The show kicked off with a run of fresh October 2026 releases, including Takuya Nakamura’s collaboration with Greentea Peng, new electronic sounds from Elkka and Resavoir teaming up with Knox Fortune, alongside new tracks from Sparklmami and Spoek Mathambo. Other standouts included Mei Semones’ “Howl,” Michael Kiwanuka’s “Summer Clothes,” Daniele Luppi’s collaboration with Orion Sun and Kiwanuka, and a new Meshell Ndegeocello and Cat Power recording

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for October 12, 2026

• “Shape The Future (feat. Greentea Peng)” — Takuya Nakamura
• “She Makes Me Better” — Elkka
• “In Motion” — Resavoir & Knox Fortune
• “si” — Sparklmami
• “Avant l’aube” — Spoek Mathambo
• “Feminina” — Joyce
• “Howl” — Mei Semones
• “Aquarela Do Brasil (LP Version)” — João Gilberto
• “Para Los Papines (Momoko Gill Remix)” — New Regency Orchestra
• “Motor City Madness” — Waajeed
• “Summer Clothes” — Michael Kiwanuka
• “You Could Be The Sun, I Could Be The Moon (feat. Orion Sun & Michael Kiwanuka)” — Daniele Luppi
• “Chant” — Donald Byrd
• “Flowers” — Gotts Street Park & Pip Millett
• “I Just Wanna Be Your Girl” — The Tiffanys
• “Coming Home Baby” — Marian McPartland
• “Falling In Love With Love” — Les McCann Ltd.
• “Heaven (feat. Andreya Triana)” — The Vision & Prince Fatty
• “Don’t You Want Me” — Meshell Ndegeocello & Cat Power
• “Police & Thieves” — Zara McFarlane
• “Black Magic” — Jarvis Cocker
• “Only You Know” — Dion
• “World on a String” — Jessica Pratt
• “That Summer Feeling” — Jonathan Richman
• “American Music” — Violent Femmes
• “Strange Powers” — The Magnetic Fields
• “Are You Glad to Be In America?” — James Blood Ulmer
• “The Book I Read (LP Version)” — Talking Heads
• “Sycamore” — Bill Callahan
• “Swingin Party” — The Replacements
• “Sunny Afternoon” — The Kinks
• “Care of Cell 44” — The Zombies

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