The main thing on the musical menu today is getting you ready for Sundance, the 3rd edition of Anthony Jasper and Scott Grooves’ end-of-summer dance party at the American Riad happening this Sunday, Sept. 14 from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.

The American Riad is a community space at the corner of Euclid & Oakland in Detroit’s North End neighborhood (you can’t miss it). It’s free, open to the public and an excellent example of dance and music bringing the city together. To preview the event, Anthony Jasper stopped by to chat and I played tracks from Grooves including “E2E4” and “So Glad.”

On top of all that, new music discovery from Deep Sea Diver, JuliaWhy?, spill tab, Cut Copy, Nightbus; a music spotlight on El Michels Affair and their excellent album “24 Hr Sports”; and a track from Andrew Bird’s “The Mysterious Production of Eggs,” which turns 20 this year and will get a special reissue.

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 September 10, 2025

• “Skin Is, My” – Andrew Bird
• “Small Stakes” – Spoon
• “Moonshake” – Can
• “Heaven’s Gonna Burn Your Eyes” – Thievery Corporation
• “C.T.F.O” – Jose Junior
• “What Do I Know” – Deep Sea Diver
• “Pale Blue Dot” – JuliaWhy?
• “A Fragile Thing (Mark Saunders Heartbroken Remix)” – The Cure
• “Assis” – spill tab
• “Carry Me Away” – El Michels Affair & Norah Jones
• “Shimmy Shimmy Ya” – El Michels Affair
• “C.R.E.A.M.” – El Michels Affair
• “Once Around the Block” – Badly Drawn Boy
• “Moving Forward (Cosmodelica Remix)” – Bryony Jarman-Pinto
• “How Can We Mend a Broken Heart” – Kahil El’Zabar
• “Step In” – Jeb Loy Nichols & Cold Diamond & Mink
• “5 On A Joyride” – Cody ChesnuTT
• “Cathode Ray” – Folk Bitch Trio
• “Dollar Store (feat. Waxahatchee)” – Ben Kweller
• “Does This Song Sound Familiar? (7″ Version)” – Pearl Charles
• “Afraid” – Flock of Dimes
• “If Only I Could Wait (feat. Danielle Haim)” – Bon Iver
• “Thinkin Bout You” – Frank Ocean
• “All Night” – Romare
• “I’m Doing Fine (feat. Amp Dog Knight)” – Moodymann
• “E2E4” – Scott Grooves
• “So Glad” – Scott Grooves
• “The Ones We Loved” – Georgie Sweet
• “Angles Mortz” – Nightbus
• “Belong To You” – Cut Copy & Kate Bollinger
• “Weak In Your Light” – Nation of Language
• “Evertyhing Is Simple” – Widowspeak
• “Thank You” – Bonnie Raitt
• “I Just Want To Talk To You” – Charles Brown & Sleepy Creek

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.

Welcoming back the Detroit techno pioneer Jeff Mills back to the show ahead of his Star Chronicle artist residency at Spot Lite, plus a selection of rockin’ Motown covers from Rod Stewart, The Band and Fanny, and lots more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for September 9, 2025

• “SHELL ( OF A MAN )” – Saya Gray
• “Girl I Love You” – Massive Attack
• “Diego” – Gotts Street Park
• “Drifting” – Omar Apollo
• “Sick Of The Blues” – Porridge Radio
• “DNM” – Mk.gee
• “Yep (Remix)” – Catpack, DJ Harrison
• “Better Days” – Tom Misch
• “Gravity Rides Everything” – Modest Mouse
• “7/4 (Shoreline)” – Broken Social Scene
• “Speak In The Dark” – Tara Lily
• “Neverender (Kaytranada Remix)” – Justice, Tame Impala & KAYTRANADA
• “BE YOUR GIRL (KAYTRANADA REMIX)” – Teedra Moses
• “The Only Way Out Is Through” – Hannah Williams & The Affirmations
• “Find A Way” – Say She She
• “It’s All Around You” – Tortoise
• “Gotta Get Up (Another Day) [Minnie Version]” – Jill Scott
• “Jump Into The Fire” – Harry Nilsson
• “(I Know) I’m Losing You” – Rod Stewart
• “Ain’t That Peculiar” – Fanny
• “Don’t Do It (Concert Version)” – The Band
• “Catamaran” – Allah-Lahs
• “Veni Vidi Vici” – The Black Lips
• “Say I Wanna Know” – Nick Waterhouse
• “For the Time Being” – Erlend Øye & La Comitiva
• “Hammers” – Kessoncoda
• “Don’t Get Me Started” – The Smile
• “False Street Dub” – Kings Of High Speed & JKriv
• “The Happening (Radio Mix)” – Tomorrow Comes The Harvest
• “Conceptions” – Optic Nerve
• “Direct Drive” – Terrence Dixon
• “Methane Bubbles” – Jeff Mills
• “Inner City Blues (In The Groove Iso Vocal Edit)” – Marvin Gaye
• “Dark Moon” – Okonski

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.

New music discovery from El Michels Affair & Rogê, Women In Jazz & Rosa Brunello, Girls of the Internet, Blood Orange, Dijon, Georgie Sweet and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for September 8, 2025

• “Super Strut” – Deodato
• “Mágica” – El Michels Affair & Rogê
• “Uno Bruno Uno” – Women In Jazz & Rosa Brunello
• “Carry Me Higher (Elite Mix) [10 Inch Version]” – The Blessed Madonna, Joy Anonymous & Danielle Ponder
• “Affirmations (feat. Anelisa Lamola) [Extended Mix]” – Girls of the Internet
• “Song For You (Mansionair Remix)” – Rhye
• “Mind Loaded (feat. Caroline Polachek, Lorde & Mustafa)” – Blood Orange
• “Vivid Light” – Blood Orange
• “YUKON” – Justin Bieber
• “Another Baby!” – Dijon
• “My Love” – Metronomy & Nourished by Time
• “Yeah Yeah” – Bubaza
• “Its My House (Special Disco Version)” – Risco Connection
• “La La La (Hard Version) Pt 1” – Segun Bucknor
• “Hard Times” – Baby Huey & The Baby Sitters
• “The Ones We Loved” – Georgie Sweet
• “Angles Mortz” – Nightbus
• “Sending All My Love Out” – Emerson
• “What Is Love” – Dee-Lite
• “Rearrange” – Sextile
• “Ankle Injuries” – Fujiya & Miyagi
• “Guess I’m Fallin In Love” – Spoon
• “Get Sun (feat. Arthur Verocai)” – Hiatus Kaiyote
• “Life Is Beautiful” – Larry June, 2 Chainz & The Alchemist
• “No Bad Vibes (feat. MARISA DARGAHI & Joe Webb)” – Bluewerks & DARGZ
• “Road To Nowhere” – Rogê
• “More Than A Woman (triple j Like A Version)” – Lazy Eyes
• “Constellation” – The Circling Sun
• “Rolling With A Planet (Vocal Mix)” – Ari Roze
• “Zannik” – Khaled Al Reigh
• “Illegal Hit” – Yttling Jazz
• “Ikuchi” – Jimi Tenor & Cold Diamond & Mink
• “Yègellé Tezeta” – Mulatu Astatke

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.

A ton of music from Lady Wray, El Michels Affair & Norah Jones, Yeek, Lola Young and Tame Impala, plus throwbacks from Aretha Franklin, Digable Planets and OutKast.

And, for good measure, a preview of this year’s Dally In The Alley and the local music you’ll hear there. The lineup for this year’s event includes dream beach, Bevlove, Delano Smith, Johnstonsons, Oliver Dollar, ADMN, Apropos and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for September 5, 2025

• “Hard Times” – Lady Wray
• “Carry Me Away” – El Michels Affair & Norah Jones
• “Heaven” – Yeek
• “SPIDERS” – Lola Young
• “Valerie (Live, BBC Radio 1 In Lounge, London/2007)” – Amy Winehouse
• “Messy” – Lola Young
• “Dog It” – Digable Planets
• “West Savannah” – OutKast
• “Nobody Knows We Are Fun” – CHAI
• “GOOD LUCK” – KAYTRANADA
• “Never Catch Me (feat. Kendrick Lamar)” – Flying Lotus
• “Are You Tired? (Keep on Singing)” – DARKSIDE
• “Midnight Train To Memphis” – The SteelDrivers
• “Before You feat. APROPOS (Extended)” – Oliver Dollar
• “What Cha’ Gonna Do (feat. Apropos & Boog Brown)” – Oliver Dollar
• “I Cry” – Johnstonsons
• “Remember Me” – Bevlove
• “Nebula (Original Mix)” – Delano Smith
• “Before You Gotta Go” – Courtney Barnett
• “Trick To Happy” – Bahamas
• “Road To Nowhere” – Rogê
• “So Far to Go (feat. Common & D’Angelo)” – J Dilla
• “Skindo Le-Le (S.U.M.O. Rebounce)” – A Bossa Elétrica
• “Yeah Yeah” – Bubaza
• “Waves” – Ista
• “Loser” – Tame Impala
• “Better” – Sprints
• “Midnight” – Jessie Ware
• “Pullin’” – Aretha Franklin

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.

The Detroit Jazz Fest sets itself apart by being the largest free jazz festival in the world.

It’s not easy or cheap for a cultural institution to be able to give it all away for free. Getting rid of any barrier of entry, however, ensures that this festival actually looks and feels like Detroit. That’s a big issue in a majority Black city that often struggles to represent itself via arts, culture and media.

The 2025 edition of the festival will feature major names performing like Keyon Harrold, Kenny Barron, Endea Owens, Chucho Valdes, Branford Marsalis, John Scofield and many more.

This year’s artist-in-residence is a big deal, too. That’s Jason Moran, an accomplished pianist, educator and composer who currently serves as the artistic director for jazz at the Kennedy Center. He’s racked up 18 solo releases via jazz stalwart labels like Blue Note.

During his residency with the fest, he’ll perform three varied sets over Labor Day weekend, including a tribute for Duke Ellington’s 125th birthday, an opening night set with techno pioneer Jeff Mills and Detroit poet Jessica Care Moore, and more. You can see the full schedule here.

Earlier this year, Jason Moran joined In The Groove to chat about the Detroit Jazz Festival, his influences (including the late great Detroit pianist Geri Allen) and more. 

Click the audio above to hear that full interview.

As someone that spends a lot of time at concerts and festivals, I always preach the importance of thanking the people who do all the heavy lifting to make the event go off without a hitch.

That’s the bartenders, the security guards, the folks running the stages, keeping the sound sharp, making sure the grounds are clean and safe for patrons. And everybody else in between.

During this year’s Detroit Jazz Fest, take a moment to thank these people as you go out about your day.

So, what does it take to make four days of jazz go off without a hitch? And programmed as well as it is?

Behind the scenes of the Detroit Jazz Festival is artistic director Christopher Collins and his incredible team, who blend the next generation of performers with the legends of jazz each year. 

The 2025 edition of the festival is no different, with rising saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin alongside iconic Detroit bassist Marion Hayden and 83-year-old Cuban pianist Chucho Valdés.

I got the chance to chat with Christopher Collins ahead of this year’s Detroit Jazz Festival to talk about the programming and also the importance of keeping the event free and open to the public. Click the audio above to hear that full interview.

I started re-reading James McBride’s brilliant book “Kill ‘Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul,” so I had to start the show with “Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud (Pts. 1 & 2)” by the man himself. Plus, a spotlight on jazz guitarist Mansur Brown, putting Erykah Badu’s “Mama’s Gun” tour on your calendar (which lands at the Fox Theatre on November 20th) and new music discovery from Love Spells and Justin Bieber (yes, that guy).

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 August 21, 2025

• “Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud (Pts. 1 & 2)” – James Brown
• “Him Belly No Go Sweat” – Antibalas
• “Dog It” – Digable Planets
• “Black Is… (feat. DSTL, Sareem Poems & Rich Medina) [Instrumental]” – Tall Black Guy, Ozay Moore & Malaya
• “Legs” – Darondo
• “Hard Times” – Baby Huey & The Baby Sitters
• “Woman Of The Ghetto (Reimagined)” – Melanie Charles & Marlena Shaw
• “Kiss Me On My Neck” – Erykah Badu
• “A.D. 2000” – Erykah Badu
• “Dark Clouds Rain Soul (Dub)” – Breakestra
• “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” – José Feliciano
• “Wish I Didn’t Love You” – Love Spells
• “Bittersweet” – Lewis Taylor
• “Sun” – Emma-Jean Thackray
• “In The Breaks” – Galliano
• “Crosseyed And Painless” – Talking Heads
• “YUKON” – Justin Bieber
• “Faded” – Mansur Brown
• “Snitches Brew (feat. Mansur Brown)” – Kamaal Williams
• “Côte D’ivoire” – Yoni Mayraz
• “Morning Light feat. Andreya Triana (Extended Version)” – Andreya Triana & Quantic
• “Water Me Down (Pamcy Remix)” – Vagabon
• “Crushxd” – Crumb
• “Continuum 5” – Nala Sinephro
• “Continuum 6” – Nala Sinephro
• “Be Reasonable” – somesurprises
• “A Figure In The Surf” – Mount Kimbie
• “Somber The Drums” – DIIV
• “Brakhage” – Stereolab
• “Dance Yrself Clean” – LCD Soundsystem
• “Cold Little Heart” – Michael Kiwanuka

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.

New music discovery from Rogê, Ista, Larry June & 2 Chainz, The Marias, Anderson East and more, plus lots of your voicemails and picks for your favorite discoveries from 2025 (so far).

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for August 14, 2025

• “Get Sun (feat. Arthur Verocai)” – Hiatus Kaiyote
• “Life Is Beautiful” – Larry June, 2 Chainz & The Alchemist
• “No Bad Vibes (feat. MARISA DARGAHI & Joe Webb)” – Bluewerks & DARGZ
• “Road to Nowhere” – Rogê
• “Waves” – Ista
• “Human Behaviour (feat. Underworld) [Underworld Mix]” – Björk
• “Closer” – Mr. Fingers
• “SPACE INVADER” – KAYTRANADA
• “Love Is a Natural Magical Thing” – Laurie Miller
• “17 Days (Piano & a Microphone 1983 Version)” – Prince
• “Plasty” – LL Burns
• “Nobody New” – The Marias
• “Strange” – Celeste
• “Yeah Yeah” – Blackrock
• “All Your Love” – Magic Sam
• “You’ve Got A Woman” – Lion
• “Ruler Of My Heart” – Irma Thomas
• “You Are Mine” – Jay Robinson
• “Knife” – Grizzly Bear
• “West Side” – Studio
• “The Seize” – Jordan Rakei
• “Dispose of Me” – Omar Apollo
• “Star Blanket River Child” – Brightblack Morning Light
• “Three More Days” – Ray LaMontagne
• “Will O the Wisp” – Armando Young
• “Someone (feat. Jamila Woods) [Armando Young Remix]” – Gabriel Garzón-Montano
• “É Preciso Dar um Jeito, Meu Amigo” – Erasmo Carlos
• “1968” – Bill Frisell
• “Anyway” – Anderson East
• “Go Home” – Angel Olsen
• “The Joke” – Brandi Carlile

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.

New music from Khaled Al Reigh, Francis Bebey, Yttling Jazz, Jimi Tenor, Africa Express and more of your listener picks highlighting your favorite new music and music discoveries from 2025!

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for August 13, 2025

• “Constellation” – The Circling Sun
• “Rolling With A Planet (Vocal Mix)” – Ari Roze
• “Zannik” – Khaled Al Reigh
• “Le Grand Soleil De Dieu (Psychemagik Remix)” – Francis Bebey
• “Illegal Hit” – Yttling Jazz
• “Ikuchi” – Jimi Tenor & Cold Diamond & Mink
• “Pit Stop (Take Me Home) [feat. Mike Patton, Jennifer Charles, Kid Koala & Dan the Automator]” – Nathaniel Merriweather
• “Fallen Again” – Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill
• “7/4 (Shoreline)” – Broken Social Scene
• “Collage” – The Three Degrees
• “Love Is a Hurtin’ Thing (12″ Version)” – Gloria Ann Taylor
• “Heaven Scent (feat. Chloe Sevigny) [DEEWEEDUB]” – Soulwax
• “Invocation (feat. Onipa, Jupiter & Okwess, Otim Alpha, Damon Albarn & Joan as Police Woman)” – Africa Express
• “MISK” – Roundabout
• “Don’t Listen” – Corto.alto
• “Back On 74” – Jungle
• “Seu João” – Gabriel da Rosa
• “Don’t Call It Love (12″ Version)” – Zero 7
• “Siesta Freestyle (Frisco version)” – Lewis OfMan & Alicia te quiero
• “Safe And Sound” – Justice
• “Enything” – Quickly, Quickly
• “I Don’t Live Here Anymore” – War On Drugs
• “Moonshine” – Joviale
• “How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore (“1999” B-Side)” – Prince
• “Glory” – Sault
• “Let Go” – Sonic Interventions
• “Down (feat. Dames Brown) [Natasha Diggs Extended Remix]” – The Vision
• “God Gave Me Feet For Dancing (feat. Yazmin Lacey)” – Ezra Collective
• “Garden” – Maria Somerville
• “Alone (Four Tet Remix)” – The Cure

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.

New music from Domenique Dumont, Wu-Lu, Erykah Badu, Joviale and more of your listener picks highlighting your favorite new music and music discoveries from 2025!

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for August 12, 2025

• “Cos-Ber-Zam Ne Noya (Daphni Mix)” – Daphni
• “You Wanted A Hit” – LCD Soundsystem
• “Punkrocker (feat. Iggy Pop)” – Teddybears
• “Alemania” – Twin Shadow
• “Desert Raven” – Jonathan Wilson
• “Josh Tillman and the Accidental Dose” – Father John Misty
• “Enchantia” – Domenique Dumont
• “Sun Is Shining (Yes King Remix)” – Bob Marley
• “The Beach Party” – Hot Chip
• “Carry Me” – Nubiyan Twist & Seun Kuti
• “The Seer” – Nubya Garcia
• “O Telefone Tocou Novamente” – Jorge Ben Jor
• “Transporter” – Wu-Lu, Leif Maine & Jackson Mathod
• “Next To You” – Erykah Badu & The Alchemist
• “end of the world (feat. Nigel Hall & Butcher Brown)” – Yaya Bey
• “Firestarter (Jitwam Remix)” – The O’My’s & Jitwam
• “Through Your Soul (feat. Bubz Fiddler & J Dilla)” – Amp Fiddler
• “Hush (Still Woozy Remix)” – The Marias
• “Sad Cowboy” – Goat Girl
• “Diving Woman” – Japanese Breakfast
• “Ann Wants To Dance” – Papooz
• “In My Craft (feat. Miryam Solomon)” – Huw Marc Bennett
• “Everything Is Peaceful Love” – Bon Iver
• “Summer Sweat” – Hannah Cohen
• “HARK!” – Joviale
• “Morning Light feat. Andreya Triana (Extended Version)” – Andreya Triana & Quantic
• “Home (Tom Sharkett Edit)” – LCD Soundsystem
• “Someone Great” – LCD Soundsystem
• “Flutes” – Hot Chip

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Kicking off with Afrobeat from Antibalas, playing your messages left on the Groove hotline suggesting Josi Devil and Gold Brother, plus lots more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for August 11, 2025

• “Sáré Kon Kon” – Antibalas
• “Ice Breaker” – Bubaza
• “The Same Love That Made Me Laugh” – Bill Withers
• “Ondas (Kiko Navarro Motor City Jazz Remix – Radio Edit)” – John Beltran
• “Restless Sleep” – Josi Devil
• “Lose My Faith” – Gold Brother
• “D’Evils” – SiR
• “Sol” – musclecars
• “Spanish Joint” – D’Angelo
• “Didn’t I (Dave Allison Rework)” – Darondo
• “Undo The Blue (Beyond the Wizards Sleeve Re-Animation)” – Iraina Mancini
• “In the Waiting Line (Dorfmeister con Madrid de los Austrias Dub)” – Zero 7
• “Little Child Runnin’ Wild” – Curtis Mayfield
• “The Path Less Travelled” – Vegyn
• “Hurts To Be Alone” – Norah Jones
• “Cigarettes And Coffee” – Otis Redding
• “Nothing Compares To You” – Britti
• “Over When Its Over” – Lucy Rose
• “Sonny Jr. (Dreams) [feat. Robert Glasper & Dwele]” – Black Milk
• “On Jupiter” – Sun Ra & Sun Ra and His Arkestra
• “Favourite” – Fontaines D.C.
• “Dreams Tonite” – Alvvays
• “Swimmers” – Broken Social Scene
• “Pulling Our Weight” – Radio Dept.
• “Supersad” – Suki Waterhouse
• “Comfort Eagle” – Cake
• “TURBULÊNCIA” – Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly
• “Sombras” – Daniel Villarreal

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.

New music from Yves Tumor & NINA, Cecily & Tall Black Guy, Ruby Rushton and Paul Cornish’s loving tribute to the late great Detroit pianist Geri Allen.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for August 4, 2025

• “People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul (Remix)” – James Brown
• “Life Goes On (feat. Sampa the Great)” – Ezra Collective
• “We Don’t Count” – Yves Tumor & NINA
• “Bloco da Harmonia” – Carlos Dafé & Adrian Younge
• “’Cause I Love You (Remix by Tall Black Guy)” – Cecily & Tall Black Guy
• “I Couldn’t Love You More (Jam Master’s Deep Rework)” – Sade
• “Walk to Regio’s” – Ruby Rushton
• “Queen Geri” – Paul Cornish
• “Sherylamazing” – Terrence Parker
• “Sad Piano Music” – Daphini
• “The Field (feat. The Durutti Column, Tariq Al-Sabir, Caroline Polachek & Daniel Caesar)” – Blood Orange
• “Otro Atardecer” – Bad Bunny & The Marías
• “Me Pasa (Piscis)” – Bomba Estéreo, Rawayana & ASTROPICAL
• “Cumbia Sampuesana” – Abelardo Carbono & Radio Malembe
• “Me Gustas Tú” – Manu Chao
• “Sun Is Shining” – Bob Marley & The Wailers
• “Bam Bam” – Sister Nancy
• “Police And Thieves (Dub)” – Lee “Scratch” Perry, Bob Riddim & Xana Romeo
• “Ghetto Defendant” – The Clash
• “Rabbit Run (From the “Caught Stealing” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” – IDLES
• “Spiral” – Wye Oak
• “It’s All Around You” – Tortoise
• “My Last Chance (SalaAM ReMi LP Mix)” – Marvin Gaye
• “Hold Me” – SAULT
• “Thinking Bout You” – Flo Morrissey & Matthew E. White
• “The Garden” – Papooz
• “Pit Stop (Take Me Home) [feat. Mike Patton, Jennifer Charles, Kid Koala & Dan the Automator]” – Nathaniel Merriweather
• “Squares” – Beta Band
• “The Darkness That You Fear” – The Chemical Brothers
• “Carry Me Higher (7 Inch Version)” – The Blessed Madonna, Joy Anonymous & Danielle Ponder
• “Super Strut” – Deodato
• “31 Bloom” – Four Tet

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.

In this episode, we check out new music from Arooj Aftab, FloFilz & Takuya Kuroda, Eddie Chacon, Lawne, Kokoroko, and Jenny Hval. Plus, we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Jill Scott’s debut album.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for July 29, 2025

• “Mum Does The Washing” – Joshua Idehen
• “raat ki rani (Sylvan Esso Remix)” – Arooj Aftab
• “The Morning Sun” – Eddie Chacon
• “Taito City Hideout” – FloFilz & Takuya Kuroda
• “Desire” – Kamasi Washington
• “N8 Medley (Live at Audio Gold)” – Lawne
• “Do You Remember” – Jill Scott
• “Close To Me” – Kokoroko
• “Amina” – The Circling Sun
• “Firestarter (Jitwam Remix)” – The O’My’s & Jitwam
• “Funkier Than a Mosquito’s Tweeter (Jazzeem’s All Styles Remix)” – Nina Simone
• “Rewind / Remind” – Momoko Gill
• “Supernatural” – We Are KING
• “Unwind (feat. Melanie Charles)” – Butcher Brown
• “Detroit Pt. II” – Shigeto
• “Sleepyhead 2025” – Passion Pit & Sofi Tukker
• “The Vice Yard” – Orgone
• “Be A Witness” – Lady Wray
• “Found A Light (Beale Street)” – BADBADNOTGOOD & V.C.R
• “First Class (Soul in the Horn Remix)” – Khruangbin & Natasha Diggs
• “Until We Meet Again” – Hermanos Gutiérrez
• “Meet Me In The City” – Junior Kimbrough
• “Count The Days (feat. Jenny Lewis)” – Swamp Dogg
• “The Weight of My Words (Four Tet Remix)” – Kings of Convenience
• “Under The Pressure” – War On Drugs
• “They Came in Peace” – Tranquility Bass
• “To Be A Rose” – Jenny Hval

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In this epsidoe, we check out new music from Hot Chip, Tyler The Creator, Madison McFerrin and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for July 28, 2025

• “Devotion” – Hot Chip
• “DADZ LOVE” – Justin Bieber & Lil B
• “Don’t You Worry Baby (feat. Madison McFerrin)” – Tyler The Creator
• “I’ll Take Care of You (feat. Yebba)” – Tyler The Creator
• “Ain’t It Nice” – Madison McFerrin
• “Inept Apollo” – Nation of Language
• “Across That Fine Line (Working Men’s Club Remix)” – Nation of Language
• “Queen” – Perfume Genius
• “Green Garden” – Laura Mvula
• “Disparate Youth” – Santigold
• “Y Control” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• “Pokemon” – Wet Leg
• “Villain” – Annahstasia
• “Something in the Room She Moves” – Julia Holter
• “Right” – David Bowie
• “Nomalizo” – Letta Mbulu
• “The First Day of Spring” – The Gandharvas
• “Optimistic” – Radiohead
• “Together” – Misha Panfilov Sound Combo
• “But I Might Die Tonight” – Cat Stevens
• “Why Don’t You Do Right? (Suonho Remix)” – Bev Lee Harling
• “End Of Summer” – Tame Impala
• “Bad Kingdom (DJ Koze Remix)” – Moderat
• “U-Mass” – Pixies
• “All Over The World” – Pixies
• “Subbacultcha” – Pixies
• “Here Comes Your Man” – Pixies
• “Pretty Pimpin” – Kurt Vile
• “Pretty Good” – John Prine
• “Dollar Store (feat. Waxahatchee)” – Ben Kweller

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.

Lots of throwbacks for throwback Thursday, including Junior Parker, Ike & Tina Turner, Odetta, Ella Fitzgerald, Dramatics, Sister Nancy and more. Plus, new music from Kokoroko, Ruti, Dora Morelenbaum, Ben Kweller, Annahstasia and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for July 24, 2025

• “Together We Are” – Kokoroko
• “Maybe I Got It Wrong” – Ruti
• “Planet Caravan (feat. David Jimenez)” – Brownout & Brown Sabbath
• “A Melhor Saída” – Dora Morelenbaum
• “Taxman” – Junior Parker
• “Come Together” – Ike & Tina Turner
• “Hit Or Miss” – Odetta
• “Sunshine of Your Love (Live 1969)” – Ella Fitzgerald & Ernie Heckscher Big Band
• “Get Up And Get Down” – Dramatics
• “Bam Bam” – Sister Nancy
• “Police and Thieves” – Lee “Scratch” Perry, Bob Riddim & Xana Romeo
• “Ghetto Defendant” – The Clash
• “The Man Who Kept Bedstuy Warm” – musclecars
• “Hotel California (Spanish Mix)” – Gipsy Kings
• “Alone Again Or” – Calexico
• “Sunday” – Annahstasia
• “Enchantia” – Domenique Dumont
• “Yellow Moon” – Neville Brothers
• “Getting It Back” – Cymande
• “Take Yo’ Praise” – Camille Yarbrough
• “Sol” – musclecars
• “Para Chick” – Tania Maria
• “Dollar Store (feat. Waxahatchee)” – Ben Kweller
• “Love Buzz” – Shocking Blue
• “Archbishop Harold Holmes” – Jack White
• “Blues” – Geordie Greep
• “Highway” – Lewis OfMan & Empress Of
• “Tokyo Midnight” – Sababa 5 & Yurika Hanashima
• “Dirty Money” – Antibalas
• “Melodie Is A Wound” – Stereolab
• “Constellation” – The Circling Sun

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.

A tribute to the late great Ozzy Osbourne. An artist spotlight on Lars Bartkuhn and his excellent 2024 album “Nomad.”

Plus, new music discovery from The Marias, Ian Lampel, Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange, Domenique Dumont, Sam Prekop and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for July 23, 2025

• “First Kalimba” – Lars Bartkuhn
• “Nobody New” – The Marias
• “Sexy Boy (Vegyn Version)” – Air
• “Babystar” – Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill
• “Parque Rodó Thugs” – Ian Lampel
• “Con Altura” – Orquesta Akokán
• “Selenge” – Céline Dessberg
• “Mercy (feat. Dianne Reeves)” – Lakecia Benjamin
• “Baby Its U” – Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange
• “Amants Ennemis” – Domenique Dumont
• “Around The World” – Daft Punk
• “Roll Your Daddy Right” – John Lee Hooker
• “Nimerudi (Malcolm Catto / The Heliocentrics Remix)” – GOAT, MC Yallah
• “Living For The City” – Stevie Wonder
• “African Skies” – Lars Bartkuhn
• “Light Shadow” – Sam Prekop
• “Exile” – Swim Surreal & Zero 7
• “How Can We Mend a Broken Heart” – Kahil El’Zabar
• “Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City (feat. Kameron Whalum)” – Zeshan B
• “Song for My Father” – Tenderlonious
• “Song For You (Mansionair Remix)” – Rhye
• “Baby Forgive Me (Young Marco Remix)” – Robyn
• “BACK ON” – SBTRKT
• “Because I’m Me” – The Avalanches
• “Never Lost” – Kokoroko
• “War Pigs” – Black Sabbath
• “Changes (Live Version)” – Charles Bradley
• “Planet Caravan (feat. David Jimenez)” – Brownout & Brown Sabbath

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.

New music from Mieke Miami, Annahstasia, Perfume Genius, Jadu Heart and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for July 17, 2025

• “Côte D’ivoire” – Yoni Mayraz
• “100 years of Bill & Lil” – Joe Webb
• “Backline” – Butcher Brown
• “Are You Even Real” – Teddy Swims & GIVĒON
• “The Line” – D’Angelo
• “Black Hole Sun” – bigboihums
• “Back 2 Me (feat. Sadie Walker)” – Girls of the Internet
• “Donuts Mind If I Do” – CHAI
• “Locket” – Crumb
• “Where’s My Brain???” – The Lazy Eyes
• “I’m Glad You’re Mine” – Al Green
• “Son of a Preacher Man” – Mieke Miami
• “Believer” – Annahstasia
• “Left For Tomorrow” – Perfume Genius
• “SOS” – Jadu Heart
• “On Jupiter” – Sun Ra & Sun Ra and His Arkestra
• “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” – Kiefer & Theo Croker
• “Wind Parade” – Jordan Rakei
• “Call My Name” – Joe Bataan
• “Liquid Love (feat. Sylvia Cox)” – Roy Ayers
• “Save Me” – Britti
• “Wednesday Morning Atonement” – Curtis Harding
• “You Ain’t The Problem” – Michael Kiwanuka
• “Floating Parade” – Michael Kiwanuka
• “Someone to Love You” – SAULT
• “Last One Standing” – Monophonics
• “The World Is A Ghetto” – WAR
• “Red Clay” – Jack Wilkins
• “Blue Moon” – Billie Holiday

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.

How exciting to be, what I believe, the first public radio music show to go from Justin Bieber’s excellent new album into Jeff Tweedy’s excellent new solo triple album! Plus new music from Hot Chip, Girls of the Internet, Ezra Furman, Kelela and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for July 16, 2025

• “Devotion” – Hot Chip
• “Never Ever Ever (feat. Shiv)” – Girls of the Internet
• “Heartbeats (Logic1000 Remix)” – José González
• “summer of love (Minow Remix)” – Two Another
• “Hush” – The Marias
• “YUKON” – Justin Bieber
• “Are You Looking Up” – Mk.gee
• “DAISIES” – Justin Bieber
• “Enough” – Jeff Tweedy
• “Power of the Moon” – Ezra Furman
• “Hold On” – Leon Bridges
• “Like A Ship” – Leon Bridges & Keite Young
• “Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City (feat. Kameron Whalum)” – Zeshan B
• “Fender On The Freeway (Minor Science Remix)” – DIIV
• “Teardrop” – Massive Attack
• “Baby Forgive Me (Young Marco Remix)” – Robyn
• “Waitin’ (unplugged)” – Kelela
• “You got time and I got money” – Smerz
• “Soul Lament” – Kenny Burrell
• “Crazy He Calls Me” – Aretha Franklin
• “Off Om” – Jeff Parker
• “..THUS IS WHY ( I DON’T SPRING 4 LOVE )” – Saya Gray
• “This Is How We Walk on the Moon (feat. Tirzah)” – Speakers Corner Quartet
• “Charlie (feat. Lil Yachty)” – Lola Young
• “Be A Witness” – Lady Wray
• “Laugh At You” – Penny Beverly
• “Nightingale” – Dee Felice Trio
• “I’ve Got a Woman” – Ray Charles
• “Trying to Live My Life Without You” – Otis Clay
• “If You Don’t Want My Love” – Jalen Ngonda
• “Tikurin” – Quantic
• “Peace on Earth (Mr Scott Remix)” – Ebo Taylor
• “What’ll I Do” – The New Birth
• “Keep Me In Mind” – Kelly Finnigan & Renaldo Domino
• “Coming Home” – Leon Bridges
• “Harlem” – Bill Withers
• “Playing Your Game, Baby” – Barry White

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.

Fresh selects and first spins from Juan Wauters, Clipse, Madlib, Folk Bitch Trio and more.

Plus, a quick preview of Yo La Tengo, Asha Puthli and Shadow Show at this year’s Concert of Colors.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for July 15, 2025

• “You Can Have It All” – Yo La Tengo
• “Manejando por Pando” – Juan Wauters
• “Girl from Addis Ababa” – Mulatu Astatke
• “Space Talk” – Asha Puthli
• “Radiant Hue” – Shadow Show
• “I Am the Black Gold of the Sun (feat. Jocelyn Brown) [4hero Remix]” – Nuyorican Soul
• “I Couldn’t Love You More (Jam Master’s Deep Rework)” – Sade
• “Attitude (Sascha Funke Remix)” – Lewis OfMan
• “Fuzz Jam (Harvey Sutherland X-Tra Fuzz Remix)” – Lazy Eyes
• “Delorean Dynamite” – Todd Terje
• “Run” – Leifur James
• “Royalty” – Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
• “Outubro” – Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding
• “Black Disciple” – Donald Byrd
• “Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City (feat. Kameron Whalum)” – Zeshan B.
• “Chains & Whips” – Clipse, Kendrick Lamar, Pusha T & Malice
• “Seeds (Instrumental)” – Madlib
• “Summoning the Monkey God” – The Sorcerers
• “Bright Moments” – Admin
• “Mizu” – The Circling Sun
• “I Wouldn’t Dream of It” – Joyce Heath
• “Knife” – Grizzly Bear
• “Shadows From Nowhere” – Blue Gas
• “Rainmaker” – John Carroll Kirby
• “Love/Paranoia” – Tame Impala
• “Prototype” – OutKast
• “The Meaning Of Love” – Karin Krog
• “Osaka” – Athletic Progression
• “Cathode Ray” – Folk Bitch Trio
• “Castles Made of Sand” – Jimi Hendrix
• “Revolution (Esher Demo)” – Beatles

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.