New music from Michael Kiwanuka, who recently unveiled that he suffered a stroke and has been in recovery. This music is the first taste of his upcoming album “Fudge,” which is due out later this October via Polydor. We close out the show with a trip-hop ocused atmospheric and moody set with Massive Attack, Portishead, Blonde Redhead, Sneaker Pimps and Ghostpoet.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for October 6, 2026

• “Symphonie Pacifique” — Greg Foat
• “Summer Clothes” — Michael Kiwanuka
• “Ulla Dulla” — Traffik Island
• “The Girl from Ipanema” — Charlie Byrd
• “Sun And Moon” — Brittany Davis
• “Afro Golden Line” — Amir Bresler
• “Spellbinder” — Gabor Szabo
• “Right Down Here” — Asha Puthli
• “Alger la blanche” — Nicolas Godin
• “Train on the Island” — Aldous Harding
• “Will Anybody Ever Love Me?” — Sufjan Stevens
• “Burnin’ and Lootin'” — The Wailers
• “Straight to Hell (Extended Unedited Version [Remastered])” — The Clash
• “Try a Little Tenderness” — Otis Redding
• “Zero Sun” — Little Barrie & Malcolm Catto
• “Dripping Sun” — Kikagaku Moyo
• “Love and Hate in a Different Time (Original)” — Gabriels
• “The House of the Rising Sun” — Nina Simone
• “100 Yard Dash (Nicky D Remix)” — DeRobert & The Half-Truths
• “1969” — The Stooges
• “Here’s The Thing” — Fontaines D.C.
• “Covet” — Basement
• “Give Me Back My Man” — The B-52’s
• “See Out Loud” — Interpol
• “This Mirror Weighs a Ton” — Interpol
• “Mind’s a Lie” — High Vis
• “Unfinished Sympathy (feat. Shara Nelson) [2012 Mix/Master]” — Massive Attack
• “The Rip” — Portishead
• “23” — Blonde Redhead
• “6 Underground” — Sneaker Pimps
• “Drinking in L.A.” — Bran Van 3000
• “Survive It” — Ghostpoet

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