A couple musical milestones we revisit including releases from Funkadelic and Steely Dan, plus new music discovery from Billie Marten, Makaya McCraven, Cate Le Bon, Flock of Dimes and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for September 23, 2025

• “Clover” – Billie Marten
• “Guns of Brixton (feat. Camille)” – Nouvelle Vague
• “Paper Tiger” – Spoon
• “Downtown” – Destroyer
• “Away (feat. Jeff Parker)” – Makaya McCraven
• “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” – Kate Bush
• “About Time” – Cate Le Bon
• “Autumn Sweater” – Yo La Tengo
• “Don’t Be Cruel” – Billy Swan
• “Accidental Meetings” – Chaos in the CBD
• “stay (Scott Grooves Raw Silk Edit)” – Allysha Joy
• “Otis” – Durutti Column
• “Lifer” – Wye Oak
• “Long After Midnight” – Flock of Dimes
• “Hotel Yorba” – White Stripes
• “Little Room” – White Stripes
• “Sleeping Ute” – Grizzly Bear
• “Gone Clear” – William Tyler
• “Black Cow” – Steely Dan
• “Moonlight Mile” – Rolling Stones
• “The Wind Cries Mary” – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
• “Bad Bad News” – Leon Bridges
• “Maybe I Got It Wrong” – Ruti
• “Last Forever” – Patchwork Inc. & Wyatt Waddell
• “Nancy From Now On” – Father John Misty
• “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (feat. Black Thought)” – Brian Jackson & Masters At Work
• “One Nation Under A Groove” – Funkadelic
• “24/7” – Kyle Dion
• “Burning Down the House (Live)” – Talking Heads
• “From A Lover” – Yazmin Lacey
• “Slow Down” – Skip Marley & H.E.R.
• “Skindo Le-Le (S.U.M.O. Rebounce)” – A Bossa Elétrica
• “Next To You” – Erykah Badu & The Alchemist
• “I Couldn’t Love You More (Jam Master’s Deep Rework)” – Sade
• “So Easy” – Röyksopp

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