That dazzling photo above features local folk/world musician, dancer and choreographer, Samuel Nalangira. Deep into this week’s MI Local, you’ll hear a live recording of one of his transcendent songs, “Zagyenda.” While Nalangira’s track doesn’t kick off the show, I’m mentioning it first and foremost because he’s performing in WDET’s Sounds Like Detroit showcase on Aug. 14 at Batch Brewing Company!

Nalangira will be one of four featured performers at that event, along with R&B artist Beth, indie-folk-pop singer/songwriter Corazon Szell, and neo-soul group Tariq Gardner & Evening Star. You can find more information about Sounds Like Detroit and get your tickets at wdet.org/events. 

Grabbing a ticket for Sounds Like Detroit is just one way to show your support for WDET. Some local musicians are showing their support in other ways too, like Hamtramck-based singer/songwriter John Salvage, who is donating all proceeds from purchased downloads of his new single to NPR! Here on MI Local, we premiered Salvage’s brand new single, “Break The Wall.” You can see Salvage perform live on Sunday, Aug. 3, at the Polka Dot Bar. 

As a solo artist, Salvage’s music resides within the folk and indie-Americana genres, which is also the stylistic domain of Ypsilanti-based post-folk five-piece outfit Little Traps, who have a new album out this week titled Regular Love. We heard the title track from that record, which has its release party on Friday, Aug. 1 in Dexter. 

Meanwhile, we kicked off the show with some potent psychedelic-witchy rock from WICCANS, which transitioned nicely into a spooky and groovily-sludgy track from Ypsilanti-based rock group The Velvet Snakes. Both have just recently released new albums, the latter of which has a release party this Thursday night at Ziggy’s.

See the playlist below and listen to the episode on-demand for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

MI Local Playlist for July 22, 2025

• “Possessed” – WICCANS
• “Shake Your Bones” – The Velvet Snakes
• “Regular Love” – Little Traps
• “Tiny Galaxies” – Tanager
• “Temptation Rag” – Aaron Jonah Lewis
• “Break The Wall” – John Salvage
• “Loving Strangers” – Mike Leslie
• “What Was The Question?” – Eddie Logix
• “Hastings Street (live)” – Allen Dennard
• “Zagyenda” – Samuel Nalangira
• “Too Fast (feat. The Accidentals)” – Mark Jewett
• “I Need A Ghost” – Tom Alter
• “Left Behind” – Conor Lynch
• “I Can’t Let Go” – The Blueflowers

A tribute to the late great Ozzy Osbourne. An artist spotlight on Lars Bartkuhn and his excellent 2024 album “Nomad.”

Plus, new music discovery from The Marias, Ian Lampel, Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange, Domenique Dumont, Sam Prekop 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 July 23, 2025

• “First Kalimba” – Lars Bartkuhn
• “Nobody New” – The Marias
• “Sexy Boy (Vegyn Version)” – Air
• “Babystar” – Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill
• “Parque Rodó Thugs” – Ian Lampel
• “Con Altura” – Orquesta Akokán
• “Selenge” – Céline Dessberg
• “Mercy (feat. Dianne Reeves)” – Lakecia Benjamin
• “Baby Its U” – Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange
• “Amants Ennemis” – Domenique Dumont
• “Around The World” – Daft Punk
• “Roll Your Daddy Right” – John Lee Hooker
• “Nimerudi (Malcolm Catto / The Heliocentrics Remix)” – GOAT, MC Yallah
• “Living For The City” – Stevie Wonder
• “African Skies” – Lars Bartkuhn
• “Light Shadow” – Sam Prekop
• “Exile” – Swim Surreal & Zero 7
• “How Can We Mend a Broken Heart” – Kahil El’Zabar
• “Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City (feat. Kameron Whalum)” – Zeshan B
• “Song for My Father” – Tenderlonious
• “Song For You (Mansionair Remix)” – Rhye
• “Baby Forgive Me (Young Marco Remix)” – Robyn
• “BACK ON” – SBTRKT
• “Because I’m Me” – The Avalanches
• “Never Lost” – Kokoroko
• “War Pigs” – Black Sabbath
• “Changes (Live Version)” – Charles Bradley
• “Planet Caravan (feat. David Jimenez)” – Brownout & Brown Sabbath

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, Detroit-based singer-songwriter Mike Ward joined me in-studio to discuss his new album, “The Time That Remains.” We listened to a few songs from the record and Ward treated WDET listeners to a special live on-air performance.

Ward has been performing with and under the moniker of Psychosongs for years; his first studio album came out in 2018. Particularly since his 2020 album, “Darkness and the Light,” Ward has been exploring themes around hope and empathy during troubling times, along with the benefits that can come with sustaining said hope. Tapping into the classic vein of singer-songwriters like Bruce Springsteen, John Prine, Bob Dylan and Neil Young, Ward’s songs are also specifically never pollyannish, even if they’re defiant in their reach for positivity.

Ward is performing a couple of shows this weekend in Muskegon and Norton Shores, before returning to metro Detroit for a CD release show, celebrating “The Time That Remains” at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 3, hosted at the outdoor Ferndale venue known as the Gazebo.

On this week’s show, we heard two songs from Ward’s new album, including “Why Not?” and “Paycheck.” Ward also performed a live rendition of another new song, “Instrument for Good,” live in-studio.

Along with our chat with Ward, we premiered a lot of new music by local artists, including the new single from Ann Arbor power-pop trio The City Lines. Their new album, “Prescribed Fires,” comes out in September! We recently premiered The City Lines new music video for this single (read more here).

The Armed are a Detroit-based post-hardcore punk outfit that tends to remain mostly anonymous, as far as its membership, even while still performing live shows and creating visual content (like music videos); you can hear their cinematic and beautifully ominous trip of a new single titled “Sharp Teeth” on this week’s MI Local. We also heard the latest from Kalamazoo-based emo/punk trio saturdays at your place, and Detroit-based indie-rockers The Microplastics!

We checked-in on shows happening around the region, including the three-day music festival happening at The Outer Limits Lounge this weekend, known as their annual Stroh Down event. We heard from Zastava, a shoegaze-adjacent rock quartet (and former guests of MI Local) set to perform at the event. We also looked ahead to mid-August, when The Bling Pig hosts the annual Fuzz Fest, put on by longtime rocker Chris Taylor; we heard from the surfy-punk quartet known as Virga!

Don’t forget that WDET’s Sounds Like Detroit Showcase is coming up on August 14, hosted at Batch Brewing! Local R&B/neo-soul icon Beth is one of the featured performers, and we heard a song by her on this week’s show titled “Free.” Get your tickets for Sounds Like Detroit, here!

See the playlist below and listen to the episode on-demand for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

MI Local Playlist for July 22, 2025

• “Blood & Smoke” – The City Lines
• “Kid, You’re Wrong” – The Recital
• “Waste Away” – saturdays at your place
• “Sharp Teeth” – The Armed
• “Break Your Heart” – The Microplastics
• “Amy” – Ben Piper
• “Your Old Key” – Ethan Daniel Davidson
• “Station” – Zastava
• “Bierstadt” – Virga
• “Free” – Beth
• “Critical Violets” – Fred Thomas
• “Why Not?” – Mike Ward
• “Instrument for Good” – Mike Ward (live in WDET Studios)
• “Paycheck” – Mike Ward

How exciting to be, what I believe, the first public radio music show to go from Justin Bieber’s excellent new album into Jeff Tweedy’s excellent new solo triple album! Plus new music from Hot Chip, Girls of the Internet, Ezra Furman, Kelela 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 July 16, 2025

• “Devotion” – Hot Chip
• “Never Ever Ever (feat. Shiv)” – Girls of the Internet
• “Heartbeats (Logic1000 Remix)” – José González
• “summer of love (Minow Remix)” – Two Another
• “Hush” – The Marias
• “YUKON” – Justin Bieber
• “Are You Looking Up” – Mk.gee
• “DAISIES” – Justin Bieber
• “Enough” – Jeff Tweedy
• “Power of the Moon” – Ezra Furman
• “Hold On” – Leon Bridges
• “Like A Ship” – Leon Bridges & Keite Young
• “Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City (feat. Kameron Whalum)” – Zeshan B
• “Fender On The Freeway (Minor Science Remix)” – DIIV
• “Teardrop” – Massive Attack
• “Baby Forgive Me (Young Marco Remix)” – Robyn
• “Waitin’ (unplugged)” – Kelela
• “You got time and I got money” – Smerz
• “Soul Lament” – Kenny Burrell
• “Crazy He Calls Me” – Aretha Franklin
• “Off Om” – Jeff Parker
• “..THUS IS WHY ( I DON’T SPRING 4 LOVE )” – Saya Gray
• “This Is How We Walk on the Moon (feat. Tirzah)” – Speakers Corner Quartet
• “Charlie (feat. Lil Yachty)” – Lola Young
• “Be A Witness” – Lady Wray
• “Laugh At You” – Penny Beverly
• “Nightingale” – Dee Felice Trio
• “I’ve Got a Woman” – Ray Charles
• “Trying to Live My Life Without You” – Otis Clay
• “If You Don’t Want My Love” – Jalen Ngonda
• “Tikurin” – Quantic
• “Peace on Earth (Mr Scott Remix)” – Ebo Taylor
• “What’ll I Do” – The New Birth
• “Keep Me In Mind” – Kelly Finnigan & Renaldo Domino
• “Coming Home” – Leon Bridges
• “Harlem” – Bill Withers
• “Playing Your Game, Baby” – Barry White

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.

We’re residing in that swooning and wistful nexus of emotions that a certain strain of electro-pop can conjure on this week’s MI Local; something tender and beautiful that breaks our heart!

That’s because we were joined by special in-studio guest Jessie Berkshires to discuss her new album, “Sad Girl Sunday,” which doesn’t shy away from the heavy hits of passion, pain, emotional resiliency and museful melancholy, all exquisitely splashed across a synthy-mosaic of electro-pop, and new-wave revivalism that serves to augment her powerful and dulcet singing voice!

Yes! “Sad Girl Summer” is out this Friday, and you can hear the latest single from it, “Walk Alone,” on this week’s MI Local! I’ve been following Berkshires for a couple years now, having previously played tracks from the versatile pop-ensemble Moon Date that she started with her husband, musician and producer Nat Plane. This is probably a good time to mention that Nat also joined us in-studio, particularly since he’s Berkshire’s main collaborator on her solo-project. Last night was actually their wedding anniversary, too!

Berkshires is a singer, songwriter, and visual artist, with a diverse background that includes stints in software design and a past career as a therapist. We spoke about her renewed creative drive and revitalizing her songwriting over the last five years, along with the story behind writing and recording her new album, “Sad Girl Summer,” and the overall worthwhile travails of the DIY artist, laying down tracks in attics and garages.

You can see Jessie Berkshires and Nat Plane performing live during the Pleasant Ridge Porch Sessions on Aug. 23.

Man, this was a heavy new music Friday to unload. So much stuff! And really all over the place, so consider this a stream of consciousness show because I did not know where we were going — but thanks for letting me drive!

Every show is like that, but this one felt like a rowdy ride, including new music from Wet Leg, Kassa Overall, Indigo De Souza, Shame, NewDad, Folk Bitch Trio and much more. Come along for this wild musical ride with me!

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 July 11, 2025

• “Crossfire / So Into You” – Nai Palm
• “Falador Passa Mal” – Os Originais do Samba
• “Pontos de Luz” – Gal Costa
• “WEIGHT OFF (feat. BADBADNOTGOOD)” – Kaytranada
• “Let it Happen (Soulwax Remix)” – Tame Impala
• “Home (Tom Sharkett Edit)” – LCD Soundsystem
• “Waiting For The Punchline (Swallertrip Extended)” – Franc Moody
• “Butterfly” – Jamiroquai
• “Contusion” – Stevie Wonder
• “REBIRTH OF SLICK (COOL LIKE DAT)” – Kassa Overall
• “Be Like The Water” – Indigo De Souza
• “Telescope (feat. Hiatus Kaiyote)” – Tres Leches
• “DNM” – Mk.gee
• “Pond Song” – Wet Leg
• “What We All Want” – Gang of Four
• “Quiet Life” – Shame
• “Roobosh” – NewDad
• “Is She Weird” – Pixies
• “Like Eating Glass” – Bloc Party
• “Out of the Races and Onto the Tracks” – The Rapture
• “Holiday Destination” – Nadine Shah
• “Holiday In Cambodia” – Dead Kennedys
• “Someone Like You” – Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill
• “Siesta Freestyle (Frisco version)” – Lewis OfMan & Alicia te quiero
• “Lo Siento (Lido Pimienta Edit)” – Reyna Tropical & Lido Pimienta
• “Reckoner” – Radiohead
• “Looking For You” – Nino Ferrer
• “Cathode Ray” – Folk Bitch Trio
• “The Wind Cries Mary” – Jimi Hendrix
• “If I’m Unworthy” – Blake Mills
• “Tenderly” – Luiz Bonfá
• “Dumb Feeling” – Mei Semones
• “Sometime / Someplace” – Cornelius
• “Prepare Your Coffin” – Tortoise
• “Overlander” – Budos Band

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 music of Lewis OfMan has always been very popular on this show. I swear, every time I play it, I get a text / email / phone call / smoke signal about how much y’all dig it, so I wanted to spotlight a handful of his tracks, including the new one, “Seoul Disco Night.”

Plus, new music from LL Burns, Matthew Herbert & Monoko Gill, Mocky 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 July 10, 2025

• “Bright Moments” – Admin
• “Don’t Be Afraid” – East Coast Love Affair
• “Seoul Disco Night” – Lewis OfMan
• “Avalanche!” – Shinji
• “Obsession (feat. Grégory Louis & Robert Benjamin) [The Paris Version]” – Guy Cuevas
• “Attitude” – Lewis OfMan
• “Plasty” – LL Burns
• “Quiet Places” – Ghost Funk Orchestra
• “Loud Places” – Jamie xx
• “Dark Moon” – Okonski
• “Fallen Again” – Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill
• “Animals” – Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill
• “Music Will Explain” – Mocky
• “Benoego” – Don Cherry
• “Metronomic Underground” – Stereolab
• “Queenless King” – WITCH
• “Drains” – Mary in the Junkyard
• “Kill Me” – Indigo De Souza
• “What You Are” – Pete Brandt’s Method
• “Nova” – Nomo
• “No Muscle, No Memory” – Rich Ruth
• “Love Buzz” – Shocking Blue
• “Archbishop Harold Holmes” – Jack White
• “Blues” – Geordie Greep
• “Happy House (Matthew Dear vs Audion Remix – Edit)” – The Juan MacLean
• “LITE SPOTS” – Kaytranada
• “Siesta Freestyle” – Lewis OfMan
• “Água de Coco” – Marcos Valle
• “All I Ever Am (Mura Masa Remix)” – The Cure
• “House of Mirrors (feat. Harry Stone)” – Riva Starr
• “Blue Ridge Mountains” – Fleet Foxes
• “Roscoe (Beyond the Wizard’s Sleeve Remix)” – Midlake
• “Draw Something Beautiful” – Ganavya
• “summer of love (Minow Remix)” – Two Another
• “Summer Sweat” – Hannah Cohen

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 is Chris Campbell from The Progressive Underground with your Pick of the Week. And trust me, this one hits deep.

This week, we spotlight Detroit’s own Ideeyah, whose latest EP on Theo Parrish’s Sound Signature label is nothing short of a spiritual sonic experience.

Produced by rising star Meftah, the project marks a bold evolution in Ideeyah’s artistry — blending ethereal vocals, spoken word reflections, and lush, transcendent production that feels like praise and meditation all in one.

One of the standout tracks is called “20/20,” a soulful, introspective groove that moves the body and stirs the spirit, and it’s my Pick of the Week.

That was Ideeyah with “20/20” off her new EP, Sweet Chariot.

If this resonated with you, pull up every Saturday at 6 p.m. for The Progressive Underground, where we explore the future of soul, nu-jazz, b-sides, and deep grooves from across the spectrum.

For The Progressive Underground, I’m Chris Campbell. Catch you next time.

This is Chris Campbell from The Progressive Underground, and it’s time for my Pick of the Week.

Now this one right here? It’s for the ballroom crowd, the steppers, the late-night soul seekers. We’re diving into “1AM (Extended Groove Mix)” from Detroit’s own SiloamPool, a singer-songwriter with a voice as smooth as silk and a pen dipped in jazz and R&B.

Raised on a musical diet of Nina Simone, Earth, Wind & Fire, Al Jarreau, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Gino Vannelli, Siloam once had plans to wear a white coat in the medical field. But after taking a few music theory and vocal courses at the University of Michigan, she caught the bug, and the stage called her name.

After a stint on the road with gospel and R&B legend Fred Hammond, she stepped out solo and hasn’t looked back. Her latest single, co-written with Markovich Drummond and produced by Sidney Howard of Mama, There Goes That Band! fame, is a lush, late-night groove layered with a slow-burn intro and vocals that slide in like velvet.

It’s sensual. It’s soulful. It’s midnight magic turned all the way up.
Let’s get into it. This is Siloam Pool with “1AM (Extended Groove Mix),”  my Pick of the Week.

That was SiloamPool with “1AM (Extended Groove Mix)” — a smooth-as-satin cut built for those moonlit dance floors and backroom lounges. 

If you love groove-heavy joints like this, catch me every Saturday evening at 6 p.m. on The Progressive Underground, where we bump future soul, nu-jazz, b-sides and rare grooves.

For The Progressive Underground, I’m Chris Campbell.  Stay soulful and uplifted and we’ll see you next time.

Depending on when you’re reading this, you may only have a matter of hours in which to cast YOUR vote for this year’s Sounds Like Detroit Showcase! If you happened to catch MI Local, you heard three more artists who are currently on the ballot; last week I featured Tariq Gardner, Imani Bloom, and Angela Davis, but this week, I featured songs from Aisha Ellis (jazz), Nadim Azzam (hip-hop/folk) and B’Witches (lo-fi electro/bedroom-pop). Click here for more info and to vote!

With MI Local, you’ll always hear the latest and greatest tracks from artists around metro Detroit and all across the state of Michigan — a promise certainly kept this week with premieres from The Remants (indie-rock), Nancy Friday (lo-fi dream-pop/folk), and a sneak preview of the upcoming album by longtime local psych-rockers WICCANS!

The Remnants just released their debut full-length, “Strange Things Change Brings,” and they’re coming to you from Huron Township, which is way southwest of Detroit, pretty much halfway to Ypsilanti!

Nancy Friday is the moniker of Vanessa Beard, who not only makes mesmerizingly fuzzy and heart-heavy slow-dance drifter ballads, but also runs Porcelinen out of Hamtramck! WICCANS, meanwhile, are the wicked hard-rock brain-child of singers/songwriters Aran Ruth and Kelly Jean Caldwell; their forthcoming album “WICCANS BY WICCANS” is already decreed to be their final album.

We also heard new tracks from Carmel Liburdi (alt-folk), The Microplastics (indie-rock/punk/pop), and electronic music artist Rebecca Goldberg! Goldberg’s hosting a special listening party this Thursday, celebrating the release of her new full-length “Dancing Dreamland.” 

You’ll always get a zesty blend of genres on MI Local, including a foray this week into some potent punk and experimental sounds, coming from Detroit’s own lo-fi quirk-pop group Dori; ferocious new punk sounds out of Kalamazoo from Today’s Milk; and the long-running project out of Detroit known as Tyvek, which celebrates its 20th anniversary next Saturday at the Outer Limits Lounge!

Remember to vote for this year’s Sounds Like Detroit Showcase! You can choose which artist comes to the stage at our upcoming concert at Batch Brewing on Aug. 14! Remember, keep supporting local music and keep supporting local radio! Thanks for listening!!

See the playlist below and listen to the episode on-demand for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

MI Local Playlist for July 1, 2025

• “Seeing’s Believing” – The Remnants
• “Summer Moon” – The Microplastics
• “69” – Carmel Liburdi
• “Retrieve” – Chris DuPont ft. Olivia Dear
• “Old Town” – Rebecca Goldberg
• “Run Out” – Today’s Milk
• “Overground” – Tyvek
• “Phone’s Suck” – Dori
• “Fire & Flame” – The Whiskey Charmers
• “Move Now” – Marshall Crenshaw
• “Valentine” – B’Witches
• “Jam Three Twenty One” – Aisha Ellis
• “Zen” – Nadim Azzam
• “House of Glass” – Nancy Friday
• “The Dance” – WICCANS
• “Crash Out Kid” – Hondo

Each year the Concert of Colors transforms Detroit with sounds from across the globe.

This year the rhythm is beating strongly in Mexicantown, where the festival kicks off on Saturday with a special showcase of Tejano and Latin music. Tejano, or Tex-Mex music, is a soulful blend of borderland storytelling and rhythms rooted in Mexico, Poland and the Czech Republic.

Ray Lozano, executive director of the Mexicantown Community Development Corporation, joined The Metro to talk more about Concert of Colors, Tejano music and the importance of amplifying immigrant voices.

Use the media player above to hear the full conversation.

Listen to The Metro weekdays from 10 a.m. to noon ET on 101.9 FM and streaming on-demand.

More stories from The Metro

An immaculately heavy does of new music, including a candidate for song of the summer from Hannah Cohen, plus fresh releases from Joviale, Hotline TNT, Turnstile, Joe Armon-Jones, Ganavya and a special spotlight on Wednesday, who will be in town at the Majestic Theatre in November (get your tickets now — they’ll only get more popular once their new album, “Bleeds,” comes out!).

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 June 25, 2025

• “Summer Sweat” – Hannah Cohen
• “HARK!” – Joviale
• “Morning Light feat. Andreya Triana (Extended Version)” – Andreya Triana & Quantic
• “Cebollas Verdes (feat. Quantic)” – Khruangbin
• “Mambo Sun” – T. Rex
• “Wound Up Here (By Holdin On)” – Wednesday
• “Break Right” – Hotline TNT
• “NEVER ENOUGH” – Turnstile
• “War Transmission” – Joe Armon-Jones
• “draw something beautiful” – Ganavya
• “Roygbiv” – Boards of Canada
• “Sun Track I (feat. Tiff Ortiz)” – musclecars
• “Believer” – Annahstasia
• “Sleep Dreams” – Surprise Chef
• “Plasty” – LL Burns
• “Chambacú” – Aurita Castillo y Su Conjunto
• “Con Altura” – Orquesta Akokán
• “I Believe To My Soul” – Farhad Mehrad
• “Vista” – Okonski
• “Get Me Back In The Game” – LL Burns
• “Soul On Fire” – LaVern Baker
• “54-46 (That’s My Number)” – Toots & The Maytals
• “Ann Wants to Dance” – Papooz
• “In My Craft (feat. Miryam Solomon)” – Huw Marc Bennett
• “How Can We Mend a Broken Heart” – Kahil El’Zabar
• “Listen2me” – Foxwarren
• “Love In Constant Spectacle” – Jane Weaver
• “Payroll” – Mock Orange
• “Right Hand On My Heart” – The Whigs
• “My Room” – Divorce
• “Elderberry Wine” – Wednesday
• “I Just Can’t Take The Risk” – Saint Saviour & Jadu Heart
• “Please Don’t Hold Me Hostage for Who I Am, for Who I Was” – Thanya Iyer
• “Transmuted Matter” – Stereolab
• “Pharaohs” – SBTRKT & Roses Gabor
• “This Charming Disco” – Spoek Mathambo
• “All Night” – Yuksek & M.I.L.K.
• “Back On 74 (Full Crate Remix)” – Jungle

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 year is flying by! This week, I’m featuring some of my favorite songs of the year released by metro area artists so far, as well as artists based all around the state — including Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo!

You’ll also get a chance to hear songs by artists who are currently on the ballot for 2025’s Sounds Like Detroit Musical Showcase, including Imani Bloom and Angela Davis!

There’s always so much new music being released by local artists, though, so don’t anticipate a full-on flashback-styled clip show: I also featured new and recently-released tracks by singer-songwriters like Ohly and Mark Whalen, along with new electronic sounds from the project known as Dirt Room.

Looking back at 2025 “so far,” I picked tracks from singer/songwriters like Danny VanZandt, Ryan Allen, and Taylor DeRousse, each of whom joined me in-studio earlier in the year for exclusive live interviews and song premieres. We’re also listening back to tracks from Grand Rapids-based indie-pop band Phabies who, yes, also joined me in-studio earlier this year!

Meanwhile, a reminder that you, dear listener, can vote now for our Sounds Like Detroit Musical Showcase, where you can help us select an artist for our upcoming concert at Batch Brewing on Aug. 14! Liz Warner (Alternate Take), Chris Campbell (The Progress Underground) and myself, host of MI Local, have each selected artists who are already set to perform at this event, but who else makes it to the stage is entirely up to YOU! Voting ends July 3. Click here for more info!

See the playlist below and listen to the episode on-demand for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

MI Local Playlist for June 24, 2025

• “Jesse” – Danny VanZandt
• “If I Go” – Ohly
• “Voyeur” – Dirt Room
• “UR WORLD” – LOCAL ORGANIC
• “Long Dirt Driveway” – Dick Texas
• “The Bloodletting” – Phabies
• “Collecting” – Spencer LaJoye
• “Drinking Again” – Angela Davis
• “Fader” – Imani Bloom
• “Garden Dweller” – Tariq Gardner
• “Lost In A Daze” – Ryan Allen
• “Don’t Take Me” – bRADFORd
• “On The Mend” – Mark Whalen
• “July Love” – Pretty Island
• “Chaos” – Taylor DeRousse

Loved playing new tracks from The Beths, Say She She, Joy Crookes, Vulfmon, Wet Leg, Bon Iver and many 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 June 24, 2025

• “No Joy” – The Beths
• “Cut & Rewind” – Say She She
• “Collarbone” – Fujiya & Miyagi
• “Too Poor” – Σtella
• “Carmen” – Joy Crookes
• “Bennie and the Jets” – Elton John
• “Sweet Life” – Frank Ocean
• “Big Boy 4014” – Vulfmon & Harrison Whitford
• “CPR” – Wet Leg
• “Past” – Thandii
• “Insane” – Madison McFerrin
• “Origin” – Studio
• “Atatue Inu” – Chrissy Zebby Tembo & Ngozi Family
• “Africa Bossa (Live)” – The Drive
• “For Oumou Sangaré” – The Kyle Shepherd Trio
• “Tomorrow Never Knows” – Junior Parker
• “Puaj” – Salin
• “Time” – Mo Kolours
• “Mamasong” – Lawne
• “Found A Light (Beale Street)” – BADBADNOTGOOD & V.C.R
• “If Only I Could Wait (feat. Danielle Haim)” – Bon Iver
• “Flames shards goo” – ML Buch
• “Thank You” – Bonnie Raitt
• “All I Ever Am (Mura Masa Remix)” – The Cure
• “House of Mirrors (feat. Harry Stone) [Extended Mix]” – Riva Starr
• “Blue Ridge Mountains” – Fleet Foxes
• “draw something beautiful” – Ganavya
• “Bara To Yaju” – Haruomi Hosono & Cornelius
• “Contact High” – Metronomy, Faux Real & Miki
• “Paradise (feat. Thalma De Freitas)” – DJ Center & Sly5thAve
• “Maybe Your Baby” – Stevie Wonder
• “O Telefone Tocou Novamente” – Jorge Ben Jor
• “All of Your Life” – Shirley Nanette
• “Going Down” – Freddie King

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.

Exploring selections from LCD Soundsystem, Atjazz, new stuff from Hidden Spheres and the captivating voice of Allysha Joy.

Plus, Barry Can’t Swim, Caribou, Tierra Whack and more.

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

• “oh baby (lovefingers remix)” – LCD Soundsystem
• “See – Line Woman (Main Mix)” – Atjazz & Dominique Fils-Aimé
• “Trust the Feeling (feat. Joy Spheres Rees)” – Hidden Spheres, Allysha Joy & Finn Rees
• “Marombo” – Gerardo Frisina
• “Money (Kaidi Tatham Remix Extended Version)” – Cody Currie & Kaidi Tatham
• “So Nice (Summer Samba) [Azari & III Remix]” – Astrud Gilberto & Walter Wanderley Trio
• “La Piña Madura (feat. Quantic)” – Abelardo Carbono
• “Weak” – Vintage Culture, Maverick Sabre & Tom Breu
• “Sonder” – Barry Can’t Swim
• “Can’t Do Without You” – Caribou
• “Olhos Coloridos” – Sandra de Sá
• “MOOVIES” – Tierra Whack
• “Peace” – T.Williams & Sio
• “Awa (Ralf Gum Vocal Mix Edit)” – Ralf GUM & Monica Blaire
• “In A Dream (Live)” – Misha Panfilov
• “No One’s Watching Me (feat. Olivia Dean)” – Ezra Collective
• “Mega Circuit” – Japanese Breakfast
• “Elderberry Wine” – Wednesday
• “Fire” – Waxahatchee
• “Omission” – Julian Lage
• “Staring At The Wall” – Norah Jones
• “Northern Shuffle” – Julian Lage
• “Skipping Like A Stone (feat. Beck)” – Chemical Brothers
• “The Look” – Metronomy
• “Eastern Market” – Yusef Lateef
• “Won’t Be Long” – Aretha Franklin
• “Collage (Greg Foat Remix)” – Lady Blackbird
• “Not Your Man (feat. Annahstasia)” – A Song For You
• “Villain” – Annahstasia
• “Pink Sky” – Loma
• “Aquí Te Cuido” – Reyna Tropical
• “Cigarettes out the Window” – TV Girl
• “Yesterday’s World” – TV Girl & George Clanton
• “Because I’m Me” – The Avalanches

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.

What a heavy dose of new music discovery for this new music Friday with a heavy lean towards future soul and R&B from an established queen like Erykah Badu and her partner-in-crime on this latest material The Alchemist, or the emerging voice of Yaya Bey and Malaya teaming up with Theo Croker.

And don’t forget Jamilah Barry and Lianne La Havas covering Radiohead! Won’t you take a listen?

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

• “Transporter” – Wu-Lu, Leif Maine & Jackson Mathod
• “Next To You” – Erykah Badu & The Alchemist
• “VIBRAÇĀO (Kaidi Tatham Remix)” – Alexander Flood
• “end of the world (feat. Nigel Hall & Butcher Brown)” – Yaya Bey
• “Other Side of the Game” – Erykah Badu
• “High Vibrations” – Theo Croker, Malaya & D’LEAU
• “Cry Everything” – Kindness
• “If The Love Goes” – Jamilah Barry
• “Weird Fishes” – Lianne La Havas
• “The Scene” – Hotline TNT
• “All I Ever Am (Mura Masa Remix)” – The Cure & Mura Masa
• “Song For My Father” – Tenderlonious
• “Running Away” – VANO 3000, BADBADNOTGOOD & Samuel T. Herring
• “Piña Colada (feat. Nubya Garcia & Richie Seivwright)” – Blue Lab Beats
• “Red Room (Ki Pharaoh Basement Edit)” – Hiatus Kaiyote
• “Crushxd” – Crumb
• “Lie In The Gutter” – Peel Dream Magazine
• “Talk Is Cheap” – Dr. Dog
• “No. 1 Fan” – Majesty Crush
• “Sound & Color” – Alabama Shakes
• “To Be Still” – Brittany Howard
• “Piano Joint” – Conor Albert
• “Connect” – Vampire Weekend
• “No Problems” – Ginger Root
• “Fool” – Adrianne Lenker
• “Bastard” – Joy Orbison & Joe James
• “Baby (Is It A Crime)” – Rema
• “5 Dollar Pony Rides” – Mac Miller
• “Chase The Sunrise (feat. Yaya Bey, lojii & Fatima)” – Goya Gumbani
• “LIE DOWN..” – Saya Gray
• “Laura” – Brijean
• “Soil Before the Rain (Talamh)” – Kevin Reynolds
• “Home (Tom Sharkett Edit)” – LCD Soundsystem
• “In The Lassa” – Juana Molina
• “Cosoco” – Juana Molina
• “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart (Live In Chicago, May 2005)” – Wilco

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.

A heavy-on-the-favorites mix from In The Groove’s brief history as your favorite show, plus new music from SOFT PLAY, Vulfmon and more.

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

• “Baby” – Brittany Howard
• “Baby No More” – Anjimile
• “Hush (Still Woozy Remix)” – The Marias
• “Sad Cowboy” – Goat Girl
• “Diving Woman” – Japanese Breakfast
• “Inner City Blues” – Zara McFarlane
• “Bad Bad News” – Leon Bridges
• “Beware The Stranger (Chris Seefried’s Ambient Excursion) [feat. Trombone Shorty] [Radio Edit]” – Lady Blackbird
• “Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe / Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe (Edit)” – Sly5thAve, The ClubCasa Chamber Orchestra & Kendrick Lamar
• “Things It Would Have Been Helpful to Know Before the Revolution” – Father John Misty
• “Everything and Nothing” – SOFT PLAY
• “I Will Dare” – The Replacements
• “I Don’t Want To Get Over You” – Magnetic Fields
• “In Spite Of Me” – Morphine
• “BACK ON” – SBTRKT
• “Berlin (Godblesscomputers Remix)” – Alexander Flood
• “Song For You (Mansionair Remix)” – Rhye
• “Laura” – Brijean
• “Dominique” – Ela Minus
• “Under The Pressure” – War On Drugs
• “They Came In Peace” – Bass Tranquility
• “It Ain’t Easy” – Hidden Spheres
• “Got To Be Mine” – Vulfmon & Evangeline
• “Razzle-Dazzle (feat. Yazz Ahmed, Tamar Osborn, Enrico Terragnoli, Luca Tapino & Marco Frattini)” – Rosa Brunello
• “Just Listen” – Mark Guiliana
• “Gotta Get Up” – Harry Nilsson
• “Figs and Gorgonzola” – Papooz
• “Misread” – Kings of Convenience
• “For The Time Being” – Erlend Øye & La Comitiva
• “Aht Uh Mi Hed” – Shuggie Otis
• “Hey” – Nilüfer Yanya
• “Green Eyed Love (Classixx Remix)” – Mayer Hawthorne
• “Three” – Hello Mary
• “Snowman” – Blonde Redhead
• “Bonnie and Clyde” – Brigitte Bardot & Serge Gainsbourg
• “Dry The Rain” – Beta Band

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.