Happy first day of May! Today we play music that feels like a fresh start, with selections from The Stylistics, Cocteau Twins, The Replacements, and Ruby & The Romantics alongside tracks from Nilüfer Yanya, Nadine Shah, Widowspeak, Momoko Gill, and Annahstasia. The set stretches outward with global sounds from Yasmine Hamdan, Zeid Hamdan, Sven Wunder, Jeff Parker, and AURORA. 

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 May 1, 2026 

• “I’ll Be Your Friend” – Ruti 

• “No Driver” – Widowspeak 

• “Doubt” – Holly Walker 

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

• “Villain” – Annahstasia 

• “Just A Western” – Nilüfer Yanya 

• “Ya Banat” – Kazdoura 

• “Evil” – Nadine Shah 

• “Nahr El Mot نهر الموت” – Zeid Hamdan 

• “Shmaali شمالي” – Yasmine Hamdan 

• “THE THING” – TOMORA, AURORA & Tom Rowlands 

• “Hang on in There” – Mike James Kirkland 

• “How I Spent My Summer” – Cat Mother and the All Night Newsboys 

• “People Make the World Go Round (Lp Version)” – The Stylistics 

• “Silently” – Tara Clerkin Trio 

• “Take a Break” – Sven Wunder 

• “I Can See the Devil” – S.G. Goodman 

• “Like Swimwear (part two) [feat. Anna Butterss, Jay Bellerose & Josh Johnson]” – Jeff Parker & ETA IVtet 

• “Love Story” – My New Band Believe 

• “Heavy” – Momoko Gill 

• “Thinkin Bout You” – Flea 

• “Our Day Will Come” – Ruby & The Romantics 

• “Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire” – The Black Keys 

• “Do Anything You Wanna Do” – Eddie & The Hot Rods 

• “Swingin Party” – The Replacements 

• “Closer Lover” – Nabihah Iqbal 

• “Cherry-Coloured Funk” – Cocteau Twins 

• “Daddy’s Gonna Tell You No Lie” – Red Hot Org, Laraaji, Kronos Quartet & Sun Ra 

• “Birthday” – The Sugarcubes 

• “Province” – TV on the Radio 

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 Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music exploring the curious trend of “Title Twins”… brand new songs, featuring previously used, sometimes iconic song titles of the past. Why? Who knows! But let’s have some fun hearing the new and old back-to-back.

See the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music Playlist for April 11, 2026

HOUR ONE:

• “For The Love Of Money” – The Black Keys
• “For The Love Of Money” – The O’Jays
• “Hotel California” – Joji
• “Hotel California” – The Gypsy Kings (cuz I can’t take the Eagles again)
• “For What It’s Worth” – Liam Gallagher
  
• “For What It’s Worth” – Buffalo Springfield
  
• “Night Moves” – Lissie
• “Night Moves” – Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
• “The Look Of Love” – ABC
• “The Look Of Love” – Isaac Hayes (cuz this version is awesome)
• “Somebody That I Used To Know” – Gotye
• “Somebody That I Used To Know” – Elliott Smith
• “Rock The Boat” – Trombone Shorty
  
• “Rock The Boat” – The Hues Corporation
  

• “Who Do You Love?” – Brother Wallace
• “Who Do You Love?” – Bo Diddley
• “Nice Work If You Can Get It” – Sloan
• “Nice Work If You Can Get It” – Ella Fitzgerald
• “Real Love” – Mary J. Blige
• “Real Love” – Joan Osborne
  
• “California” – Rufus Wainwright
  
• “California” – Joni Mitchell
  
• “It Should Have Been Me” – Ray Charles
  
• “It Should Have Been Me” – Gladys Knight & The Pips
  
• “Cherry Baby” – Jenny Lewis
  
• “Cherry Baby” – Starz
• “Tired Of Being Alone” – Teenage Fanclub
  
• “Tired Of Being Alone” – Al Green
  

Listen to Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music every Saturday from 2-4 p.m. ET on Detroit Public Radio 101.9 WDET and streaming on-demand at wdet.org