Kicking off the show with new music from Jordan Rakei & Jalen Ngonda, plus Wednesday, Jeff Tweedy, Circling Sun and more.

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

• “What It Gave Me” – Jordan Rakei & Jalen Ngonda
• “Bliss (Part 2)” – Circling Sun
• “Come Together” – Ike & Tina Turner
• “Wah Wah” – George Harrison
• “Mansize Rooster” – Supergrass
• “Somebody Made For Me” – Emit Rhodes
• “Everybody’s Stalking” – Badly Drawn Boy
• “Ballad of Big Nothing” – Elliott Smith
• “Townies” – Wednesday
• “Cross The Breeze” – Sonic Youth
• “Lou Reed Was My Babysitter” – Jeff Tweedy
• “Flea” – St. Vincent
• “Once In A Lifetime” – WITCH
• “Rabbit Run (Interpol Remix)” – IDLES
• “The Ghost of Tom Joad” – Rage Against The Machine
• “Times” – Wu-Lu
• “Kneel” – Nilufer Yanya
• “Towers” – Hundred Waters
• “Juna” – Clairo
• “Time” – Ni Maxine
• “O Mistress Mine” – Michael Thurber, Moses Sumney & Twelfth Night Cast
• “This Is Who I Am” – Celeste
• “Summertime” – Rosinha De Valença
• “Love and Happiness” – Monty Alexander
• “Figs And Gorgonzola” – Papooz
• “Gotta Get Up” – Harry Nilsson
• “Aht Uh Mi Hed” – Shuggie Otis
• “Hey” – Nilufer Yanya
• “Green Eyed Love (Classixx Remix)” – Mayer Hawthorne
• “Go Down The Mountain” – TAMTAM
• “Black Cow” – Steely Dan
• “Eu Sou Mais Eu” – Ana Mazzotti
• “Electric Fish” – Ana Frango Elétrico
• “Mercury Avenue” – Maxim Ludwig & Angel Olsen
• “Heroes” – David Bowie

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 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

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.