The recently returned host of Visions, Kaleigh Wilder brings excitement and a broad-spanning perspective to the best of jazz. Always exploring different facets of the genre with a discerning and admiring ear, Kaleigh brings listeners a finely-tuned list of new artists to watch for and re-released favorites from 2025.

Looking back at 2025, she says:

“One of the things that had me excited all year, really since March, was the fact that Strata East Records was reissuing their catalog in partnership with Mack Avenue Records. I can now go to Bandcamp and buy music whereas before I could maybe find on YouTube or had to own a physical record to listen to it. I know a lot of that music was from the 70’s and 80’s, but a 2025 re-release has been a high point of my music listening this year.

“I was also really energized by Cecile McLorin Salvant’s new record, “Oh Snap,” because it’s so different than her other work. The album isn’t one she intended to release, just a passion project to spark new ways of creating where she used effects and tools she never used before. I’m so glad she released it! It’s really refreshing to hear her in this new context.”

Check out Kaleigh’s full Best of 2025 playlist below, and listen to In The Groove to hear her selections.

• “How You Been” – SML

• “Bishop” – Anna Butterss

• “Brilliant Circles”- Charles Tolliver & Stanley Cowell

• “Footprints” – ARTEMIS

• “FREEDOM JAZZ DANCE” – Kassa Overall

• “Guereh” – Noura Mint Seymali

• “Eureka” – Cecile McLorin Salvant

• “Unconditional Love” – Milena Casado

Tune in for reairs of In The Groove: Best Of 2025 Dec. 22-24 on 101.9 FM and stream on wdet.org — and follow along online for Best Of playlists and reflections from our music hosts.

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Modern Music host Jon Mosier joins In The Groove to share his Best of 2025 selections, spotlighting standout tracks from across new and emerging independent artists from Detroit and beyond.

From the propulsive energy of “Hey You” by The Belair Lip Bombs to the expansive sound of “Others” by Matthew Smith Group, Jon’s picks reflect a year defined by adventurous new voices and confident returns from indie mainstays.

As Jon puts it: “2025 was a stellar year for under-the-mainstream-radar music from all over the globe and right here in Detroit with an impressive number of brand-new artists releasing debut records as well as indie stalwarts returning this year with solid records. Trends from my world are the continuing influence of 1980s post-punk experimentalism and shoe-gaze.”

Check out Jon’s full Best of 2025 playlist below, and listen to In The Groove to hear his selections.

• “Hey You” — The Belair Lip Bombs
• “Others” — Matthew Smith Group
• “Deus-Dará” — Oruã
• “DrnkGrlfrnd” — Kiln
• “Mercury” — Automatic
• “Secret Door” — Jeff Tweedy
• “Unsolicited Advice” — Laura Lee & the Jettes
• “Uniform” — TVOD
• “(You Can’t Go Back To) Oxford Talawanda” — Guided By Voices
• “Evil People” — MIEN
• “It’s All About the Music” — Bee Bee Sea

Tune in Friday, Dec. 12 – Friday Dec. 19 on 101.9 WDET FM, stream anytime at wdet.org — and follow along online for daily Best Of playlists and reflections from our music hosts.

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Looking back at 2025, Rob Reinhart from Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music and Acoustic Cafe reflects on the music that cut through the noise and brought moments of joy during a challenging year.

From the infectious energy of Jon Batiste’s “Big Money” — a delightful track from an album famously created in just 12 days — to “After I’m Dead” by Detroit rocker Ryan Allen, a sharp, compact song from one of three albums released by Ryan Allen & His Extra Arms in 2025, Rob’s picks celebrate humor, heart, and creativity at its most human.

Rob says, “Looking back at 2025, I wanted to see what captured my attention the most. The music that made me laugh held the biggest sway over me this year. It helped to brighten the mood in an otherwise very dark year. Smiles count, too! In that spirit, I offer the following samples of tracks that brightened my year.”

Check out Rob’s full Best of 2025 playlist below, and listen to In the Groove to hear the tracks that brought some much-needed light to the year.

• “BIG MONEY” – Jon Batiste
• “After I’m Dead” – Ryan Allen And His Extra Arms
• “Chicago” – Mavis Staples
• “Round and Round” – Alex Williams
• “No Champagne (6am)” – Cautious Clay
• “Divide and Conquer” – The Devil Makes Three
• “If Not For Love” – Durand Jones & The Indications, Durand Jones & Aaron Frazer
• “Killer Bee” – Jack Spivey
• “Yard Sale” – Priscilla Block
• “Uptown Downtown” – Jon Cleary
• “Sleeves Up” – Crys Matthews

Tune in Friday, Dec. 12 – Friday Dec. 19 on 101.9 WDET FM, stream anytime at wdet.org — and follow along online for daily Best Of playlists and reflections from our music hosts.

See the Best of 2025 playlists »

Few voices are as deeply woven into Detroit’s musical fabric as Ann Delisi’s. A trusted presence in Detroit radio for decades, Ann brings her unmatched perspective and curiosity to In the Groove with her Best of 2025 selections.

As a longtime champion of artists across genres and generations — from Detroit innovators to global icons — Ann’s picks reflect a career spent listening closely, asking questions, and shaping how this city hears music. Her Best of 2025 continues that legacy, highlighting the records and artists that resonated most with her this year.

Check out Ann Delisi’s full Best of 2025 playlist below, and listen to In the Groove to hear her selections and insights from one of Detroit radio’s most essential voices.

• “Midnight Marauders” – Don Was
• “Stealing A Kiss” – The War and Treaty
• “Gunslinger” – Natalie Bergman
• “No Rain, No Flowers” – The Black Keys
• “Flower Moon” – Durand Jones & The Indications & Aaron Frazer
• “The New Normal” – Sheryl Crow
• “Rollin’ B-Side Blues” – The Muggs
• “Midnight (feat. Keezy)” – Brother Thunder
• “Sober” – Bartees Strange

Tune in Friday, Dec. 12 – Friday Dec. 19 on 101.9 WDET FM, stream anytime at wdet.org — and follow along online for daily Best Of playlists and reflections from our music hosts.

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Alternate Take host Liz Warner brings her deep listening and lifelong passion for music to In The Groove with her Best of 2025 selections, offering a genre-spanning look at the sounds that shaped the year.

An award-winning audio journalist, DJ, writer and longtime WDET voice known for exploring music and art that shapes Detroit’s culture, Liz highlights the tracks that stood out to her from both established innovators and exciting new voices.

Check out the playlist below for Liz Warner’s top 10 songs of 2025, and listen to the full show above for two weeks after it airs.

• “And Nothing Is Forever (Cosmodelica Electric Eden Remix)” – The Cure
• “cosa rara (feat. David Sylvian)” – Lucrecia Dalt
• “baby” – Gabriel Jacoby
• “Neon Grey Midnight Green” – Neko Case
• “Backwards” – Idle Ray
• “I Wish I Didn’t Waste Your Time” – Thundercat
• “Gadabout Season” – Brandee Younger
• “Babystar” – Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill
• “Shapeshift (Radio Edit)” – HAAi

Tune in Friday, Dec. 12 – Friday Dec. 19 on 101.9 WDET FM, stream anytime at wdet.org — and follow along online for daily Best Of playlists and reflections from our music hosts.

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Three straight hours of music released in 2025—the best of the best. Lots of my picks and lots of yours! Thanks to everyone that left a message on the In The Groove hotline with your picks; they were absolutely lovely and mixed right in with the show!

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 December 11, 2025

• “Save Me” – Emma-Jean Thackray

• “Si Chomphu” – Salin

• “SNC” – DARKSIDE

• “YUKON” – Justin Bieber

• “Found A Light (Beale Street)” – BADBADNOTGOOD & V.C.R

• “S.O.T.H.” – Sault

• “Be A Witness” – Lady Wray

• “Sad Makeup” – Yukimi

• “What It Gave Me” – Jordan Rakei & Jalen Ngonda

• “Constellation” – The Circling Sun

• “Puaj” – Salin

• “Alone (Four Tet Remix)” – The Cure

• “Angles Mortz” – Nightbus

• “Listen2me” – Foxwarren

• “The World’s Biggest Paving Slab (Daniel Avery Remix)” – English Teacher

• “Hit My Head All Day” – Dry Cleaning

• “Belong To You” – Cut Copy & Kate Bollinger

• “I’m Not Ready For The Change” – Nation of Language

• “Mercury” – Automatic

• “You got time and I got money” – Smerz

• “Lo Life” – Antibalas

• “Treat Yourself” – Franc Moody

• “Nobody New” – The Marias

• “Garden” – Maria Somerville

• “To Be A Rose” – Jenny Hval

• “Power of the Moon” – Ezra Furman

• “Sugar in the Tank” – Julien Baker & TORRES

• “Elderberry Wine” – Wednesday

• “..THUS IS WHY ( I DON’T SPRING 4 LOVE )” – SAYA GRAY

• “It’s A Mirror” – Perfume Genius

• “Elegantly Wasted (feat. Leon Bridges)” – Hermanos Gutiérrez

• “Waves” – ISTA

• “Lecker Song” – Yin Yin

• “Stone Shadow” – Glyders

• “Take My Hand” – El Michels Affair & Rahsaan Roland Kirk 

Friday, Dec. 12, 2025

We played three more hours of your top songs and mine on Friday to officially kick off the “Best Of” week of listening. 

Follow along with what our hosts are highlighting as the defining tunes of this year and listen to all of our picks in one place on the Best Of 2025: The WDET Playlist page. 

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 December 12, 2025

• “GOOD LUCK” – KAYTRANADA

• “Another Baby!” – Dijon

• “Rush” – Gerald Clayton

• “Red Moon” – Tom Misch

• “Survivor” – Chronixx

• “Carry Me Away” – El Michels Affair & Norah Jones

• “Heaven” – Yeek

• “SPIDERS” – Lola Young

• “SOS” – Jadu Heart

• “Believer” – Annahstasia

• “Left For Tomorrow” – Perfume Genius

• “Better” – SPRINTS

• “Man Made Of Meat” – Viagra Boys

• “High Vibrations” – Theo Croker, Malaya & D’LEAU

• “Sad Piano House” – Daphni

• “Babystar” – Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill

• “Eye To Eye (Live From The Royal Albert Hall)” – Jordan Rakei

• “The Seize” – Jordan Rakei

• “N8 Medley (Live at Audio Gold)” – Lawne

• “Nubian Lady” – Don Was

• “Dumb Feeling” – Mei Semones

• “Animaru” – Mei Semones

• “Need To Run” – Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill

• “Invocation (feat. Onipa, Jupiter & Okwess, Otim Alpha, Damon Albarn & Joan as Police Woman)” – Africa Express

• “MISK” – Roundabout

• “DON’T LISTEN” – corto.alto

• “Coltrane (Crooked Man Remix)” – Cymande

• “Ibiza” – Butcher Brown

• “Road To Nowhere” – Roge

• “Boste” – Oreglo

• “Uno Punto Uno” – Women In Jazz & Rosa Brunello

• “SPOTTIEOTTIEDOPALISCIOUS” – Kassa Overall

• “2close2farr” – Momoko Gill

• “All That We Were” – Georgie Sweet

 

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.

Beginning Friday, December 12, Ryan Patrick Hooper kicks off a week-long celebration for the best music of 2025 on In The Groove.

Each day, a different WDET music host will join Ryan to share their favorite releases of the year and reflect on the artists, albums and sounds that shaped 2025. From jazz to hip-hop, indie, electronic and beyond, experience the full spectrum of the music that defined the year, all through the ears of WDET’s trusted music hosts.

• Friday, Dec. 12: Ryan Patrick Hooper from In The Groove noon to 3 p.m

• Monday, Dec. 15: Liz Warner from Alternate Take 2–3 p.m.

• Tuesday, Dec. 16: Ann Delisi from Ann Delisi’s Essential Music 1–2 p.m.
• Wednesday, Dec. 17: Rob Reinhart from Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music and Acoustic Café noon to 1 p.m.
• Thursday, Dec. 18: Jon Moshier from Modern Music noon to 1 p.m.
• Friday, Dec. 19: Kaleigh Wilder from Visions 1–2 p.m.

Tune in »

 

A year of community and creativity

2025 was a year of remarkable community commitment for WDET. When government funding for Detroit Public Radio was cut, our listeners showed up in force. We reached our fall fundraising goals and welcomed more than 250 new members in the first week of December alone. Detroit once again demonstrated that this community stands up for independent media, storytelling, music and culture when it matters most.

And let’s be honest — Detroit is a music city. As global audiences released unforgettable work across every genre, Detroit’s own music scene continued to thrive, innovate and put out some of its strongest recordings yet. From celebrated artists to emerging talent, the city’s creative energy remains unmatched.

Celebrating sound together

In The Groove is rooted in no genres — just good music, and this year’s “Best Of” series is a celebration of the artists, recordings and musical moments across the full spectrum of sound that moved us in 2025. It’s a musical reflection of the year we just lived through and a reminder of the power of music to connect and inspire us.

And the celebration wouldn’t be complete without you! Let us know your favorite songs of 2025, and we’ll share your picks on the air. Leave us a message on the Groove Hotline at 313-577-3414, or use the “Open Mic” feature in the WDET mobile app before Dec. 19 to be included.

Join us all week long as we honor the art, artists and listeners who made 2025 unforgettable.

See the Best of 2025 playlists »

Listen to the full playlist:

Tune in starting Friday, Dec. 12 on 101.9 WDET FM, stream anytime at wdet.org — and follow along online for daily Best Of playlists and reflections from our music hosts.

See the Best of 2025 playlists »

Kicking off the show with new music from Jordan Rakei & Jalen Ngonda, plus Wednesday, Jeff Tweedy, Circling Sun 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 December 10, 2025

• “What It Gave Me” – Jordan Rakei & Jalen Ngonda
• “Bliss (Part 2)” – Circling Sun
• “Come Together” – Ike & Tina Turner
• “Wah Wah” – George Harrison
• “Mansize Rooster” – Supergrass
• “Somebody Made For Me” – Emit Rhodes
• “Everybody’s Stalking” – Badly Drawn Boy
• “Ballad of Big Nothing” – Elliott Smith
• “Townies” – Wednesday
• “Cross The Breeze” – Sonic Youth
• “Lou Reed Was My Babysitter” – Jeff Tweedy
• “Flea” – St. Vincent
• “Once In A Lifetime” – WITCH
• “Rabbit Run (Interpol Remix)” – IDLES
• “The Ghost of Tom Joad” – Rage Against The Machine
• “Times” – Wu-Lu
• “Kneel” – Nilufer Yanya
• “Towers” – Hundred Waters
• “Juna” – Clairo
• “Time” – Ni Maxine
• “O Mistress Mine” – Michael Thurber, Moses Sumney & Twelfth Night Cast
• “This Is Who I Am” – Celeste
• “Summertime” – Rosinha De Valença
• “Love and Happiness” – Monty Alexander
• “Figs And Gorgonzola” – Papooz
• “Gotta Get Up” – Harry Nilsson
• “Aht Uh Mi Hed” – Shuggie Otis
• “Hey” – Nilufer Yanya
• “Green Eyed Love (Classixx Remix)” – Mayer Hawthorne
• “Go Down The Mountain” – TAMTAM
• “Black Cow” – Steely Dan
• “Eu Sou Mais Eu” – Ana Mazzotti
• “Electric Fish” – Ana Frango Elétrico
• “Mercury Avenue” – Maxim Ludwig & Angel Olsen
• “Heroes” – David Bowie

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.

Celebrating the birthday of Detroit jazz legend Dr. Donald Byrd, plus the 60th anniversary of “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” which gave us the greatest Christmas music of all time via Vince Guaraldi Trio (really loved this article giving background to how this special came together, thanks to Cola-Cola and sparse jazz). On top of all that, new music from Momoko Gill, Georgie Sweet, Gerald Clayton, Adrian Sherwood, SOYUZ 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 December 9, 2025

• “2close2farr” – Momoko Gill
• “All That We Were” – Georgie Sweet
• “Into Harmony (feat. Julia Biel)” – Hector Plimmer
• “Cast Your Fate to the Wind” – Vince Guaraldi Trio
• “Linus and Lucy” – Vince Guaraldi Trio
• “Cinnamon Sugar” – Gerald Clayton
• “Garden of Inspiration” – Adrian Sherwood, African Head Charge & Speakers Corner Quartet
• “Coltrane (Crooked Man Remix)” – Cymande
• “Not Dead Yet” – Lord Huron
• “I’d Have To Be Crazy” – Willie Nelson
• “A Bowl And A Pudding” – Wilco
• “Across The Universe” – Fiona Apple
• “Foolish Fool” – Dee Dee Warrick
• “Tomorrow (feat. Raheem DeVaughn)” – The Roots
• “17 Days (Piano & a Microphone 1983 Version)” – Prince
• “Alien (Hold On to Your Dreams)” – Gil Scott Heron
• “Billy Jack” – Curtis Mayfield
• “Someone I Know” – Margo Guryan
• “So Nice (Summer Samba) [Azari & III Remix]” – Astrud Gilberto & Walter Wanderley Trio
• “Roller Coaster” – Brijean
• “Closer” – Maria Chiara Argirò
• “Road To Self (KO)” – Kamasi Washington
• “Cristo Redentor” – Donald Byrd
• “Wind Parade” – Donald Byrd
• “Black Byrd” – Donald Byrd
• “P7 Blues” – SOYUZ
• “Plasty” – LL Burns
• “Canopy” – Resavoir & Matt Gold
• “I Couldn’t Love You More (Jam Master’s Deep Rework)” – Sade
• “Rush” – Gerald Clayton
• “Xoxoxo” – corto.alto
• “My Little Drum” – Vince Guaraldi Trio
• “Skating” – Vince Guaraldi Trio

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.

Sliding back into the workweek with a high energy show that starts with Atlanta punk darlings Upchuck, puts a spotlight on Momoko Gill ahead of her upcoming debut solo album due out in February from Strut Records and closing down the show with music from Hot Chip and Robyn for a dose of “Dopamine.” 

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 December 1, 2025

• “New Case” – Upchuck
• “Softly” – Mannequin Pussy
• “I Don’t Know You” – Mannequin Pussy
• “S.N.C.” – DARKSIDE
• “Tuesday” – Mary In The Junkyard
• “Number One Fan” – Rocket
• “Sonny The Strong” – Gaz Coombes
• “Cinnamon Sugar” – Gerald Clayton
• “Garden of Inspiration” – Adrian Sherwood, African Head Charge & Speakers Corner Quartet
• “Its My House (Special Disco Version)” – Risco Connection
• “Stand on the Word (1982 Version)” – Joubert Singers
• “Spaced Outta Place Pt. 1” – Sundown
• “TOUCH” – Sparklmami & Les Sons Du Cosmos
• “People Everywhere ii” – Khruangbin
• “Walking In The Dark” – Stefano Torossi
• “BIG FISH” – Nate Smith & säje
• “No Others” – Momoko Gill
• 2close2farr” – Momoko Gill
• “Need To Run” – Matthew Herbert + Momoko Gill
• “One Thing” – Lola Young
• “Market” – Chronixx
• “The Payback” – James Brown
• “Protection” – Massive Attack
• “Underwater Love” – Smoke City
• “Alleys Of Your Mind” – Cybotron
• “Run Free (Nite Version)” – Soul Wax
• “New Body Rhumba” – LCD Soundsystem
• “Devotion (Boys’ Shorts Remix)” – Hot Chip
• “Dopamine” – Robyn

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 second annual In The Groove Throwback Thursday Turkey Fun Time Holiday Show—all with comfort classics! Starting with Sam Cooke, plenty of Nina Simone, John Coltrane, Roberta Flack, Ten Years After, Albert King and many, many more. Enjoy!

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 November 27, 2025

• “A Change Is Gonna Come” – Sam Cooke
• “Better Days” – Graham Nash
• “Whatever I Am” – Nina Simone
• “Saturday Night Special” – Jazzanova
• “Equinox” – John Coltrane
• “Compared To What” – Roberta Flack
• “Lady Day and John Coltrane” – Gil Scott Heron
• “Backlash Blues” – Nina Simone
• “Cadillac Assembly Line” – Albert King
• “Down By The River” – Buddy Miles
• “Come Together” – Ike & Tina Turner
• “California Soul” – Marlena Shaw
• “Soul Vibrations” – Dorothy Ashby
• “Twenty Five Miles” – Edwin Starr
• “Magalenha” – Sergio Mendes
• “Funkier Than A Mosquito’s Tweeter” – Nina Simone
• “Bra” – Cymande
• “Hand Clapping Song” – Meters
• “Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone” – Temptations
• “Superfly” – Curtis Mayfield
• “Rebel Rebel” – Seu Jorge
• “Can You Get To That” – Funkadelic
• “Let ‘Em In” – Wings
• “This Must Be The Place” – Talking Heads
• “Muizenberg” – John Wizards
• “Les La Bas” – Henri Texier
• “This Love Is Here To Stay” – Thomas Dybdahl
• “Open Your Eyes” – Bobby Caldwell
• “Love And Happiness” – Monty Alexander
• “I Dig Love” – George Harrison
• “I’d Love To Change The World” – Ten Years After
• “Fried Neckbones and Some Homefries” – Willie Bobo
• “The Wind Cries Mary” – Jimi Hendrix
• “Wooden Ships” – Crosby, Stills & Nash
• “Sympathy For The Devil” – The Rolling Stones

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.

New music from Yin Yin, Automatic, Dry Cleaning, Soulwax, plus your songs of gratitude and thanks with selections from Massive Attack, Big Star, The Cure and Donald Byrd.

Comedian T. Barb stops by to talk about the music that influenced her throughout her career ahead of her big hometown show at the Detroit House of Comedy this Friday. 

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 November 26, 2025

• “Spirit Adapter” – Yin Yin
• “Mq9” – Automatic
• “Hit My Head All Day” – Dry Cleaning
• “Angles Mortz” – Nightbus
• “Run Free (Nite Version)” – Soulwax
• “Maybe I Got It Wrong” – Ruti
• “Last Forever” – Patchwork Inc. & Wyatt Waddell
• “Nancy From Now On” – Father John Misty
• “Clover” – Billie Marten
• “Guns of Brixton (feat. Camille)” – Nouvelle Vague
• “The Harder They Come” – Jimmy Cliff
• “High Tide or Low Tide (B is for Bob Mix)” – Bob Marley
• “You Got It” – Thandii
• “Free” – Sault
• “La Ceiba” – Antibalas
• “Blue Lines” – Massive Attack
• “Be Thankful For What You’ve Got” – Massive Attack
• “The Lovecats” – The Cure
• “Thank You Friends” – Big Star
• “Can’t Hardly Wait (Cello Version)” – The Replacements
• “Power Of The Moon” – Ezra Furman
• “Rock & Roll” – Velvet Underground
• “Veni Vidi Vici” – The Black Lips
• “Paper Tiger” – Spoon
• “I Love Your Smile (In The Groove with Detroit Comedian T. Barb)” – Shanice
• “#1 Stunna (In The Groove with Detroit Comedian T. Barb)” – Big Tymers
• “Big Pimpin’ (feat. UGK) [Edited] (In The Groove with Detroit Comedian T. Barb)” – Jay-Z
• “Ice Me Out (In The Groove with Detroit Comedian T. Barb)” – Kash Doll
• “5pm” – Otis Junior & Dr. Dundiff
• “The Light” – Jordan Rakei
• “Wind Parade” – Donald Byrd
• “Ainda é Verão” – Alulu Paranhos & Bruno Berle
• “Tenderly” – Luiz Bonfá
• “Dumb Feeling” – Mei Semones

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.

Diving into new music from Gabriel Jacoby, Charlotte Day Wilson, Patchwork Inc., Gerald Clayton 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 November 25, 2025

• “Canopy” – Resavoir & Matt Gold
• “I Couldn’t Love You More (Jam Master’s Deep Rework)” – Sade
• “Hold On” – Allysha Joy
• “Lost My Love (DJ Amir & Re.Decay Jazz Re.Imagined Remix)” – Kenny Cox
• “Baby” – Gabriel Jacoby
• “It Always Was” – Joshua Idehen
• “Selfish” – Charlotte Day Wilson
• “Herbs & Wine (feat. Ivar)” – Kraak & Smaak
• “On And On” – Patchwork Inc. & Rhea the Second
• “Phoenix” – Rhye
• “Let it Happen (Soulwax Remix)” – Tame Impala
• “Rush” – Gerald Clayton
• “Diane Charlemagne (Iman Houssein Remix)” – LEFTO EARLY BIRD
• “Xoxoxo” – corto.alto
• “Great Pumpkin Waltz” – Vince Guaraldi Trio
• “Mirror” – Jeff Tweedy
• “I’ll Do It For Your Love” – Paul Simon
• “Astrønne” – Psycho Killer
• “Radio Silence” – James Blake
• “Limit To Your Love” – James Blake
• “Disparate Youth” – Santigold
• “Y Control” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• “Pokemon” – Wet Leg
• “Highway” – Lewis OfMan & Empress Of
• “Tokyo Midnight” – Sababa 5 & Yurika Hanashima
• “Siesta Freestyle” – Lewis OfMan & Alicia te quiero
• “Looking For You” – Nino Ferrer
• “DEATH COMES FROM THE SKY” – Unknown Mortal Orchestra
• “Summoning the Monkey God” – The Sorcerers
• “Bright Moments” – Admin
• “Constellation” – The Circling Sun
• “Cristo Redentor” – Donald Byrd
• “Chants” – Donald Byrd

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.

One of the busiest shows… ever?

I didn’t want to start the week with a major death, but Jimmy Cliff—the crooner who brought the sound of reggae from Jamaica to the world—died at the age of 81. So, of course, a tribute to him and artists carrying that sound forward, like Chronixx. Plus, celebrating The Pharcyde’s excellent debut album released on this very day back in 1992; new music from Boko Yout, Charlotte Day Wilson, Khraungbin 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 November 24, 2025

• “Track 28” – J Dilla
• “Selfish” – Charlotte Day Wilson
• “Career Climbing” – Yukimi & Little Dragon
• “The Harder They Come” – Jimmy Cliff
• “54-46 Was My Number” – Toots & the Maytals
• “Vietnam” – Jimmy Cliff
• “OSAKA” – Athletic Progression
• “One O’Clock Last Morning, 20th April 1970” – Rosinha De Valença
• “White Gloves ii” – Khruangbin
• “Bliss (Part 2)” – The Circling Sun
• “Flight Time” – Donald Byrd
• “BOYFRIEND” – Boko Yout
• “Wah-Wah (2014 Remaster)” – George Harrison
• “Loose Cannon” – Puzzle
• “Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf)” – Pixies
• “Hit My Head All Day” – Dry Cleaning
• “Underwater Love” – Smoke City
• “Run Free (Nite Version)” – Soulwax
• “new body rhumba (from the film White Noise)” – LCD Soundsystem
• “The World’s Biggest Paving Slab (Daniel Avery Remix)” – English Teacher & Daniel Avery
• “It’s A Mirror” – Perfume Genius
• “..THUS IS WHY ( I DON’T SPRING 4 LOVE )” – Saya Gray
• “Words” – Big Thief
• “Ferry Lady” – Panda Bear
• “Paradis” – Donna Blue
• “Survivor” – Chronixx
• “In A Dream (Live)” – Misha Panfilov
• “No One’s Watching Me (feat. Olivia Dean)” – Ezra Collective
• “A Couple Minutes (A COLORS SHOW)” – Olivia Dean’
• “Water Me Down (Pamcy Remix)” – Vagabon
• “Soul Flower Remix” – Pharcyde
• “Passin’ Me By” – Pharcyde

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A moody mix to match the weather with a ton of throwbacks, starting with James Brown, Massive Attack, Deftones covering the Cars and lots of moody morsels in between. Plus, giving our flowers to Stone Roses bass player Gary “Mani” Mounfield, who has died at the age of 63.

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

• “The Payback” – James Brown
• “Protection” – Massive Attack
• “Drive” – Deftones
• “Ritual Union (Maya Jane Coles Remix)” – Little Dragon
• “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul” – Gnarls Barkley
• “Kiss Me On The Neck” – Erykah Badu
• “Uno Punto Uno” – Women In Jazz & Rosa Brunello
• “Underwater Love” – Smoke City
• “The Truth (feat. Roisin & J-Live)” – Handsome Boy Modeling School
• “Pride May Put Me To Rest” – Louise Walker
• “Speak To Me” – Julian Lage
• “Fall Again (feat. Lil Silva)” – Duval Timothy & Melanie Faye
• “Africa” – Bill Laurance & Michael League
• “Baltimore” – Nina Simone
• “Hey Now (When I Give You All My Lovin’)” – Romare
• “I Can’t Hardly Stand It” – The Cramps
• “No News Is Good News” – Pops Staples
• “I Walk On Guilded Splinters” – Dr. John
• “Exuma, The Obeah Man” – Exuma
• “Carried Away” – H.E.R.
• “T.I.B.W.F.” – The Budos Band
• “Lo Life” – Antibalas
• “Let Go” – NewDad
• “2020” – SUUNS
• “The Equalizer” – Clinic
• “Lebanese Blonde” – Thievery Corporation
• “Dream Of You” – Lionlimb, Angel Olsen
• “Brown Paper Bag” – DIIV
• “Weird Fishes/ Arpeggi” – Friko
• “I Am the Resurrection” – The Stone Roses
• “Fools Gold” – The Stone Roses

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A very busy show today! Diving into a world of new music with Mac DeMarco, pôt-pot, Smerz, Glyders and more. 

We spent some time with Acoustic Cafe’s Rob Reinhart, who had the honor of interviewing Todd Snider over the years. The late singer-songwriter died on November 15 at the age of 59.

Plus, Detroit-based artist Via Mardot stops by to talk about her show at the Lager House on Friday. We play a handful of tracks from her album “Higher Higher Burning Fire,” which you can buy directly from the artist via Bandcamp.

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

• “Moving Forward” – Bryony Jarman-Pinto
• “Day Dreaming” – Aretha Franklin
• “Cruisin’” – Smokey Robinson
• “I Want You” – Marvin Gaye
• “Parabéns (feat. Marcos Valle) [Quarantine Sessions]” – Tom Misch
• “Be Thankful For What You’ve Got (Live)” – Orgone
• “Holy” – Mac DeMarco
• “Hot Scene” – pôt-pot
• “One Tiny Flower” – Jeff Tweedy
• “Easy (Astrid Sonne EDIT)” – Smerz
• “Sleeping Without You Is a Dragg (feat. Justin Vernon & Jenny Lewis)” – Swamp Dogg
• “Count The Days (feat. Jenny Lewis)” – Swamp Dogg
• “Elderberry Wine” – Wednesday
• “Meet Me In The City” – Junior Kimbrough
• “How Can I Lose” – Shirley Ann Lee
• “Avant Gardener” – Courtney Barnett
• “Conservative, Christian, Right Wing Republican, Straight, White, American Males” – Todd Snider
• “Better Than Ever Blues (Acoustic Cafe Session)” – Todd Snider
• “When I Get To Heaven” – John Prine
• “In Spite of Ourselves (feat. Amy Taylor)” – Viagra Boys
• “Got You” – Amyl and The Sniffers
• “This Is Who I Am” – Celeste
• “Pining” – Via Mardot
• “Flea” – St. Vincent
• “Crosseyed and Painless (feat. Money Mark)” – Chicano Batman
• “Once In A Lifetime” – WITCH
• “Queenless King” – WITCH
• “Stone Shadow” – Glyders
• “Mother’s Son” – Curtis Mayfield

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New music discovery from corto.alto, Olive Jones, Celeste, Moses Sumney, Clairo and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for November 18, 2025

• “Towers” – Hundred Waters
• “It Always Was” – Joshua Idehen
• “The Divine Chord (feat. MGMT & Johnny Marr)” – The Avalanches
• “So Easy” – Röyksopp
• “Juna” – Clairo
• “Time” – Ni Maxine
• “APRIL (feat. anaiis)” – corto.alto
• “End Of Time” – Olive Jones
• “This Is Who I Am” – Celeste
• “O Mistress Mine” – Michael Thurber, Moses Sumney & Twelfth Night Cast
• “Squares” – Beta Band
• “What’s Done In the Dark (Will One Day Come to Light)” – Jackie Wilson
• “No One’s Gonna Love You” – Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators
• “Côte D’ivoire” – Yoni Mayraz
• “Herbs & Wine (feat. Ivar)” – Kraak & Smaak
• “You Ain’t Gotta Lie (Momma Said)” – Kendrick Lamar
• “Backline” – Butcher Brown
• “Are You Even Real” – Teddy Swims & GIVĒON
• “The Line” – D’Angelo
• “Song for My Father” – Tenderlonious
• “Monotropa” – MRKT
• “Amants Ennemis” – Domenique Dumont
• “Big People Music (feat. Theo Croker)” – Reuben James
• “Dumpalltheguns (Jitwam Remix)” – Adi Oasis
• “Ethiopean Sunshower” – Brian Jackson, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad
• “SPIDERS” – Lola Young
• “Drains” – mary in the junkyard
• “Better” – SPRINTS
• “The World’s Biggest Paving Slab (Daniel Avery Remix)” – English Teacher & Daniel Avery
• “Heaven Scent (feat. Chloe Sevigny)” – Soulwax
• “Gemini” – Angélica Garcia
• “I Don’t See It That Way” – Spoek Mathambo
• “Too Poor” – Σtella
• “I’m Not Ready For The Chance” – Nation of Language
• “Just Like Honey” – The Jesus and Mary Chain
• “Golden Gate (On And On)” – Madison Cunningham
• “Cruel” – St. Vincent
• “Nightclubbing” – Iggy Pop

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New week, new music from Perfume Genius, Lady Wray, Chronixx, Morgan Nadler and more.

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

• “It’s A Mirror” – Perfume Genius
• “..THUS IS WHY ( I DON’T SPRING 4 LOVE )” – Saya Gray
• “Words” – Big Thief
• “Ferry Lady” – Panda Bear
• “Paradis” – Donna Blue
• “Survivor” – Chronixx
• “D’Evils” – SiR
• “Teach Me” – SiR
• “Devil’s Pie (Tall Black Guy Edit)” – D’Angelo
• “I Want To Thank You” – Alicia Myers
• “Les Fleurs” – Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band
• “Be A Witness” – Lady Wray
• “Tonight You Might (feat. Lady Wray)” – Synthia
• “Switch Over” – Horsegirl
• “Vertigo” – Shadow Show
• “Radiant Hue” – Shadow Show
• “13th Century Metal” – Brittany Howard
• “Mi Mujer” – Nicolas Jaar
• “Hanan” – Adiga House Band 
• “Hold On To The Light” – Jack Johnson & Hermanos Gutiérrez
• “Gumshoe (Dracula From Arkansas)” – Youth Lagoon
• “Before You Gotta Go” – Courtney Barnett
• “Diving Woman” – Japanese Breakfast
• “Cradle The Pain” – Morgan Nadler
• “I Set My Face To The Hillside” – Tortoise
• “Give It To Me Baby” – Jarina De Marco
• “Baby Forgive Me (Young Marco Remix)” – Robyn
• “Dopamine” – Robyn
• “Satan In Love” – La Bellini
• “Estrelar” – Marcos Valle
• “Olhos Coloridos” – Sandra de Sá
• “Nomalizo” – Letta Mbulu
• “Space Oddity” – Seu Jorge
• “Hurricane” – Chronixx
• “Hold Me” – Sault
• “I Want You (John Morales M+M Pianopella Mix)” – Marvin Gaye

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Scoping out new music from Glyders, a psyched-out trio from Chicago on Drag City, plus Yellow Days is back with fresh cut “Sharon” and Celeste might be my favorite singer in the world right now.

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

• “The Seize” – Jordan Rakei
• “Dispose Of Me” – Omar Apollo
• “Road To Nowhere” – Roge
• “Waves” – Ista
• “Believer” – Annahstasia
• “Left For Tomorrow” – Perfume Genius
• “Comin’ Through” – War On Drugs
• “I Found The F” – Broadcast
• “É Preciso Dar Um Jeito, Meu Amigo” – Erasmo Carlos
• “Stone Shadow” – Glyders
• “Gap In The Clouds” – Yellow Days
• “Sharon” – Yellow Days
• “I Love You Too Much” – Stevie Wonder
• “People Always Change” – Celeste
• “Melodies” Girls Of The Internet & Sio
• “Why Don’t You” – Cleo Sol
• “17 Days (Piano & a Microphone 1983 Version)” – Prince
• “How Big Is The Rainbow” – Tune-Yards
• “If You Only Knew” – Gabriels
• “Roy” – IDLES
• “Man Made Of Meat” – Viagra Boys
• “A Vineyard For The North” – Yard Act
• “Mind’s A Lie” – High Vis
• “Love Like Blood” – Killing Joke
• “Circlesz” – GENA, Liv.e & Karriem Riggins
• “Opal (feat. John Medeski, Jorge Roeder & Kenny Wollesen)” – Julian Lage
• “TNT” – Tortoise
• “Ritual Union (Maya Jane Coles Remix)” – Little Dragon
• “What They Say” – Maya Jane Coles
• “Garden” – Maria Somerville
• “Alone (Four Tet Remix)” – The Cure
• “I Shimmer” – Jadu Heart
• “Penthouse Samba” – Marina Zispin
• “Deadly Valentine (Soulwax Remix)” – Charlotte Gainsbourg

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