above” – St. Paul & The Broken Bones
  
• “Doing Now” – Hannah Jagadu
• “6th Ward” – Trombone Shorty
• “You Won’t Dig My Grave” – Josh Ritter
• “Ain’t Hurtin’ Nobody” – John Prine (Acoustic Cafe performance, 1995)
  
• “Feel Like Making Love” – D’Angelo
• “Sugah Daddy” – D’Angelo
• “I’ll Stay” – RH Factor ft. D’Angelo
• “The Highway Knows” – Molly Tuttle
• “Let Me Love You” – Amber Mark
• “She’s Always In My Hair” – D’Angelo

Listen to Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music every Saturday from 2-4 p.m. ET on Detroit Public Radio 101.9 WDET and streaming on-demand at wdet.org