Starting off slow and mellow with tracks from Swamp Dogg, Herbert and Gabrielle Cavassa—who will be performing this year at the Detroit Jazz Fest. Then we go hyperspeed with new music from Dry Cleaning and Soulwax. Tune in and tune out!

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for May 5, 2026

• “Jimtastic Blues” – Greentea Peng
• “Glitter” – BENEE
• “Trying to Live My Life Without You” – Otis Clay
• “Sleeping Without You Is a Dragg (feat. Justin Vernon & Jenny Lewis)” – Swamp Dogg
• “Brother Where Are You (Matthew Herbert Remix)” – Oscar Brown, Jr. & Matthew Herbert
• “Hypnotised (feat. Mel Uye-Parker)” – Herbert
• “Just Like A Baby” – Sly & the Family Stone
• “Hold Me” – SAULT
• “If I Should Die Tonight (SaLaAm ReMi’s Piano Mix)” – Marvin Gaye
• “Prisoner of Love” – Gabrielle Cavassa
• “Last Night Reprise (feat. Cautious Clay, Kaki King & Maeve Gilchrist)” – Arooj Aftab
• “Where Would You Be” – Yaw
• “Can We Pretend” – Bill Withers
• “Mary Don’t You Weep (Piano & a Microphone 1983 Version)” – Prince
• “Demon In Profile” – Afghan Whigs
• “God Gets You Back” – Mogwai
• “Firesuite” – Doves
• “Here It Comes” – Doves
• “Melody Day” – Caribou
• “Can’t Run But” – Paul Simon
• “Roscoe (Beyond the Wizard’s Sleeve Remix)” – Midlake
• “Tom The Model” – Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man
• “Deep Harbour (feat. Alfa Mist)” – Commodo
• “Tek Control (feat. Liam Bailey)” – IZCO
• “Brownout” – Ghost Funk Orchestra
• “Traveling With (feat. Jeff Parker & Anna Butterss) (LIVE ON WDET)” – Daniel Villarreal
• “Dita Cuja” – Nicholas Mariano
• “Uncanny” – Daniel Villarreal
• “R&B (Theo Verney Version)” – English Teacher
• “Sliced By A Fingernail” – Dry Cleaning
• “Rich” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• “Territorial Call of the Female” – BODEGA
• “Love Is the Drug (Todd Terje Disco Dub)” – Roxy Music
• “Perfect We Are Not” – Soulwax
• “In Person” – Low Island

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.

Rest in rhythm to the Purple One. Ten years ago today, we lost the musical legend Prince. Longtime Detroit promoter Adriel Thornton and writer, director and producer dream hampton call into the show to share their memories of how they mourned the loss of Prince a decade ago, plus a host of your favorite Prince picks and edits. 

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 April 21, 2026

• “17 Days (Piano & a Microphone 1983 Version)” – Prince
• “Another Baby!” – Dijon
• “DNM” – Mk.Gee
• “Sun Khosi” – Ruby Rushton
• “Rush” – Gerald Clayton
• “Red Moon” – Tom Misch
• “Cherry” – J.J. Cale
• “Are You Tired? (Keep on Singing)” – DARKSIDE
• “I’m Not Ready for the Change” – Nation of Language
• “Around the World in a Day” – Prince & The Revolution
• “Locked” – Four Tet
• “Sometimes It Snows In April” – Prince
• “2close2farr” – Momoko Gill
• “All That We Were” – Georgie Sweet
• “Into Harmony (feat. Julia Biel)” – Hector Plimmer
• “Uptown” – Prince
• “Purple” – Jamie 3-26
• “I Wanna Be Your Lover (Dimitri from Paris Mix)” – Prince
• “Do I Believe In God (LNTG Muscle Mix)” – Late Nite Tuff Guy
• “Flight Time” – Donald Byrd
• “P7 Blues” – SOYUZ
• “Xoxoxo” – corto.alto
• “Oxbow” – Waxahatchee
• “If You Change” – Widowspeak
• “Talk About The Passion” – R.E.M.
• “Here’s Where The Story Ends” – The Sundays
• “Linger (SiriusXM Session)” – Royel Otis
• “I Don’t Know You” – Mannequin Pussy
• “Alone (Four Tet Remix)” – The Cure

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.

Today’s playlist keeps things fresh as we spin tracks from Against All Logic, Khruangbin, Say She She, Asha Puthli, Gorillaz, and Ed O’Brien, alongside music from The Kinks, Tirzah,Radiohead, Charlotte Day Wilson, Ben Harper, Lianne La Havas,Stereolab, and Wye Oak.

Newer sounds come from artists like Dummy, Dijon, Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill, and Pedro Ricardo, with standout moments from The Prodigy and Prince, plus more throughout the set. 

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for March 18, 2026 

• “This Old House Is All I Have” – Against All Logic 

• “First Class (Soul in the Horn Remix)” – Khruangbin & Natasha Diggs 

• “Silver” – Say She She 

• “Pawa!” – Asha Puthli & Say She She 

• “The Moon Cave (feat. Asha Puthli, Bobby Womack, David Jolicoeur, Jalen Ngonda & Black Thought)” – Gorillaz 

• “Blue Morpho” – Ed O’Brien 

• “This Time Tomorrow” – The Kinks 

• “Hot Sun” – Wilco 

• “Hive Mind (Speakers Corner Quartet Remix)” – Tirzah 

• “Burn the Witch” – Radiohead 

• “Canopy” – Charlotte Day Wilson 

• “Cantar Das Kandakinhas” – Pedro Ricardo 

• “Strawberry Fields Forever” – Ben Harper 

• “Wreck” – Brown Horse 

• “My Room” – Divorce 

• “Jealous Boy” – The Bug Club 

• “Roy” – IDLES 

• “Firestarter” – The Prodigy 

• “No Room for Doubt (feat. Willy Mason)” – Lianne La Havas 

• “Opaline Bubbletear” – Dummy 

• “Metronomic Underground” – Stereolab 

• “Break Me Down” – Yukimi 

• “Schools of Eyes” – Wye Oak 

• “If Only I Could Wait (feat. Danielle Haim)” – Bon Iver 

• “Babystar” – Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill 

• “Another Baby!” – Dijon 

• “17 Days (Piano & a Microphone 1983 Version)” – Prince 

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. 

This week on Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music a new album coming next month from Nick Piunti, Detroit rocker and restaurateur. Plus Lucinda Williams’ new album, a prescient 2014 track from YUSUF/Cat Stevens and more.

Also, we celebrate 50 years of David Bowie’s “Station To Station” album at 50, and 70 years of Verve Records!

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Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music Playlist for January 24, 2026

HOUR ONE:

• “To Love Somebody” – Al Green
• “Let’s Take Our Time” – Aaron Fraser & Durand Jones & The Indications
• “Ain’t That A Trip” – The James Hunter 6 ft. Van Morrison
• “Dead End – Snail Mail
• “I Am America” – Jeff Daniels & Thornetta Davis
  
• “Manic Monday” – Prince
• “Taste On My Lips” – Ya Tseen (w/Portugal. The Man and Meshell Ndegeocello)
  
• “Pride II” – Meshell Ndegeocello
• “Tanana” – Portugal. The Man
• “WAP” – The Claypool Lennon Delirium (coming to Meadowbrook 5/31)
• “Against The Dying Of The Light” – Jose Gonzalez
• “Get Back” – Samm Henshaw
• “You get the Feeling” – Squeeze
  
• “Hourglass” – Squeeze
  

• “Fall Moon” – St. Paul & The Broken Bones (coming to St. Andrews 4/29)
  
• “Site Unseen” – Courtney Barnett (coming to The Majestic 5/21)
• “Hold Tight” – Rozzi
• “Who’s That” – Brother Wallace
• “Big In Madrid” – Nick Piunti
• “Golden Years” – David Bowie
  
• “Blueberry Hill” – Louie Armstrong
• “Glory” – Dames Brown ft. Waajeed
  
• “I Was Raised In Babylon” – YUSUF/Cat Stevens
• “Freedom Speaks” – Lucinda Williams
• “Let’s Do It” – Ella Fitzgerald
• “Day By Day” – Samara Joy

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

This week on Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music the happiest of birthday wishes to Dolly Parton who turns 80 on Monday, plus the late Bobby Weir in various musical arrangements, new music from waterbaby, Mitski, Arlo Parks and more.

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Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music Playlist for January 17, 2026

HOUR ONE:

• “2Sided” – Arlo Parks
  
• “Holding On” – Disclosure w/Gregory Porter
  
• “You’ve Got What It Takes” – Ledisi w/Gregory Porter
  
• “For Real” – 
  Eric Hirshberg & Aloe Blacc
• “A Hazy Shade Of Winter” – The Accidentals
  
• “I Can’t Make You Love Me” – Prince
• “Feels Alright” – Spoon
  
• “Sugar Magnolia” – Grateful Dead
  
• “The Algorithm Song” – Jon Spear
  
• “Memory Be A Blade” – waterbaby
• “The Flood” – Ye Vagabons
  
• “When Love Comes To Town” – Slash, Shemekia Copeland, Myles Kennedy, Joe Bonamassa
  

• “Seven Bridges Road” – Dolly Parton
  
• “Wildfowers” – Trio
• “World On Fire” – Dolly Parton
• “Jolene” – Beyonce
• “Smoky Mountain DNA” – Dolly Parton & Family
  
• “9 To 5” – Allison Krauss
  
• “Only A River” – Bob Weir
  
• “Walkin’ Blues” – Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman
  
• “Where’s My Phone” – Mitsky
• “Deeper” – Disclosure w/Leon Thomas
  
• “Heart Inside My Head” – Nick Puinti
  
• “Hell In A Bucket” – Grateful Dead
  

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

This week on Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music looking ahead to new releases coming in the first few months of 2026, including Robyn’s first new album in 7 years, upcoming albums from Iron & Wine and Lucinda Williams, and brand new music this week from Mon Rovia, Father John Misty, Madison McFerrin and Common.

Also tunes from Ledisi with Gregory Porter, Prince, Joe Jackson and more.

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Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music Playlist for January 10, 2026

HOUR ONE:

• “Field Song” – Mon Rovia
• “The Old Law” – Father John Misty
• “Talk To Me” – Robyn
• “Dangerous Blues” – Luke Winslow-King
• “Everybody Knows” – The Legal Matters
  
• “Sweet Love” – Stephen Sanchez
  
• “This Time For Real” – Chet Faker
  
• “Hair Down” – Samm Henshaw
  
• “Welcome To Burning-By-Sea” – Joe Jackson
• “Memphis” – Joe Jackson
• “Ready To Let You Down” – Joseph
  
• “I Still Need Love 2” – The Twilite Tone (w/Madison McFerrin, Common)
  

• “Sister Golden Hair” – The Dandy Warhols
• “In Your Ocean” – Iron & Wine
• “Hoodoo Woman” – Tinsley
  
• “They Keep Trying To Find You” – Bonnie Prince Billy
• “Plastic Cigarette” – Zach Bryan
  
• “Take Me To Graceland” – Jack Spivey
  
• “Boy In The Bubble” – Paul Simon
• “Peace Of Mind” – Wesley Joseph ft. Danny Brown
• “drivers license” – David Byrne
  
• “The 6th Of January (Yasgur’s Farm)” – Amy Grant
• “The World’s Gone Wrong” – Lucinda Williams ft. Brittney Spencer
• “Dead Man Walking” – The Infamous Stringdusters

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