New music from Lola Young, Kurt Vile, she’s green, Westside Cowboy, Lovespells, and Courtney Barnett. Plus, selections from The Avalanches, Romare, Pino Palladino & Blake Mills, Molly Burch, and Tara Clerkin Trio. 

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 July 28, 2026 

• “Shadows From Nowhere” – Blue Gas 

• “Blue Shadows (feat. Karen O)” – The Avalanches 

• “Keep It To Yourself” – Love Spells 

• “Star Blanket River Child” – Brightblack Morning Light  

• “Computer Love” – Romare 

• “In Loving Memory” – Gabriels 

• “Carry Me Higher (Demo)” – The Blessed Madonna, Joy Anonymous & Danielle Ponder 

• “That’s All I Ask (HAAi Remix / Edit)” – Nina Simone & HAAi 

• “Silently” – Tara Clerkin Trio 

• “Save It for Later (Live)” – Pete Townshend 

• “Summer Girl (Bonus Track)” – HAIM 

• “Please Be Mine” – Molly Burch 

• “I’LL BE YOUR FRIEND” – Ruti 

• “22° Halo” – pôt-pot 

• “mettle” – she’s green 

• “SPIDERS” – Lola Young 

• “Heaven’s on Fire” – The Radio Dept. 

• “Quick Canal (with Laetitia Sadier) [feat. Laetitia Sadier]” – Atlas Sound 

• “7/4 (Shoreline)” – Broken Social Scene 

• “Just A Western” – Nilüfer Yanya 

• “Need to Run” – Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill  

• “Eco do Futuro (feat. Céline Dessberg)” – Tiago Caetano 

• “Just Wrong” – Pino Palladino & Blake Mills 

• “Come Again” – Jim James 

• “Chance to Bleed” – Kurt Vile 

• “Fall On Me” – R.E.M. 

• “Train on the Island” – Aldous Harding 

• “Kick Stones (The Boys)” – Westside Cowboy 

• “One Thing At A Time” – Courtney Barnett 

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. 

We’re spinning more of your “Belle Isle Bangers” to cool you off in this Detroit summer heat. Today’s listener selections include tracks from Smokey Robinson, Sylvan Esso, The Rascals, The Isley Brothers, and Wolf Alice. We also take a moment to say goodbye to Mexico’s World Cup run with Mercedes Sosa’s “Gracias a la Vida” after last night’s match. 

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 July 6, 2026 

• “Silently” – Tara Clerkin Trio 

• “After the Rain” – Cole Pulice 

• “Going Out” – Carla dal Forno 

• “Liars” – The Durutti Column 

• “Five Seconds” – Twin Shadow 

• “Kaputt” – Destroyer 

• “The One to Wait” – CCFX 

• “Coffee” – Sylvan Esso 

• “Gracias a la Vida” – Mercedes Sosa 

• “Cruisin’” – Smokey Robinson 

• “Island of Real” – The Rascals 

• “Fight the Power, Pts. 1 & 2” – The Isley Brothers 

• “Bloodline (Marla Kether Remix)” – Samantha Lindo 

• “Saturday Night Special” – Jazzanova 

• “BOSS TRIX (BENNY’S SONG)” – Nirosta Steel 

• “Don’t Delete the Kisses” – Wolf Alice 

• “The Call” – Broken Social Scene 

• “Combat Baby” – Metric 

• “MISK” – Roundabout 

• “DON’T LISTEN” – corto.alto 

• “Unfinished Sympathy (feat. Shara Nelson” – Massive Attack 

• “Somewhere Good” – Tara Clerkin Trio 

• “Desire” – Cleo Sol 

• “Far Cry” – Resavoir 

• “Uirapurú” – Fabiano do Nascimento & Vittor Santos e Orquestra 

• “Gadabout Season” – Brandee Younger 

• “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” – Dorothy Ashby 

• “Summertime” – Rosinha De Valença 

• “In a Hidden Nook Between Worlds I” – Cole Pulice 

• “Save It for Later (Live)” – Pete Townshend 

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. 

We’re matching the gloomy weather with something a little hazy today. Spinning tracks from The Marías, Tara Clerkin Trio, plus jazzier sounds from Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Okonski, and Nina Simone. 

Today’s playlist also includes Little Dragon, Moses Sumney, and Air, along with Massive Attack’s “Paradise Circus” featuring Hope Sandoval. You’ll also hear tracks from José José, Cymande, and Curtis Mayfield mixed in. 

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 April 29, 2026 

• “Back To Me” – The Marías 

• “Another Day” – Soul Saver 

• “Porcelain (Above & Beyond Remix)” – Moby 

• “The Other Lover” – Little Dragon & Moses Sumney 

• “Retold” – Nate Smith 

• “Unfinished Sympathy (feat. Shara Nelson)” – Massive Attack 

• “Sexy Boy (Vegyn Version)” – Air 

• “Adeleine” – Water From Your Eyes 

• “Boy from School” – Hot Chip 

• “Love Story” – My New Band Believe 

• “The Way I Feel Inside” – The Zombies 

• “Somewhere Good” – Tara Clerkin Trio 

• “Darkness, Darkness” – Kieran Hebden & William Tyler 

• “Silently” – Tara Clerkin Trio 

• “La Nave del Olvido” – José José 

• “Á la Mode” – Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers 

• “Montagne Ste Genevieve” – Stephane Wrembel 

• “Summertime” – Rosinha De Valença 

• “California Dreamin’” – Bobby Womack 

• “I Believe To My Soul” – Farhad Mehrad 

• “Vista” – Okonski 

• “Get Me Back in the Game” – LL Burns 

• “Soul On Fire” – LaVern Baker 

• “Dub Me In Your Arms” – Hollie Cook 

• “Baltimore” – Nina Simone 

• “Ann Wants to Dance” – Papooz 

• “Dove” – Cymande 

• “Paradise Circus (feat. Hope Sandoval)” – Massive Attack 

• “Here But I’m Gone” – Curtis Mayfield 

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.