What a musical buffet I’ve got for you today! New music from Yukimi & Little Dragon, Yin Yin, KeiyaA, Makaya McCraven, HAIM & Bon Iver, plus lots more. Also joined by the folks of Laylit, who are bringing their dance party to Spot Lite on Saturday. It’s a celebration of music from the Arab diaspora, featuring music from North African and the Middle East. It’s an event you don’t want to miss, and you heard about it here on In The Groove on WDET.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for October 10, 2025

• “Stupid Prizes” – KeiyaA
• “Bamboo” – Harvey Sutherland
• “Coltrane (Crooked Man Remix)” – Cymande
• “Spirit Adapter” – Yin Yin
• “Mq9” – Automatic
• “Hit My Head All Day (Edit)” – Dry Cleaning
• “Angles Mortz” – Nightbus
• “Slow Down” – Skip Marley & H.E.R.
• “Skindo Le-Le (S.U.M.O. Rebounce)” – A Bossa Elétrica
• “All Over Me” – Yukimi & Little Dragon
• “Lost My Love (DJ Amir & Re.Decay Jazz Re.Imagined Remix)” – Kenny Cox
• “Over (feat. Yebba)” – Robert Glasper
• “What A Life” – Makaya McCraven
• “Detroit, Pt. 1” – Shigeto
• “Ride The Wave” – Moonchild & Astyn Turr
• “It Always Was” – Joshua Idehen
• “Goatnoggin” – Goat & human language
• “Take Five” – King Tubby
• “Ghetto Defendant” – The Clash
• “Sun Is Shining (Yes King Remix)” – Bob Marley & The Wailers
• “Guns of Brixton (feat. Yan Jun) [L’été Chinois]” – Dub Mentor
• “Tie you down” – HAIM & Bon Iver
• “Reinita Canadiense” – Mas Aya & Lido Pimienta
• “Ansumana” – Suso
• “How Music Makes You Feel Better” – Sofia Kourtesis
• “Wind Drifts (Instrumental)” – Jon Dixon
• “Liza… Liza” – Elias Rahbani and His Orchestra
• “Sah” – Al Massrieen
• “Invocation (feat. Onipa, Jupiter & Okwess, Otim Alpha, Damon Albarn & Joan as Police Woman)” – Africa Express
• “MISK” – Roundabout
• “Ready To Ball” – Kassa Overall
• “DON’T LISTEN” – corto.alto

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Very excited to share new music from Neko Case. The singer-songwriter is back with her new album “Neon Grey Midnight Green” is out now. We’ll hear the track “Wreck.” Plus, a spotlight on Lebanese musician Yasmine Hamdan, the jazz guitarist Bill Frisell, a couple of Omar Apollo tracks for good measure and lots more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for October 9, 2025

• “Heartbeats (Logic1000 Remix)” – José González
• “Place in My Heart (feat. RYAT)” – Taylor McFerrin
• “Open This Wall” – Berlioz
• “Bright Moments” – Admin
• “Babystar” – Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill
• “Vows سبع صنايع” – Yasmine Hamdan
• “Shmaali شمالي” – Yasmine Hamdan
• “Nothing Can Surprise Me” – Tamar Aphek
• “Pipeline” – Bill Frisell, Greg Leisz, Tony Scherr & Kenny Wollesen
• “Enter Laughing” – Electrelane
• “Wreck” – Neko Case
• “Girl I Love You” – Massive Attack
• “Diego” – Gotts Street Park
• “Drifting” – Omar Apollo
• “Frio” – Omar Apollo
• “You Got It” – Thandii
• “Free” – Sault
• “La Ceiba” – Antibalas
• “People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul” – James Brown
• “I Want You Back (Z-Trip Remix)” – Jackson 5
• “Didn’t I (Dave Allison Rework)” – Darondo
• “Repetitioner” – THUS LOVE
• “Leave Your Life (Lonely Hearts Mix)” – Alex Kassian
• “Across That Fine Line” – Nation of Language
• “Untitled” – Interpol
• “Plainsong” – Seefeel
• “Favourite” – Fontaines D.C.
• “Pictures Of You” – The Cure
• “I Don’t Live Here Anymore” – War on Drugs
• “Home” – LCD Soundsystem

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New music from Yves Tumor & NINA, Cecily & Tall Black Guy, Ruby Rushton and Paul Cornish’s loving tribute to the late great Detroit pianist Geri Allen.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for August 4, 2025

• “People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul (Remix)” – James Brown
• “Life Goes On (feat. Sampa the Great)” – Ezra Collective
• “We Don’t Count” – Yves Tumor & NINA
• “Bloco da Harmonia” – Carlos Dafé & Adrian Younge
• “’Cause I Love You (Remix by Tall Black Guy)” – Cecily & Tall Black Guy
• “I Couldn’t Love You More (Jam Master’s Deep Rework)” – Sade
• “Walk to Regio’s” – Ruby Rushton
• “Queen Geri” – Paul Cornish
• “Sherylamazing” – Terrence Parker
• “Sad Piano Music” – Daphini
• “The Field (feat. The Durutti Column, Tariq Al-Sabir, Caroline Polachek & Daniel Caesar)” – Blood Orange
• “Otro Atardecer” – Bad Bunny & The Marías
• “Me Pasa (Piscis)” – Bomba Estéreo, Rawayana & ASTROPICAL
• “Cumbia Sampuesana” – Abelardo Carbono & Radio Malembe
• “Me Gustas Tú” – Manu Chao
• “Sun Is Shining” – Bob Marley & The Wailers
• “Bam Bam” – Sister Nancy
• “Police And Thieves (Dub)” – Lee “Scratch” Perry, Bob Riddim & Xana Romeo
• “Ghetto Defendant” – The Clash
• “Rabbit Run (From the “Caught Stealing” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” – IDLES
• “Spiral” – Wye Oak
• “It’s All Around You” – Tortoise
• “My Last Chance (SalaAM ReMi LP Mix)” – Marvin Gaye
• “Hold Me” – SAULT
• “Thinking Bout You” – Flo Morrissey & Matthew E. White
• “The Garden” – Papooz
• “Pit Stop (Take Me Home) [feat. Mike Patton, Jennifer Charles, Kid Koala & Dan the Automator]” – Nathaniel Merriweather
• “Squares” – Beta Band
• “The Darkness That You Fear” – The Chemical Brothers
• “Carry Me Higher (7 Inch Version)” – The Blessed Madonna, Joy Anonymous & Danielle Ponder
• “Super Strut” – Deodato
• “31 Bloom” – Four Tet

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In this episode, we check out new music from Arooj Aftab, FloFilz & Takuya Kuroda, Eddie Chacon, Lawne, Kokoroko, and Jenny Hval. Plus, we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Jill Scott’s debut album.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for July 29, 2025

• “Mum Does The Washing” – Joshua Idehen
• “raat ki rani (Sylvan Esso Remix)” – Arooj Aftab
• “The Morning Sun” – Eddie Chacon
• “Taito City Hideout” – FloFilz & Takuya Kuroda
• “Desire” – Kamasi Washington
• “N8 Medley (Live at Audio Gold)” – Lawne
• “Do You Remember” – Jill Scott
• “Close To Me” – Kokoroko
• “Amina” – The Circling Sun
• “Firestarter (Jitwam Remix)” – The O’My’s & Jitwam
• “Funkier Than a Mosquito’s Tweeter (Jazzeem’s All Styles Remix)” – Nina Simone
• “Rewind / Remind” – Momoko Gill
• “Supernatural” – We Are KING
• “Unwind (feat. Melanie Charles)” – Butcher Brown
• “Detroit Pt. II” – Shigeto
• “Sleepyhead 2025” – Passion Pit & Sofi Tukker
• “The Vice Yard” – Orgone
• “Be A Witness” – Lady Wray
• “Found A Light (Beale Street)” – BADBADNOTGOOD & V.C.R
• “First Class (Soul in the Horn Remix)” – Khruangbin & Natasha Diggs
• “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)” – Kings of Convenience
• “Under The Pressure” – War On Drugs
• “They Came in Peace” – Tranquility Bass
• “To Be A Rose” – Jenny Hval

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In this epsidoe, we check out new music from Hot Chip, Tyler The Creator, Madison McFerrin and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for July 28, 2025

• “Devotion” – Hot Chip
• “DADZ LOVE” – Justin Bieber & Lil B
• “Don’t You Worry Baby (feat. Madison McFerrin)” – Tyler The Creator
• “I’ll Take Care of You (feat. Yebba)” – Tyler The Creator
• “Ain’t It Nice” – Madison McFerrin
• “Inept Apollo” – Nation of Language
• “Across That Fine Line (Working Men’s Club Remix)” – Nation of Language
• “Queen” – Perfume Genius
• “Green Garden” – Laura Mvula
• “Disparate Youth” – Santigold
• “Y Control” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• “Pokemon” – Wet Leg
• “Villain” – Annahstasia
• “Something in the Room She Moves” – Julia Holter
• “Right” – David Bowie
• “Nomalizo” – Letta Mbulu
• “The First Day of Spring” – The Gandharvas
• “Optimistic” – Radiohead
• “Together” – Misha Panfilov Sound Combo
• “But I Might Die Tonight” – Cat Stevens
• “Why Don’t You Do Right? (Suonho Remix)” – Bev Lee Harling
• “End Of Summer” – Tame Impala
• “Bad Kingdom (DJ Koze Remix)” – Moderat
• “U-Mass” – Pixies
• “All Over The World” – Pixies
• “Subbacultcha” – Pixies
• “Here Comes Your Man” – Pixies
• “Pretty Pimpin” – Kurt Vile
• “Pretty Good” – John Prine
• “Dollar Store (feat. Waxahatchee)” – Ben Kweller

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New music from Mieke Miami, Annahstasia, Perfume Genius, Jadu Heart and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for July 17, 2025

• “Côte D’ivoire” – Yoni Mayraz
• “100 years of Bill & Lil” – Joe Webb
• “Backline” – Butcher Brown
• “Are You Even Real” – Teddy Swims & GIVĒON
• “The Line” – D’Angelo
• “Black Hole Sun” – bigboihums
• “Back 2 Me (feat. Sadie Walker)” – Girls of the Internet
• “Donuts Mind If I Do” – CHAI
• “Locket” – Crumb
• “Where’s My Brain???” – The Lazy Eyes
• “I’m Glad You’re Mine” – Al Green
• “Son of a Preacher Man” – Mieke Miami
• “Believer” – Annahstasia
• “Left For Tomorrow” – Perfume Genius
• “SOS” – Jadu Heart
• “On Jupiter” – Sun Ra & Sun Ra and His Arkestra
• “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” – Kiefer & Theo Croker
• “Wind Parade” – Jordan Rakei
• “Call My Name” – Joe Bataan
• “Liquid Love (feat. Sylvia Cox)” – Roy Ayers
• “Save Me” – Britti
• “Wednesday Morning Atonement” – Curtis Harding
• “You Ain’t The Problem” – Michael Kiwanuka
• “Floating Parade” – Michael Kiwanuka
• “Someone to Love You” – SAULT
• “Last One Standing” – Monophonics
• “The World Is A Ghetto” – WAR
• “Red Clay” – Jack Wilkins
• “Blue Moon” – Billie Holiday

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.

Fresh selects and first spins from Juan Wauters, Clipse, Madlib, Folk Bitch Trio and more.

Plus, a quick preview of Yo La Tengo, Asha Puthli and Shadow Show at this year’s Concert of Colors.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for July 15, 2025

• “You Can Have It All” – Yo La Tengo
• “Manejando por Pando” – Juan Wauters
• “Girl from Addis Ababa” – Mulatu Astatke
• “Space Talk” – Asha Puthli
• “Radiant Hue” – Shadow Show
• “I Am the Black Gold of the Sun (feat. Jocelyn Brown) [4hero Remix]” – Nuyorican Soul
• “I Couldn’t Love You More (Jam Master’s Deep Rework)” – Sade
• “Attitude (Sascha Funke Remix)” – Lewis OfMan
• “Fuzz Jam (Harvey Sutherland X-Tra Fuzz Remix)” – Lazy Eyes
• “Delorean Dynamite” – Todd Terje
• “Run” – Leifur James
• “Royalty” – Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
• “Outubro” – Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding
• “Black Disciple” – Donald Byrd
• “Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City (feat. Kameron Whalum)” – Zeshan B.
• “Chains & Whips” – Clipse, Kendrick Lamar, Pusha T & Malice
• “Seeds (Instrumental)” – Madlib
• “Summoning the Monkey God” – The Sorcerers
• “Bright Moments” – Admin
• “Mizu” – The Circling Sun
• “I Wouldn’t Dream of It” – Joyce Heath
• “Knife” – Grizzly Bear
• “Shadows From Nowhere” – Blue Gas
• “Rainmaker” – John Carroll Kirby
• “Love/Paranoia” – Tame Impala
• “Prototype” – OutKast
• “The Meaning Of Love” – Karin Krog
• “Osaka” – Athletic Progression
• “Cathode Ray” – Folk Bitch Trio
• “Castles Made of Sand” – Jimi Hendrix
• “Revolution (Esher Demo)” – Beatles

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This week on In The Groove, some fresh selects and first spins from Wet Leg, Stereolab, The Circling Sun, Patchwork Inc., Rita Moran, Big Thief, Unknown Mortal Orchestra and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for July 14, 2025

• “Canopy” – Resavoir & Matt Gold
• “Cannock Chase” – Labi Siffre
• “Seu João” – Gabriel da Rosa
• “Me Gustas Tú” – Manu Chao
• “Primos” – Adrian Quesada & Hermanos Gutiérrez
• “Don’t Call It Love (12″ Version)” – Zero 7
• “Green Garden (1/f Version)” – Laura Mvula
• “Disparate Youth” – Santigold
• “Y Control” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• “Wolf Like Me” – TV on the Radio
• “Pokemon” – Wet Leg
• “Summer Girl (Amber Mark Remix)” – HAIM
• “Give It To Me Baby” – Jarina De Marco
• “Melodie Is a Wound” – Stereolab
• “Moon Dance” – Bitchin Bajas
• “Constellation” – The Circling Sun
• “African Skies” – Lars Bartkuhn
• “Brother Where Are You (Matthew Herbert Remix)” – Oscar Brown, Jr. & Matthew Herbert
• “Babystar” – Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill
• “Last Forever” – Patchwork Inc. & Wyatt Waddell
• “Temporary” – Ria Moran
• “Don’t Start Now (Kaytranada Remix)” – Dua Lipa
• “Highway” – Lewis OfMan & Empress Of
• “Tokyo Midnight” – Sababa 5 & Yurika Hanashima
• “Siesta Freestyle (Frisco version)” – Lewis OfMan & Alicia te quiero
• “Incomprehensible” – Big Thief
• “DEATH COMES FROM THE SKY” – Unknown Mortal Orchestra
• “Lush” – Four Tet
• “Latitude” – Coral Grief
• “Life Signs” – Water From Your Eyes
• “Kneel” – Nilufer Yanya
• “Virginia Tech” – Panda Bear
• “Cherry Sunshine” – Somesurprises

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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.

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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

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