Continuing our lead-up to Movement, In The Groove welcomes Detroit house music DJ Delano Smith into the mix. A respected figure in the dance music community and a longtime architect of deep house sounds, Delano takes over the final hour of the show with a live DJ set, bringing decades of Detroit club culture and groove into the studio.

Catch him live on Monday, May 25 at Hart Plaza, where he’ll perform on the Movement Stage at 4 p.m.  

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 21, 2026 

• “Respectable Street” – XTC 

• “New Age” – Blitz 

• “I Don’t Live Here Anymore” – The War on Drugs 

• “Head Over Heels / Broken” – Tears for Fears 

• “Outdoor Miner” – Wire 

• “Lie In the Gutter” – Peel Dream Magazine 

• “Heaven (Nicolas Jaar Remix)” – Kasper Bjørke 

• “Heaven Scent (feat. Chloe Sevigny)” – Soulwax 

• “Gut Feeling / (Slap Your Mammy)” – Devo 

• “Trash” – New York Dolls 

• “Give Me Back My Man” – The B-52’s 

• “Si, Si, Si (feat. Quantic)” – Abelardo Carbono 

• “Sage Motel” – Monophonics & Kelly Finnigan 

• “Primos” – Adrian Quesada & Hermanos Gutiérrez 

• “Cajun Moon” – J.J. Cale 

• “Hey Joe” – The Jimi Hendrix Experience 

• “Melliflous Manner” – Setwun 

• “Through Your Soul (feat. Bubz Fiddler & J Dilla)” – Amp Fiddler 

• “I’m Doing Fine (feat. Amp Dog Knight)” – Moodymann 

• “Sun Circles (John Beltran Project Remix)” – Gratts 

• “RETRO ON THE STREET (Bonus Song)” – Samuel Gelabert González 

• “Like Paradise” – Timmy Tom & Melanie Brown 

• “City Lights” – The Kollective 

• “Short Short Man” – Gillette 

• “War (Eltonnick Remix) [Mixed]” – Julien Jabre 

• “So what…. its a jazz thang” – John Julius Knight 

• “Flirty (Wez Whynt Dub)” – Danny J Lewis & Mike City 

• “Things Are Gonna Change” – Raffaele Ciavolino 

• “I Want Your Love” – Timmy Regisford & Romanthony 

• “Feelin’ Good Tonight (Kai Alcé Remix)” – Louie Vega, Willy Soul & Funki Cadets 

• “Saisei” – Altinbas 

• “Verlucent” – Altinbas 

• “Reflection” – Altinbas 

• “Sharivari 2013 (Aux 88 Digital Mix) [feat. A Number of Names]” – Aux 88 

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.