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. 

Happy first day of June! Today’s soundtrack includes music from Wilco, FIDLAR, CAKE, Fiona Apple, and The Beths. We also travel through the sounds of Hailu Mergia and Dahlak Band, Andreya Triana and Quantic, and Aldous Harding. 

Later in the show, the energy shifts toward the dancefloor with selections from SBTRKT, Joe Claussell, Disclosure and Fatoumata Diawara, La Funk Mob, DJ 3000, and Gwen Guthrie.  

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 1, 2026 

• “I’m the Man Who Loves You” – Wilco 

• “Almost Free” – FIDLAR 

• “Comfort Eagle” – CAKE 

• “Every 1’s a Winner” – Ty Segall 

• “Sintayehu” – Hailu Mergia & Dahlak Band 

• “Nobody Knows” – Pastor T.L. Barrett and The Youth for Christ Choir 

• “Tenderness” – Parquet Courts 

• “Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five” – Paul McCartney & Wings 

• “Metal” – The Beths 

• “A Tune for Us” – Djrum 

• “Morning Light (feat. Andreya Triana)” – Andreya Triana & Quantic 

• “One Stop” – Aldous Harding 

• “Train on the Island” – Aldous Harding 

• “Fast As You Can” – Fiona Apple 

• “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” – Ananda Shankar 

• ‘The Last Time” – Andrew Oldham Orchestra 

• “E.V.A.” – Jean-Jacques Perrey 

• “Brakhage” – Stereolab 

• “It’s All Around You” – Tortoise 

• “One Day” – Future Islands 

• “Broken Heart” – David Jackson 

• “Adventures In Success” – Will Powers 

• “Song for My Father” – Tenderlonious 

• “Back On” – SBTRKT 

• “So Sheik (Los Hermanos Remix)” – DJ 3000 

• “Fire” – Lizzy Mercier Descloux 

• “Yambú (feat. Daymé Arocena) [Sacred Rhythm Mix]” – Joe Claussell 

• “Douha (Mali Mali) [Edit]” – Disclosure & Fatoumata Diawara 

• “Motor Bass Get Phunked Up (Electro funk Remix)” – La Funk Mob 

• “Peanut Butter (Larry Levan Mix ) [Bonus Track]” – Gwen Guthrie 

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 

To celebrate Stevie Wonder turning 76, we asked for your picks and you came through with some incredible selections. Stevie is a once-in-a-lifetime artist, and Detroit is always proud to celebrate another year of his existence and legacy. Today’s show is a full-on birthday party for one of the greatest to ever do it. Let’s honor a catalog that only gets richer with time and still never gets old. 

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 13, 2026 

• “Shy Dub” – Hollie Cook 

• “Girl I Love You” – Massive Attack 

• “Maria También” – Khruangbin 

• “Pretty Girls” – Honeyglaze 

• “Pipeline” – Bill Frisell, Greg Leisz, Tony Scherr & Kenny Wollesen 

• “Wave of Mutilation” – Pixies 

• “Train Song” – Benjamin Gibbard & Feist 

• “Sleeping Ute (Nicolas Jaar Remix)” – Grizzly Bear & Nicolas Jaar 

• “Paper Trails” – DARKSIDE 

• “Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues” – Skip James 

• “You and Me” – Penny & The Quarters 

• “Black Coffee” – Sarah Vaughan 

• “10:03” – Doves 

• “Otis” – The Durutti Column 

• “Baby” – Donnie & Joe Emerson 

• “The Seize” – Jordan Rakei 

• “O Tempo (Foi O Meu Mestre)” – Fabiano do Nascimento & Vittor Santos e Orquestra 

• “Olhos de Sá” – Joutro Mundo 

• “I Only Have Eyes For You” – Sunny & The Sunliners 

• “Life Is” – Jessica Pratt 

• “One Stop” – Aldous Harding 

• “Train on the Island” – Aldous Harding 

• “Jesus Children of America” – Stevie Wonder 

• “Too High (Pimpin Willie Deep Soul Regroove)” – Stevie Wonder 

• “All I Do” – Stevie Wonder 

• “He’s Misstra Know-It-All” – Stevie Wonder 

• “Ribbon In The Sky” – Stevie Wonder 

• “Knocks Me Off My Feet (Olivia Dean Cover)” – Stevie Wonder 

• “Livin’ for the City” – The Dirtbombs 

• “Another Star” – Stevie Wonder 

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.