We march forward in grief with our D’Angelo remembrance, plus new music from Kaytranada + PinkPantheress, Kassa Overall, DJ Koze and more. Also featured: songs for runners ahead of the Detroit Free Press Marathon this weekend.

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 October 15, 2025

• “Dog It” – Digable Planets
• “SPOTTIEOTTIEDOPALISCIOUS” – Kassa Overall
• “Aruna” – DJ Koze
• “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do) (Kon Rework)” – Daryl Hall & John Oates
• “17 Days (7″ B-Side Edit)” – Prince & the Revolution
• “I’m Sick Y’All (Mono)” – Otis Redding
• “Luv N’ Haight” – Sly & the Family Stone
• “I’ll Bet You” – Funkadelic
• “Nothing Without You” – Uma
• “Girl Like Me (Kaytranada Remix)” – PinkPantheress
• “What Not to Do (Moodymann Remix)” – Róisín Murphy
• “Really Love” – D’Angelo
• “Ain’t That Easy” – D’Angelo
• “She’s Always In My Hair” – D’Angelo
• “The Root” – D’Angelo
• “I’ll Stay (feat. D’Angelo)” – Roy Hargrove
• “Your Precious Love” – D’Angelo & Erykah Badu
• “Nothing Even Matters (feat. D’Angelo)” – Lauryn Hill
• “Wish I Didn’t Miss You (Dragutesku Edit)” – Angie Stone
• “17 Days (Piano & a Microphone 1983 Version)” – Prince
• “Sáré Kon Kon” – Antibalas
• “High Vibrations” – Theo Croker, Malaya & D’LEAU
• “Runnin’” – Pharcyde
• “Runnin” – Wajatta

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.

Just a dash of new music on the show today from Tame Impala and keiyaA. The rest is a ton of throwbacks, opening up with Led Zeppelin and ending with Prince and sprinkling in a ton of your fall song picks that you left on the In The Groove hotline—thank you so much for those!

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 September 25, 2025

• “Ramble On” – Led Zeppelin
• “Blue Ridge Mountains” – Fleet Foxes
• “So Says I” – The Shins
• “Mansize Rooster” – Supergrass
• “20th Century Boy” – T. Rex
• “Land of the Freak” – King Khan & the Shrines
• “If You Want Me” – Womack Sisters
• “Just A Little Bit” – Etta James
• “I’ll Bet You” – Funkadelic
• “Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today)” – The Temptations
• “Where’s My Brain???” – The Lazy Eyes
• “End Of Summer” – Tame Impala
• “St. Elmo’s Fire” – Michael Franks
• “Red Clay” – Jack Wilkins
• “Motions” – Liz Cooper & The Stampede
• “Freaking Out the Neighborhood” – Mac DeMarco
• “Black Power” – Peace
• “Dooyo” – Dur-Dur Band
• “Glasshouses” – Maribou State
• “5pm” – Otis Junior & Dr. Dundiff
• “Sigo Sin Entenderte” – LOUTA
• “Heart of Glass (12-Inch Version)” – Blondie
• “Guilty” – Lady Wray
• “Whirlpool Dub (Adrian Sherwood Reset in Dub Version)” – Panda Bear, Sonic Boom & Adrian Sherwood
• “Caroline, No” – Beach Boys
• “Stupid Prizes” – KeiyaA
• “Bamboo” – Harvey Sutherland
• “Coltrane (Crooked Man Remix)” – Cymande
• “Last One Standing (Vocal Version)” – Monophonics & Kelly Finnigan
• “In Your Eyes (feat. Charlotte Day Wilson)” – BADBADNOTGOOD
• “Weird Fishes / Arpeggi” – Radiohead
• “Purple Rain” – Prince & the Revolution

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.