A heavy dose of new music discovery from Chronixx, Don Was, Butcher Brown, Lawne, Detroit’s own MRKT, Momoko Gill and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for November 5, 2025

• “8 Ball” – Underworld
• “Roscoe (Beyond the Wizard’s Sleeve Remix)” – Midlake
• “Visions (Ela Minus Remix)” – José González
• “Futures (feat. José González)” – Zero 7
• “The Magician” – Andy Shauf
• “Jump Into The Fire” – Harry Nilsson
• “Hold You in My Arms (20th Anniversary Remaster)” – Ray LaMontagne
• “Genesis” – Chronixx
• “Hold Me” – Sault
• “Beyond” – Leon Bridges
• “For You (Many Selves Version)” – Kadhja Bonet
• “Ritual Union” – Little Dragon
• “African Rumble” – Timo Lassy
• “Nubian Lady” – Don Was
• “Colors of Autumn” – Nujabes
• “N8 Medley (Live at Audio Gold)” – Lawne
• “Survivor” – Chronixx
• “Espionage (feat. Charlie Hunter)” – Butcher Brown
• “Flex FM” – Joy Orbinson
• “Bodysnatchers” – Radiohead
• “Kenya” – Os Ipanemas
• “Monotropa” – MRKT
• “Babystar (Momoko Gill Remix)” – Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill
• “HOURS:AFTER” – Butcher Brown
• “BIG POPPA” – Kassa Overall
• “I Can’t Help It” – Michael Jackson
• “I Love You Too Much” – Stevie Wonder
• “Messages From The Stars” – The RAH Band
• “The Darkness That You Fear” – The Chemical Brothers
• “Dream Of You” – Lionlimb & Angel Olsen
• “Get Me Back In the Game” – LL Burns

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Exploring a new delicious slice of pop from RAYE, new music from Erykah Badu and Georgie Sweet, a Hot Chip remix I’m in love with and much more.

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

• “Devotion” – Jay Som
• “Boyish” – Japanese Breakfast
• “Life Is” – Jessica Pratt
• “Go Home” – Angel Olsen
• “Closer” – Maria Chiara Argirò
• “All I Need” – Roman GianArthur
• “Diamonds & Pearls” – Prince & The New Power Generation
• “Devotion (Boys’ Shorts Remix)” – Hot Chip
• “Leave Your Life (Lonely Hearts Mix)” – Alex Kassian
• “Exile” – Swim Surreal & Zero 7
• “Mantra” – Jordan Rakei
• “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” – Ninapinta
• “WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!” – RAYE
• “1 Thing” – Amerie
• “On a Better Day I’m Dreaming (Tall Black Guy Remix)” – Colman Brothers
• “Next To You” – Erykah Badu & The Alchemist
• “Angel” – Massive Attack
• “The Ones We Loved” – Georgie Sweet
• “Plastic 100°C” – Sampha
• “The Bug” – Crumb
• “Cécile” – Edouard Ferlet
• “How to Disappear Completely (feat. Dave Whitford, James Allsopp, Will Glaser & Tori Freestone)” – Rick Simpson
• “Everything Is Simple” – Widowspeak
• “Dollar Store (feat. Waxahatchee)” – Ben Kweller
• “Coast To Coast” – Elliott Smith
• “Thirty One” – Butcher Brown
• “Cause = Time” – Broken Social Scene
• “New Case” – Upchuck
• “Inside Out” – Spoon
• “Lucifer On the Sofa (Adrian Sherwood Reconstruction)” – Spoon
• “Killing For Love (Todd Terje Brokeback Mix)” – José González
• “Life During Wartime (Live)” – Talking Heads

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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

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In this episode, we check out new music from Arooj Aftab, FloFilz & Takuya Kuroda, Eddie Chacon, Lawne, Kokoroko, and Jenny Hval. Plus, we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Jill Scott’s debut album.

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

• “Mum Does The Washing” – Joshua Idehen
• “raat ki rani (Sylvan Esso Remix)” – Arooj Aftab
• “The Morning Sun” – Eddie Chacon
• “Taito City Hideout” – FloFilz & Takuya Kuroda
• “Desire” – Kamasi Washington
• “N8 Medley (Live at Audio Gold)” – Lawne
• “Do You Remember” – Jill Scott
• “Close To Me” – Kokoroko
• “Amina” – The Circling Sun
• “Firestarter (Jitwam Remix)” – The O’My’s & Jitwam
• “Funkier Than a Mosquito’s Tweeter (Jazzeem’s All Styles Remix)” – Nina Simone
• “Rewind / Remind” – Momoko Gill
• “Supernatural” – We Are KING
• “Unwind (feat. Melanie Charles)” – Butcher Brown
• “Detroit Pt. II” – Shigeto
• “Sleepyhead 2025” – Passion Pit & Sofi Tukker
• “The Vice Yard” – Orgone
• “Be A Witness” – Lady Wray
• “Found A Light (Beale Street)” – BADBADNOTGOOD & V.C.R
• “First Class (Soul in the Horn Remix)” – Khruangbin & Natasha Diggs
• “Until We Meet Again” – Hermanos Gutiérrez
• “Meet Me In The City” – Junior Kimbrough
• “Count The Days (feat. Jenny Lewis)” – Swamp Dogg
• “The Weight of My Words (Four Tet Remix)” – Kings of Convenience
• “Under The Pressure” – War On Drugs
• “They Came in Peace” – Tranquility Bass
• “To Be A Rose” – Jenny Hval

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New music from Mieke Miami, Annahstasia, Perfume Genius, Jadu Heart and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for July 17, 2025

• “Côte D’ivoire” – Yoni Mayraz
• “100 years of Bill & Lil” – Joe Webb
• “Backline” – Butcher Brown
• “Are You Even Real” – Teddy Swims & GIVĒON
• “The Line” – D’Angelo
• “Black Hole Sun” – bigboihums
• “Back 2 Me (feat. Sadie Walker)” – Girls of the Internet
• “Donuts Mind If I Do” – CHAI
• “Locket” – Crumb
• “Where’s My Brain???” – The Lazy Eyes
• “I’m Glad You’re Mine” – Al Green
• “Son of a Preacher Man” – Mieke Miami
• “Believer” – Annahstasia
• “Left For Tomorrow” – Perfume Genius
• “SOS” – Jadu Heart
• “On Jupiter” – Sun Ra & Sun Ra and His Arkestra
• “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” – Kiefer & Theo Croker
• “Wind Parade” – Jordan Rakei
• “Call My Name” – Joe Bataan
• “Liquid Love (feat. Sylvia Cox)” – Roy Ayers
• “Save Me” – Britti
• “Wednesday Morning Atonement” – Curtis Harding
• “You Ain’t The Problem” – Michael Kiwanuka
• “Floating Parade” – Michael Kiwanuka
• “Someone to Love You” – SAULT
• “Last One Standing” – Monophonics
• “The World Is A Ghetto” – WAR
• “Red Clay” – Jack Wilkins
• “Blue Moon” – Billie Holiday

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.