New music from Pigeon, Widowspeak, Marisa Anderson, Aldous Harding, Tara Clerkin Trio, and Ed O’Brien headline today’s mix. We also hear music from James Blake, Hermanos Gutiérrez, Jalen Ngonda, Gorillaz, Death Cab for Cutie, and more. 

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 June 30, 2026 

• “Mr. Train Conductor” – Jalen Ngonda 

• “Black James Dean” – Pigeon 

• “WRSW” – pôt-pot 

• “Life’s A Beach! (Prins Thomas Mix)” – Studio 

• “Straight Friends” – Deadbeat Beat 

• “Is It Real?” – Twisted Teens 

• “Matter of Taste” – Tyler Ballgame 

• “If You Change” – Widowspeak 

• “Hamd” – Marisa Anderson 

• “Canto Andino” – Hermanos Gutiérrez 

• “Another Fade (Sonic Boom Remix)” – Steve Gunn 

• “Lazy Daisy” – Tara Clerkin Trio 

• “Train on the Island” – Aldous Harding 

• “Love Story” – My New Band Believe 

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

• “Blue Morpho” – Ed O’Brien 

• “Being Alive” – Cécile McLorin Salvant, Metropole Orkest & Jules Buckley 

• “Mellow Tony” – Joe Webb 

• “Prisoner of Love” – Gabrielle Cavassa 

• “Days Go By” – James Blake 

• “Opening Night” – Arctic Monkeys & War Child Records 

• “Like a Spark” – Rostam 

• “Riptides” – Death Cab for Cutie 

• “Douwannabwithastar” – GENA 

• “Japan Greatly (feat. Reek0 and S.I)” – IZCO 

• “Anyway, I’m Drowning” – Momoko Gill 

• “The Moon Cave (feat. Asha Puthli, Bobby Womack, David Jolicoeur, Jalen Ngonda & Black Thought)” – Gorillaz 

• “Pawa! (Boys’ Shorts Remix)” – Asha Puthli & Say She She 

• “Devotion (Boys’ Shorts Remix)” – Hot Chip 

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.