One more sleep until Ryan Patrick Hooper returns! Adam Fox filling in today, with new music from Snocaps and Otto Benson, a spotlight on Weval who play this weekend at El Club, and a nod to David Bowie’s final master stroke, “Black Star” which turned 10 in January.

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In The Groove with temporary host Adam Fox playlist for February 5, 2026

• “Nothing Simple” – Shigeto, Tammy Lakkis & Cleveland Thrasher
• “Waterfalls” – Oneohtrix Point Never
• “Perpetual Adoration” – Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore
• “Brand New City” – Snocaps
• “Secret Meeting” – The National
• “Dirty Dream Number Two” – Belle and Sebastian
• “Chips – Chicken – Banana Split” – Jo-Jo and The Fugitives
• “Chicken Payback” – The Bees
• “Roots of Dub” – King Tubby
• “Groovin’” – Willie Mitchell
  “O My Soul (Remastered 2024)” – Big Star
• “Gloria” – Patti Smith
• “Changed for the Better” – Weval
• “MOVING ON” – Weval
• “Let England Shake” – PJ Harvey
• “I Can’t Give Everything Away” – David Bowie
• “Burial Dub” – Sly & Robbie
• “Future Shock” – Herbie Hancock
• “Dream In Blue” – Los Lobos
• “Wicked Game” – Chris Isaak
• “Accidentally Like a Martyr” – Warren Zevon
• “Cortez the Killer” – Neil Young & Crazy Horse
• “Theme” – Kelan Phil Cohran & Legacy
• “Delfeayo’s Dilemma (2023 Remaster)” – Wynton Marsalis
• “Lonely Road” – Natalie Bergman
• “Upside Down (feat. Natalie Bergman & Wild Belle)” – Nomo & Shawn Lee
• “Moussolou (Mixed)” – Oumou Sangaré
• “Chifundo” – WITCH
• “Caring Is Creepy” – The Shins
• “Carry the Zero” – Built to Spill
• “Soy Beans” – Otto Benson
• “Revival” – Deerhunter
• “Linear Motion” – Rebecca Goldberg

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 we go on a journey from grooves that make you want to dance, to songs that make you want to sit back and listen. You’ve got LCD Soundsystem, Raúl Monsalve y los Forajidos, Khruangbin, and Michael Jackson kicking things off, with fresh sounds from Clairo, Jordan Rakei, corto.alto, Theo Croker, and Nana Adjoa keeping it interesting. 

Later on, we drift into folk, indie, and singer-songwriter territory with Neko Case, Vashti Bunyan, Feist, Mitski, Elliott Smith, Fiona Apple, and Robert Johnson—a mix that’s easy to get lost in. 

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for January 28, 2026 

• “Home (Tom Sharkett Edit)” – LCD Soundsystem 

• “Como el Sol” – Raúl Monsalve y los Forajidos 

• “Sunshower” – Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band 

• “Am I Your Girl (Dance Version)” – Peach Pit 

• “Speechless (feat. Magdalena Bay)” – TV Girl & George Clanton 

• “high vibrations” – Theo Croker, Malaya & D’LEAU 

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

• “National Song (Live at Ekko, 2021)” – Nana Adjoa 

• “Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf)” – Pixies 

• “Juna” – Clairo 

• “Time” – Ni Maxine 

• “APRIL (feat. anaiis)” – corto.alto 

• “End of Time” – Olive Jones 

• “Rock With You (Rare Strings Only Version)” – Michael Jackson 

• “People Everywhere ii” – Khruangbin 

• “Tu Amor (Your Love Spanish Version) [Mixed]” – Persona RS & Mamacita 

• “Wreck” – Neko Case 

• “I Wish I Was the Moon” – Neko Case 

• “Train Song (Columbia Single, 1966)” – Vashti Bunyan 

• “Mushaboom” – Feist 

• “My Love Mine All Mine” – Mitski 

• “Take Me To the Pilot (UK-Release Mix)” – Elton John 

• “Candy’s Room (Live at The Roxy, West Hollywood, CA – July 7, 1978)” – Bruce Springsteen 

• “Me and the Devil Blues” – Robert Johnson 

• “Across the Universe” – Fiona Apple 

• “War Isn’t Murder” – Jesse Welles 

• “A Fond Farewell” – Elliot Smith 

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.

Crashing back into the work week with some throwbacks including music from Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, George Harrison, the Replacements and more, plus new music from Kazdoura and IDLES. We also find some cathartic release through musical therapy with selections from Nouvelle Vague covering the Clash and Rage Against The Machine covering Bruce Springsteen. And we say farewell to long time listener Banana, who was the best dog ever, with Sister Nancy’s “Ain’t No Stopping Nancy.”

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for January 26, 2026

• “Hurricane” – Bob Dylan
• “All Along The Watchtower” – Jimi Hendrix
• “Wah-Wah” – George Harrison
• “Bastards of Young” – The Replacements
• “Be Above It” – Tame Impala
• “Fuzz Jam (Harvey Sutherland X-Tra Fuzz Remix)” – Lazy Eyes
• “Canopy” – Charlotte Day Wilson
• “Parabéns (feat. Marcos Valle) [Quarantine Sessions]” – Tom Misch
• “Ain’t No Stopping Nancy” – Sister Nancy (dedicated to Banana)
• “Police & Thieves” – The Clash
• “Cold Little Heart” – Michael Kiwanuka
• “Walking In The Dark” – Stefano Torossi
• “Flight Time” – Donald Byrd
• “Comin Home Baby” – Mel Torme
• “Woodward Avenue” – Yusef Lateef
• “Khayal” – Kazdoura
• “cosa rara (feat. David Sylvian)” – Lucrecia Dalt
• “P7 Blues” – SOYUZ
• “Plasty” – LL Burns
• “Sun Goddess (feat. Special Guest Soloist Ramsey Lewis)” – Earth Wind & Fire
• “GOOD LUCK” – KAYTRANADA
• “Another Baby!” – Dijon
• “DAISIES” – Justin Bieber
• “Are You Looking Up” – Mk.gee
• “777-9311” – The Time
• “Hit My Head All Day” – Dry Cleaning
• “Repetitioner” – THUS LOVE
• “Leave Your Life (Lonely Hearts Mix)” – Alex Kassian
• “Guns of Brixton (feat. Camille)” – Nouvelle Vague
• “Rabbit Run (Interpol Remix)” – IDLES
• “The Ghost of Tom Joad” – Rage Against The Machine

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 whole bunch of throwbacks from Sandra Wright, Harry Nilsson, Jan Hammer Group, Irma Thomas and more. Plus new music from Arctic Monkeys—the band’s first new release in four years which appears on a new benefit compilation for War Child—Jill Scott and Flea.

Spoon will be in town on June 26 at the Fillmore Detroit, co-headlining with the Beths out of New Zealand, so we will go heavy on their back catalog. Check it out!

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for January 22, 2026

• “Everything Hits At Once” – Spoon
• “Opening Night” – Arctic Monkeys & War Child Records
• “Inside and Out” – Feist
• “Midnight Affair” – Sandra Wright
• “Beautiful People” – Jill Scott
• “Traffic Lights (feat. Thom Yorke)” – Flea
• “The Fool” – Brigid Dawson and The Mothers Network
• “Anemone” – The Brian Jonestown Massacre
• “Otis” – The Durutti Column
• “I Go (DJ Koze Remix)” – Peggy Gou
• “Operator (DJ Koze’s Disco Edit)” – Låpsley
• “Wi Ing Wi Ing” – HYUKOH
• “Paper Tiger” – Spoon
• “Early In The Morning” – Harry Nilsson
• “Don’t You Know” – Jan Hammer Group
• “Sexy Boy (Vegyn Version)” – AIR
• “Making Planets (featuring Mr. Lif)” – Edan
• “Time Outt (Segue)” – Edan
• “Black Power” – Peace
• “I’m So Green” – Can
• “Planted A Thought” – Arthur Russell
• “Wild Horses” – Leon Russell
• “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever” – The Peddlers
• “Forge Your Own Chains” – D.R. HOOKER
• “Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)” – Irma Thomas
• “Day Dreaming” – Aretha Franklin
• “This Is How We Walk On the Moon” – Arthur Russell
• “If I Had a Tail” – Queens of the Stone Age
• “Hand of Doom” – Black Sabbath
• “Baby” – Donnie & Joe Emerson
• “Maps” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs

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 Amber Mark and Mark Farina, plus a bunch of your HEATERS ONLY selections of songs that are keeping you oh so toasty during these cold weeks in Detroit.

Plus, we go super heavy on Angie Stone and D’Angelo with the chefs from Vinyl Tasting, who are turning the music of these two R&B legends into a six-course menu for Valentine’s Day. It’s one of my favorite events in the city; you can find tickets here.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for January 21, 2026

• “Rose Rouge” – Jorja Smith
• “What Kinda Music (Jordan Rakei Remix)” – Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes
• “and then? و بعدين؟” – Kazdoura
• “Nautilus (Mawtilus)” – Nuyorican Soul
• “Backstairs” – New Pornographers
• “505” – Arctic Monkeys
• “Pipeline” – Bill Frisell, Greg Leisz, Tony Scherr & Kenny Wollesen
• “Ur Life One Night” – Unknown Mortal Orchestra
• “Floating” – Maria Chiara Argirò
• “Olson” – Boards of Canada
• “Roygbiv” – Boards of Canada
• “Goldfish” – Michael Andrews
• “Disparate Youth” – Santigold
• “Y Control” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• “Pokemon” – Wet Leg
• “Different Places” – Amber Mark & John The Blind
• “Stay On My Mind” – Mark Farina, Homero Espinosa & Dani Siciliano
• “Phoenix” – Rhye
• “new body rhumba (from the film White Noise)” – LCD Soundsystem
• “The Divine Chord (feat. MGMT & Johnny Marr)” – The Avalanches
• “So Easy” – Royksopp
• “Wish I Didn’t Miss You” – Angie Stone
• “Sugah Daddy” – D’Angelo and The Vanguard
• “Chicken Grease” – D’Angelo
• “Devil’s Pie (Tall Black Guy Edit)” – D’Angelo
• “More Than A Woman (feat. CALVIN)” – Angie Stone

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.

 

Discovering music from The Beths, Jorja Smith, Silica Gel, Patchwork Inc., and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for January 14, 2026

• “Last Forever” – Patchwork Inc. & Wyatt Waddell
• “NamgungFEFERE (feat. Japanese Breakfast)” – Silica Gel
• “Keep Me Satisfied” – Jungle
• “God Gave Me Feet For Dancing (Tasty Or Not Remix) [Extended Mix] [feat. Yazmin Lacey]” – Ezra Collective
• “raat ki rani (Sylvan Esso Remix)” – Arooj Aftab & Sylvan Esso
• “The Morning Sun” – Eddie Chacon
• “Taito City Hideout” – FloFilz & Takuya Kuroda
• “Desire” – Kamasi Washington
• “Chant” – Donald Byrd
• “Rewind / Remind” – Momoko Gill
• “Supernatural (Extended Mix)” – We Are KING
• “Rose Rouge” – Jorja Smith
• “What Kinda Music” – Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes
• “Flowers” – Jordan Rakei
• “Midas” – Maribou State & Holly Walker
• “On My Mind” – Jorja Smith & Preditah
• “Straight Line Was a Lie” – The Beths
• “Belinda Says” – Alvvays
• “Phish Pepsi” – Wednesday
• “Words” – Big Thief
• “I’d Have To Be Crazy” – Willie Nelson
• “Do You Realize??” – The Flaming Lips
• “The Darkness That You Fear (Harvest Mix)” – Chemical Brothers
• “Mind’s A Lie” – High Vis
• “Until We Meet Again” – Hermanos Gutiérrez
• “Meet Me In the City” – Junior Kimbrough
• “Count The Days (feat. Jenny Lewis)” – Swamp Dogg
• “The Weight of My Words (Four Tet Remix)” – King of Convenience
• “Under The Pressure” – War On Drugs
• “They Came In Peace” – Tranquility Bass
• “Love Like Blood” – Killing Joke
• “Slow Like Honey” – Fiona Apple
• “Nobody New” – The Marias
• “Locket” – Crumb
• “Paper Trails” – DARKSIDE 

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 a bunch of fresh spins today with new music from Shungu, Nas & DJ Premier, Augustin Coombe, FRANK LEONE and more. Plus, a fond farewell to the legend Bob Weir with spins from his debut solo album “Ace” and Grateful Dead anthems, including a lovely 13-minute jam of “Truckin’” from a show in London in 1972.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for January 13, 2025

• “Serti Dial (feat. Navy Blue)” – Shungu
• “Did you Hear the News (feat. Ruqqiyah)” – Shungu
• “Beautiful People” – Jill Scott
• “Maureen” – Sade
• “Kaputt” – Destroyer
• “Heaven (Nicolas Jaar Remix)” – Kasper Bjørke
• “It’s Time” – Nas, DJ Premier, Steve Miller Band
• “Dreamin’” – Common & Pete Rock
• “I Am Feeling” – Augustin Coombe
• “Spanish Joint” – D’Angelo
• “STAY (feat. Sudan Archives)” – FRANK LEONE & Teardrop Estates
• “Rock With You (Strings Only Version)” – Michael Jackson
• “2close2farr” – Momoko Gill
• “People Make The World Go Round” – Dee Dee Bridgewater
• “Allemni Hibbak” – Kazdoura
• “After The Rain” – Little Dragon
• “Sleeping Lessons” – The Shins
• “Rain Can’t Reach Us (feat. Tony Allen)” – Yannis & the Yaw
• “Visions Of Light” – Ishmael Ensemble
• “WHATUP”- Domi & JD Beck
• “So Ubuji” – Makaya McCraven
• “Illegal Hit (Edit)” – Yttling Jazz, Joshua Idehen & Saturday, Monday
• “Rolling With A Planet (Vocal Mix)” – Ari Roze
• “Zannik” – Khaled Al Reigh
• “Le Grand Soleil De Dieu (Psychemagik Remix)” – Francis Bebey
• “Don’t Do It” – The Band
• “(I Know) I’m Losing You” – Rod Stewart
• “Ain’t That Peculiar” – Fanny
• “One More Saturday Night” – Bob Weir
• “Truckin’ (Live from London)” – Grateful Dead
• “Cassidy” – Bob Weir
• “Dark Star” – Grateful Dead
• “Planet Caravan (feat. David Jimenez)” – Brownout & Brown Sabbath
• “Sonido Cósmico” – Hermanos Gutiérrez

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 whole bunch of new stuff today, including Father John Misty, Penza Penza, Sault and more, plus legendary Detroit DJ House Shoes stops by to close the book on 2025 with his favorite songs of the year.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for January 9, 2026

• “The Old Law” – Father John Misty
• “Kaboom” – Penza Penza
• “Khayal” – Kazdoura
• “God, Protect Me from My Enemies” – Sault
• “Mountain Top” – Rio Kosta
• “What It Gave Me” – Jordan Rakei & Jalen Ngonda
• “Comin’ Home Baby” – Mel Torme
• “Over” – Loaded Honey
• “Green Juice” – anaiis
• “Contact High” – Mae Powell
• “Walk In The Night (Live)” – Grant Green
• “You Are Mine” – Jay Robinson
• “Turiya and Ramakrishna” – Alice Coltrane
• “Hit My Head All Day” – Dry Cleaning
• “I’m Afraid of Americans” – David Bowie
• “The Ghost of Tom Joad” – Rage Against The Machine
• “Citizen Kane” – HYUKOH
• “Tank!” – SEAT BELTS
• “Compared to What (Live at The Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland, June 1969)” – Les McCann
• “100 Yard Dash (Nicky D Remix)” – DeRobert & The Half-Truths
• “1969” – Stooges
• “Here’s The Thing” – Fontaines D.C.
• “Troglodyte” – Viagra Boys
• “Dogeared (feat. Kapwani)” – Armand Hammer, The Alchemist, Billy Woods
• “E.B.I.T.D.A.” – Clipse
• “Good Health” – De La Soul
• “L.U.” – Sault
• “Dumb Feeling” – Mei Semones
• “Sasayaku Sakebu” – 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.

New music from Yttling Jazz, Jill Scott, Kazdoura and more. Plus, a belated birthday party for Thin Lizzy front man Phil Lynott, which turns into a heated discussion of the greatest Irish band of all time, so we highlight The Pogues, SPRINTS and Fontaines D.C., too.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for January 7, 2025

• “Fourty Days” – Billy Brooks
• “Beautiful People” – Jill Scott
• “Illegal Hit (Edit)” – Yttling Jazz, Joshua Idehen & Saturday, Monday
• “Falador Passa Mal” – Os Originais do Samba
• “Road To Nowhere” – Rogê
• “I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar” – Jonathan Richman
• “Where I’m From (Tom Misch Remix)” – Kiko Bun
• “Slow Down” – Skip Marley & H.E.R.
• “People Everywhere ii” – Khruangbin
• “and then? و بعدين؟” – Kazdoura
• “Nautilus” – Bob James
• “Outubro” – Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding
• “All Seeds” – Don Glori
• “Sanctified” – System Olympia & Working Men’s Club
• “Mercury” – Automatic
• “Moody (Spaced Out)” – ESG
• “Showdown” – Thin Lizzy
• “Yvonne (Helado Negro Remix)” – Foxwarren
• “Life Round Here” – James Blake
• “The Pair of Brown Eyes” – The Pogues
• “Favourite” – Fontaines D.C.
• “Better” – SPRINTS
• “It’s All Too Much” – Beatles
• “Let It Bleed” – Goat
• “Life’s A Gas” – T. Rex
• “A Well Respected Man” – The Kinks
• “Wild Horses” – Hudson Freeman
• “Wristwatch” – MJ Lenderman
• “Wah Wah” – George Harrison
• “I Think I’m In Love” – Spiritualized
• “Where’s My Brain???” – Lazy Eyes
• “Red Room” – Hiatus Kaiyote

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 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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