Starting off slow and mellow with tracks from Swamp Dogg, Herbert and Gabrielle Cavassa—who will be performing this year at the Detroit Jazz Fest. Then we go hyperspeed with new music from Dry Cleaning and Soulwax. Tune in and tune out!

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for May 5, 2026

• “Jimtastic Blues” – Greentea Peng
• “Glitter” – BENEE
• “Trying to Live My Life Without You” – Otis Clay
• “Sleeping Without You Is a Dragg (feat. Justin Vernon & Jenny Lewis)” – Swamp Dogg
• “Brother Where Are You (Matthew Herbert Remix)” – Oscar Brown, Jr. & Matthew Herbert
• “Hypnotised (feat. Mel Uye-Parker)” – Herbert
• “Just Like A Baby” – Sly & the Family Stone
• “Hold Me” – SAULT
• “If I Should Die Tonight (SaLaAm ReMi’s Piano Mix)” – Marvin Gaye
• “Prisoner of Love” – Gabrielle Cavassa
• “Last Night Reprise (feat. Cautious Clay, Kaki King & Maeve Gilchrist)” – Arooj Aftab
• “Where Would You Be” – Yaw
• “Can We Pretend” – Bill Withers
• “Mary Don’t You Weep (Piano & a Microphone 1983 Version)” – Prince
• “Demon In Profile” – Afghan Whigs
• “God Gets You Back” – Mogwai
• “Firesuite” – Doves
• “Here It Comes” – Doves
• “Melody Day” – Caribou
• “Can’t Run But” – Paul Simon
• “Roscoe (Beyond the Wizard’s Sleeve Remix)” – Midlake
• “Tom The Model” – Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man
• “Deep Harbour (feat. Alfa Mist)” – Commodo
• “Tek Control (feat. Liam Bailey)” – IZCO
• “Brownout” – Ghost Funk Orchestra
• “Traveling With (feat. Jeff Parker & Anna Butterss) (LIVE ON WDET)” – Daniel Villarreal
• “Dita Cuja” – Nicholas Mariano
• “Uncanny” – Daniel Villarreal
• “R&B (Theo Verney Version)” – English Teacher
• “Sliced By A Fingernail” – Dry Cleaning
• “Rich” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• “Territorial Call of the Female” – BODEGA
• “Love Is the Drug (Todd Terje Disco Dub)” – Roxy Music
• “Perfect We Are Not” – Soulwax
• “In Person” – Low Island

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Opening up the show with our longest “DEEEEETTTRRROOIIIITTTT BASKKKEEETTTBALLLLLLL” yet before jumping into brand new music from Detroit’s own Ian Fink, where he samples Cade Cunningham and turns it into a new hometown anthem. Plus, new music discovery from Honey Dijon, Alabama Shakes, IZCO, Jordan Rakei, Mary in the Junkyard, Dua Saleh and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for May 4, 2026

• “Loud In Detroit” – Ian Fink
• “I Like It Hot (feat. Greentea Peng)” – Honey Dijon
• “Let Your Hair Down (feat. Hutch the Great)” – Max Sinal
• “American Dream” – Alabama Shakes
• “Strike a Pose (feat. Camille Munn)” – IZCO
• “It Never Ends” – Jordan Rakei & Femi Koleoso
• “Crash Landing” – Mary in the Junkyard
• “Flood (feat. Bon Iver)” – Dua Saleh
• “HEAVENLY FATHER (Live – Mediolanum, Milan, IT. Nov 05 2022)” – Bon Iver
• “Sycamore” – Bill Callahan
• “Venus in the Zinnia” – Aldous Harding & H. Hawkline
• “You’re Out Wasting” – Andy Shauf
• “When The Sun Soaks In” – Deadbeat Beat
• “Dope On A Rope” – The Growlers
• “22° Halo” – pôt-pot
• “Disintegration” – The Cure
• “Dance Steve (feat. Jeff Parker)” – Anna Butterss
• “Three Piece Suit (feat. Azekel)” – Kokoroko
• “Crumb” – John Roseboro & Liana Flores
• “Vento A Favor (Instrumental)” – Sessa
• “Olhos de Sá” – Joutro Mundo
• “Rico Suave Bossa Nova” – Jay Dee & J Dilla
• “Summer Maddness S.A.” – Karriem Riggins
• “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” – Ananda Shankar
• “The Last Time” – Andrew Oldham Orchestra
• “E.V.A. (Remix)” – Fatboy Slim
• “Back On” – SBTRKT
• “Right On (feat. Joanna Newsom & STS)” – The Roots
• “Norfside (feat. Tierra Whack)” – Jill Scott
• “Gorilla” – Little Simz
• “Dog It” – Digable Planets
• “Diane Charlemagne (Iman Houssein Remix)” – LEFTO EARLY BIRD
• “Puaj” – Salin
• “Ricky Ricardo” – La China de La Gasolina
• “Osa Polar” – Melenas

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This was one of my favorite call-in segments on the Groove Hotline ever! It’s all about obsession songs—not quite earworms, but instead songs you simply can’t get enough of, like some sort of musical fiend. Songs that you wake up with in your head like a jukebox from hell! 

Those picks are noted in the playlist below and include Dirtbombs, IDLES, Paul Westerberg, Buzzcocks, Bryan Ferry and so much more. I’m so grateful for your taste today! 

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for April 28, 2026

• “Underdog (In The Groove Obsession Songs)” – Dirtbombs

• “Beat On The Brat” – Ramones

• “I’m Scum (In The Groove Obsession Songs)” – IDLES

• “World Class Fad (In The Groove Obsession Songs)” – Paul Westerberg

• “Why Can’t I Touch It? (In The Groove Obsession Songs)” – Buzzcocks

• “Mamouna (In The Groove Obsession Songs)” – Bryan Ferry

• “Heavy” – Momoko Gill

• “100 years of Bill & Lil” – Joe Webb

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

• “Ya Banat” – Kazdoura

• “Nahr El Mot نهر الموت” – Zeid Hamdan

• “Sleepwalk (Remastered 2010) (In The Groove Obsession Songs)” – Santo & Johnny

• “Alegría (In The Groove Obsession Songs)” – Elia y Elizabeth

• “Aonde Voce Vai (In The Groove Obsession Songs)” – Antonio Adolfo

• “Olhos de Sá” – Joutro Mundo

• “Gurbet” – Özdemir Erdoğan

• “Alemania” – Twin Shadow

• “Desert Raven” – Jonathan Wilson

• “Alone Again Or (Remastered)” – Calexico

• “Hotel California (Spanish Mix)” – Gipsy Kings

• “Southland (In The Groove Obsession Songs)” – Lindsay Lou

• “You Can Bring Me Flowers” – Ray LaMontagne

• “Lavender Buds (In The Groove Obsession Songs)” – MF DOOM

• “White Light” (In The Groove Obsession Songs) – Liam Bailey

• “Time (You and I)” – Khruangbin

• “Could Heaven Ever Be Like This” – Idris Muhammad

• “Use Me (Live)” – Bill Withers

• “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” – Eddie Hazel

• “Road of the Lonely Ones” – Madlib

• “Didn’t I (Dave Allison Rework)” – Darondo

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A new single from Beck ahead of his tour date this October 12 at the Fox Theatre, plus new music from Soulwax and Yeek. Detroit stand-up comic Brad Wenzel joins the show to talk about his Bob Seger obsession and new stand-up special “Desperate Times.” A look at the connections between jazz and hip-hop over the years, and lots more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for April 22, 2026

• “Run Free (Nite Version)” – Soulwax
• “new body rhumba” – LCD Soundsystem
• “A Vineyard For The North” – Yard Act
• “Underwater Love” – Smoke City
• “Toda Cor” – anaiis, Grupo Cosmo & Luedji Luna
• “Balm” – Bill Laurance
• “Ride Lonesome” – Beck
• “Seasons Come, Seasons Go” – Bobbie Gentry
• “One of These Things First” – Nick Drake
• “I Dig Love” – George Harrison
• “Pretty Boys” – Paul McCartney & Khruangbin
• “The Message Continues (DJ Harrison Remix)” – Nubya Garcia
• “Sol” – musclecars
• “Para Chick” – Tania Marie
• “Daahoud” – Clifford Brown & Max Roach Quintet
• “To RBI” – Damu The Fudgemunk
• “All Caps” – Abstract Orchestra
• “Grown Up (Radio Edit)” – Danny Brown
• “House in LA” – Jungle
• “Rose Rouge” – Jorja Smith
• “What Kinda Music (Jordan Rakei Remix)” – Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes
• “Till It Shines” – Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
• “Mainstreet” – Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
• “Colonized Mind” – Prince
• “The Cross” – Prince
• “Ain’t That Easy” – D’Angelo and The Vanguard
• “Transcendental Blues” – Steve Earle
• “Nancy From Now On” – Father John Misty
• “Heaven” – Yeek
• “SPIDERS” – Lola Young

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Rest in rhythm to the Purple One. Ten years ago today, we lost the musical legend Prince. Longtime Detroit promoter Adriel Thornton and writer, director and producer dream hampton call into the show to share their memories of how they mourned the loss of Prince a decade ago, plus a host of your favorite Prince picks and edits. 

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for April 21, 2026

• “17 Days (Piano & a Microphone 1983 Version)” – Prince
• “Another Baby!” – Dijon
• “DNM” – Mk.Gee
• “Sun Khosi” – Ruby Rushton
• “Rush” – Gerald Clayton
• “Red Moon” – Tom Misch
• “Cherry” – J.J. Cale
• “Are You Tired? (Keep on Singing)” – DARKSIDE
• “I’m Not Ready for the Change” – Nation of Language
• “Around the World in a Day” – Prince & The Revolution
• “Locked” – Four Tet
• “Sometimes It Snows In April” – Prince
• “2close2farr” – Momoko Gill
• “All That We Were” – Georgie Sweet
• “Into Harmony (feat. Julia Biel)” – Hector Plimmer
• “Uptown” – Prince
• “Purple” – Jamie 3-26
• “I Wanna Be Your Lover (Dimitri from Paris Mix)” – Prince
• “Do I Believe In God (LNTG Muscle Mix)” – Late Nite Tuff Guy
• “Flight Time” – Donald Byrd
• “P7 Blues” – SOYUZ
• “Xoxoxo” – corto.alto
• “Oxbow” – Waxahatchee
• “If You Change” – Widowspeak
• “Talk About The Passion” – R.E.M.
• “Here’s Where The Story Ends” – The Sundays
• “Linger (SiriusXM Session)” – Royel Otis
• “I Don’t Know You” – Mannequin Pussy
• “Alone (Four Tet Remix)” – The Cure

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A focus on Chicago composer Charles Stepney, some twee indie soundtrack stuff from DeVotchKa and Yann Tiersen, plus a psychedelic 4/20 friendly journey through blacklight poster / lava lamp favorites like the Beatles, OSEES, Silver Apples and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for April 20, 2026

• “The Last Time” – Andrew Oldham Orchestra
• “Step On Step” – Charles Stepney
• “Ville morose” – Nadine Shah
• “Les jours tristes (Instrumental)” – Yann Tiersen
• “The Winner Is… (DeVotchKa Version)” – DeVotchKa
• “Fire” – Waxahatchee
• “Down By The River” – Buddy Miles
• “Baby” – Donnie & Joe Emerson
• “Hot Dreams” – Timber Timbre
• “Open Your Eyes” – Bobby Caldwell
• “The Old Law” – Father John Misty
• “Khayal” – Kazdoura
• “God, Protect Me from My Enemies” – SAULT
• “Mountain Top” – RIO KOSTA
• “What It Gave Me” – Jordan Rakei & Jalen Ngonda
• “Comin’ Home Baby” – Mel Tormé
• “Never Going Back Again” – Fleetwood Mac
• “I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun (Remastered)” – Rotary Connection
• “Woah! There’s No Limit (feat. Mara TK)” – Lord Echo
• “Genesis” – Chronixx
• “Farewell Transmission” – Jason Molina
• “It’s All Too Much” – Beatles
• “Let It Bleed” – Goat
• “Run To Your Mama (Redg Weeks Remix)” – Goat
• “Think Twice” – Detroit Experiment
• “Program” – Silver Apples
• “Inner Meet Me” – Beta Band
• “Web” – Thee Oh Sees
• “Toe Cutter – Thumb Buster” – Thee Oh Sees
• “Pata Pata (Stereo Version)” – Miriam Makeba
• “Metronomic Underground” – Stereolab

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Exploring new music from Maurice Louca, who will be at Moondog Cafe later this month, plus selections from David Byrne, Menahan Street Band, and deep grooves from Fela Kuti and Celine Dessberg. We also take a quick trip to the moon in honor of the astronauts on Artemis II, with Norwegian space disco from Todd Terje and a bunch of Pink Floyd.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for April 6, 2026

• “Snoopy and Woodstock (Easter Beagle Edition)” – Vince Guaraldi
• “Juana La Cubana” – LA LOM
• “Jolly Papa (Ife cover)” – Cardinal Rex Jim Lawson
• “Polaris” – Maurice Louca
• “The Winner Is… (DeVotchKa Version)” – DeVotchKa
• “Transliterator” – DeVotchKa
• “We’ve Been Had” – Walkmen
• “Primos” – Adrian Quesada & Hermanos Gutiérrez
• “Together” – Misha Panfilov Sound Combo
• “Glass, Concrete and Stone” – David Byrne
• “Home Again” – Menahan Street Band
• “Selenge” – Céline Dessberg
• “Are You with Me Now?” – Cate Le Bon
• “If I Leave” – Mitski
• “Opposite People” – Fela Kuti
• “Inner City Blues” – Zara McFarlane
• “Bad Bad News (feat. Terrace Martin) [Ricky’s Vibe Tape]” – Leon Bridges
• “Beware The Stranger (Chris Seefried’s Ambient Excursion) [feat. Trombone Shorty]” – Lady Blackbird
• “untitled 03 l 05.28.2013.” – Kendrick Lamar
• “untitled 06 l 06.30.2014.” – Kendrick Lamar
• “She Raised Us in Sunset Park” – musclecars
• “Breathe (In the Air)” – Pink Floyd
• “On The Run” – Pink Floyd
• “Delorean Dynamite” – Todd Terje
• “Time” – Pink Floyd
• “Hard Time Killing Floor Blues” – Skip James
• “Blue Nile” – Alice Coltrane
• “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” – Dorothy Ashby
• “Lonely Girl” – Dorothy Ashby
• “Hot Water (Sly5thAve Remix)” – Adesuwa

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The main dish on the menu today is an in-depth chat with the Swedish punk band The Hives frontman Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist, who is one of the charming and over-the-top rock ‘n roll frontmen in the game today.

The Hives released an excellent seventh album “The Hives Forever Forever the Hives” last year and will bring it to the Fillmore Detroit on March 24 (tomorrow night!). I talked with Howlin’ about the music that has influenced him over the years, including from Viagra Boys, Refused, Mitch Ryder, MC5 and so much more.

That interview begins at the 2:06 mark. Plus, new music from RIO KOSTA, Rostam and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for March 23, 2026

• “Mountain Top” – RIO KOSTA
• “Rose Rouge” – Jorja Smith
• “What Kinda Music (Jordan Rakei Remix)” – Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes
• “and then? و بعدين؟” – Kazdoura
• “Backstairs” – The New Pornographers
• “Opening Night” – Arctic Monkeys & War Child Records
• “Parasite” – English Teacher, Graham Coxon & War Child Records
• “Pretty Girls” – Honeyglaze
• “Hell Is Near (Live)” – St. Vincent & Jules Buckley
• “Beyond The Sun” – Beth Gibbons
• “Egyptian Musk” – Yaya Bey & NESTA
• “It’s My House (12″ Remix)” – Diana Ross
• “Like A Spark” – Rostam
• “Cécile” – Edouard Ferlet
• “How It Ends” – DeVotchKa
• “Disparate Youth” – Santigold
• “Y Control” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• “Pokemon” – Wet Leg
• “Different Places” – Amber Mark & John The Blind
• “Stay On My Mind” – Mark Farina, Homero Espinosa & Dani Siciliano
• “new body rhumba (from the film White Noise)” – LCD Soundsystem
• “Supply and Demand (In The Groove with the Hives’ Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist)” – The Hives
• “For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) (In The Groove with the Hives’ Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist)” – AC/DC
• “Walk Idiot Walk (In The Groove with the Hives’ Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist)” – The Hives
• “Summerholidays Vs. Punkroutine (In The Groove with the Hives’ Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist)” – Refused
• “Pyramid of Health (In The Groove with the Hives’ Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist)” – Viagra Boys
• “Hate to Say I Told You So (In The Groove with the Hives’ Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist)” – The Hives
• “Detroit (In The Groove with the Hives’ Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist)” – Rancid
• “Ramblin’ Rose (In The Groove with the Hives’ Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist)” – MC5
• “Devil With the Blue Dress On / Good Golly Miss Molly (In The Groove with the Hives’ Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist)” – Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
• “Come on! (In The Groove with the Hives’ Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist)” – The Hives
• “Enough Is Enough (In The Groove with the Hives’ Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist)” – The Hives
• “Fire & Brimstone” – Link Wray

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Diving into new music from Bon Iver, Jill Scott, Momoko Gill, Mitchum Yacoub, Commodo and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for March 2, 2026

• “Motions” – Mansur Brown
• “Just A Western” – Nilufer Yanya
• “Carried Away” – HER
• “Pressha” – Jill Scott
• 2close2farr” – Momoko Gill
• “Para Sempre (feat. Elin Melgarejo)” – Thievery Corporation
• “Paradise (feat. Thalma De Freitas)” – DJ Center & Sly5thAve
• “I Love You Too Much” – Stevie Wonder
• “Leisure Suit Preben” – Todd Terje
• “Cumbia No Get Enemy” – Mitchum Yacoub
• “Pedro Navaja” – Willie Colón & Ruben Blades
• “Down By The River” – Buddy Miles
• “The House of the Rising Sun” – Minoru Muraoka
• “Deep Harbour (feat. Alfa Mist)” – Commodo
• “Beige Days” – SOYUZ
• “Midnight (acoustic)” – Jessie Ware
• “Seventeen” – Sharon Van Etten
• “School of Eyes” – Wye Oak
• “HEAVENLY FATHER (Mediolanum, Milan, IT. Nov 05 2022)” – Bon Iver
• “Pyjamarama (Live)” – Roxy Music
• “It All Feels Right” – Washed Out
• “Sleepyhead 2025” – Passion Pit & SOFI TUKKER
• “See-Line Woman” – Danielle Ponder & Bryce Dessner
• “My Moon My Man” – Feist
• “The Moon Was Yellow (Live At The Hickory House,1956)” – Jutta Hipp
• “Come Together” – Ike & Tina Turner
• “New Case” – Upchuck
• “Power of the Moon” – Ezra Furman
• “Everything Is Simple” – Widowspeak
• “The Big Idea” – Lily Talmers
• “Defense” – Panda Bear
• “Disintegration” – The Cure
• “Diving Woman” – Japanese Breakfast

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An action packed show today with music from Miguel ahead of his tour stop in Detroit later this week (Feb. 26 at the Fox Theatre), plus we say REST IN RHYTHM to the Salsa bad boy himself Willie Colón alongside new music from Dina Ogon, Dijon, Fumitake Tamura feat. Saul Williams, Commodo, Immanuel Wilkins—who will be in town at the Blue Llama on March 14—and lots more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for February 23, 2026

• “The Limit To Your Love” – Feist
• “Lived In Bars” – Cat Power
• “Swamp Dream #3” – Everything Is Recorded & mary in the junkyard
• “This Is How We Walk On the Moon” – Arthur Russell
• “I.G.Y.” – Donald Fagen
• “Yamaha” – Dijon
• “Diamonds and Pearls” – Prince & The New Power Generation
• “The Guests” – Solid Space
• “Only A Shadow” – Cleaners from Venus
• “Preaching the Blues” – The Gun Club
• “Ain’t That Peculiar” – Fanny
• “Dont (Make Waves)” – Gossip
• “La Baja” – El Palmas
• “Oyo Como Va” – Tito Puente & Celia Cruz
• “Jazzy” – Willie Colón
• “Pedro Navaja” – Willie Colón & Ruben Blades
• “DtMF” – Bad Bunny
• “Con Altura” – Orquesta Akokán
• “Margaretas sång” – Dina Ogon
• “Nobody” – Mitski
• “Where’s My Phone?” – Mitski
• “Anything At All” – Bachelor, Jay Som & Palehound
• “Osa Polar” – Melenas
• “Bring the Pain (Chemical Brothers Remix)” – Method Man
• “Another Baby!” – Dijon
• “COMMA / KARMA” – Miguel & George Clinton
• “Sky Walker (feat. Travis Scott)” – Miguel
• “Resonance (feat. Saul Williams)” – Fumitake Tamura
• “Deep Harbour (feat. Alfa Mist)” – Commodo
• “CHARANAM (Live)” – Immanuel Wilkins
• “Strange” – Celeste
• “All That We Were” – Georgie Sweet
• “Crossfire / So Into You” – Nai Palm

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Blasting through the brick wall with Beastie Boys before cooling things down with new music discovery from Jill Scott, Daev Martian, Thundercat, Shy One, IZCO and much more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for February 16, 2026

• “Sabotage” – Beastie Boys
• “Excursions” – A Tribe Called Quest
• “Norfside (feat. Tierra Whack)” – Jill Scott
• “Bright Moments” – Admin
• “TRUMPETS (feat. 070 Shake)” – _BY.ALEXANDER
• “Rico Suave Bossa Nova” – Jay Dee & J Dilla
• “Babido’s Theme” – Daev Martian
• “I Did This To Myself” – Thundercat
• “Moonlight (feat. Private Joy)” – Shy One
• “Strike a Pose (feat. Camille Munn)” – IZCO
• “9th Wonder (Blackitolism)” – Digable Planets
• “BIG POPPA” – Kassa Overall
• “Vibes from the Tribe” – Phil Ranelin
• “Chantized” – Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller And Yusef Lateef
• “Let Your Hair Down (feat. Hutch the Great)” – Max Sinal
• “The Creator Has a Master Plan (Live)” – Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra
• “Big Beat Bam (Remix)” – Sister Nancy
• “Sun Is Shining” – Bob Marley & The Wailers
• “Survivor” – Chronixx
• “La Piña Madura (feat. Quantic) (Violla Remix)” – Abelardo Carbono
• “Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)” – Baz Luhrmann
• “Get Free (feat. Amber Coffman)” – Major Lazer
• “Praise You” – Fatboy Slim
• “Melodie Is A Wound” – Stereolab
• “Give It To Me Baby” – Jarina De Marco
• “Bloodlines” – Franc Moody
• “Big City Life” – Smerz
• “Roll The Dice” – Smerz
• “Can’t Run But” – Paul Simon
• “Found A Light (Beale Street)” – BADBADNOTGOOD & V.C.R

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Exploring Bobby Womack’s catalog and his contributions to Sly and the Family Stone, plus new music from Nourished by Time and the excellent new voice Minna.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for February 11, 2026

• “Volume” – Caribou
• “Thrown Around” – James Blake
• “My Love” – Metronomy & Nourished by Time
• “9 2 5” – Nourished by Time
• “Offering” – Gabriels
• “California Dreamin’ (Live) – Bobby Womack
• “Family Affair” – Sly & The Family Stone
• “Floating Parade” – Michael Kiwanuka
• “Just A Western” – Nilüfer Yanya
•  “motorway” – Goat Girl
• “Kill Me – Indigo De Souza
• “Welcome 2 Detroit” – Jay Dee & J Dilla
• “Yall Ain’t Ready” – Jay Dee & J Dilla
• “As Serious As Your Life (Jay Dee Remix) [feat. Guilty Simpson]” – Four Tet
• “Bring the Pain (Chemical Brothers Remix)” – Method Man
• “Rock Steady (Sure Is Pure Remix)” – Aretha Franklin
• “Got ‘Til It’s Gone (feat. Q-Tip & Joni Mitchell) [Ummah Jay Dee’s Revenge Mix]” – Janet Jackson
• · “Find a Way” – A Tribe Called Quest
• “Players” – Slum Village
• “Sometimes (feat. Q-Tip) [Ummah Remix]” – Brand New Heavies
• “Love” – Erykah Badu
• “If You’re Here” – Cornelius
• “C + F” – Sam Prekop
• “Savage Night at the Opera” – Destroyer
• “Untitled” – Interpol
• “Plainsong” – Seefeel
• “Weather Report (Live At Shinjuku Riquid Room / 1997)” – Fishmans
• “Only In Dreams” – Weezer
• “Nothing To Me” – Minna

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.

Discovering a bunch of new music today including fresh stuff from Berlin weirdos Mandy, Indiana, Dry Cleaning, PVA, Spill Tab, Charlotte Day Wilson, Dam Swindle and much 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 February 10, 2026

• “Cursive” – Mandy, Indiana
• “Mind’s A Lie” – High Vis
• “Fotzepolitic” – Cocteau Twins
• “Moon Over Marin” – Dead Kennedys
• “Hit My Head All Day” – Dry Cleaning
• “Enough” – PVA
• “Suckerrr” – Spill Tab
• “Selfish” – Charlotte Day Wilson
• “Open (feat. Samson) [Tesfa Williams Remix]” – Dam Swindle
• “Just Be Good To Me (12″ Vocal Remix)” – The S.O.S. Band
• “If You Love Me” – The Stylle Band
• “Charlie (feat. Lil Yachty)” – Lola Young
• “Eternal Light” – Free Nationals & Chronixx
• “Blue Light” – Bloc Party
• “Pictures Of You” – The Cure
• “Voyage & Como Es (Live From BBC Maida Vale Studios)” – anaiis & Grupo Cosmo
• “Flor Do Pati” – Tiago Caetano
• “One More Smile (Live at Electric Lady)” – Yebba
• “Red Room” – Hiatus Kaiyote
• “I Got A Woman” – Ray Charles
• “Trying to Live My Life Without You” – Otis Clay
• “If You Don’t Want My Love” – Jalen Ngonda
• “I Feel for You (Acoustic Demo)” – Prince
• “I’m Not Ready For The Change” – Nation of Language
• “Mercury” – Automatic
• “You got time and I got money” – Smerz
• “Lo Life” – Antibalas
• “Treat Yourself” – Franc Moody
• “Lydia Wears a Cross” – Julia Jacklin
• “Belinda Says” – Alvvays
• “Gods In Heat” – Ista
• “Ill Times” – GUM & Ambrose Kenny-Smith
• “Elephant” – Tame Impala
• “Fuzz Jam (Harvey Sutherland X-Tra Fuzz Remix)” – Lazy Eyes

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 main focus today is building out a show with a lot of global sounds in honor of Ismael Ahmed. That includes starting the show with music from Mashrou Leila, an incredible Lebanese band that Ismael introduced me to through his show “This Island Earth.” We’ll also explore new music from Owelu Dreamhouse, Elori Saxl & Henry Solomon, Dames Brown, Braxton Cook, Kylie Auldist and more, plus a fond farewell for Ghana highlife legend Ebo Taylor.

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 February 9, 2026

• “Aoede” – Mashrou’ Leila
• “Sadalsuud” – Mashrou’ Leila
• “Yellow Trumpet” – Owelu Dreamhouse
• “A Thousand Steps” – Elori Saxl & Henry Solomon
• “A Figure in the Surf” – Mount Kimbie
• “Suicide Demo for Kara Walker” – Destroyer
• “Birthday Boy” – Kylie Auldist
• “What Would You Do? (feat. Amp Fiddler & Andrés)” – Dames Brown
• “Once Around The Block” – Badly Drawn Boy
• “Josh’s Tune (Part 2)” – Braxton Cook & Joshua Crumbly
• “Heaven” – Ebo Taylor
• “Love & Death” – Ebo Taylor
• “Yo Viviré (I Will Survive)” – Celia Cruz
• “Rock With You (Rare Strings Only Version)” – Michael Jackson
• “I Want You (John Morales M+M Pianopella Mix)” – Marvin Gaye
• “Drume Negrita” – Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban
• “Peaches En Regalia” – Frank Zappa
• “Vitamin C” – Can
• “Heroes” – David Bowie (for Ava East)
• “Go Down The Mountain” – TAMTAM
• “Fujiyama” – Dave Brubeck Quartet
• “Plastic 100°C” – Sampha
• “Radio Silence” – James Blake
• “Mystery of Love” – Mr Fingers
• “Livin’ And Lovin’ In My Own Way (feat. Pete Rock)” – Brandee Younger
• “Stepping Into Tomorrow” – Madlib
• “Love Reveald” – Marcus Elliot

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 of CuriosiD, listener Leah Warshaw asks the question:

“How did The Old Miami get its name?”

The short answer

The first Miami on Cass was the Miami Lounge, which opened in 1947. As the neighborhood took a turn for the worse in the 60s, the bar became the site of murder, prostitution, and other crimes that marred its reputation. 

The bar switched owners several times but kept “Miami” in the name, for the most part. Shortly after The New Miami was burned down, veteran Danny Overstreet opened The Old Miami, with “Miami” standing for “missing in action Michigan”. Though it started as a place to serve veterans, it’s an inviting dive for everyone in the neighborhood today, with gems like a koi pond in its expansive backyard.

Danny’s wife, Julie, credits the use of “old” to Danny’s sense of humor. She runs the bar today. 

Manager Dena Walker adds, “I mean what would you call it—the New New Miami?”

For more details on the history of The Old Miami and what to expect from today’s laid-back atmosphere, listen to the podcast above.

WDET’s CuriosiD series answers your questions about everything Detroit. Subscribe to CuriosiD on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Crashing back into the work week with some throwbacks including music from Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, George Harrison, the Replacements and more, plus new music from Kazdoura and IDLES. We also find some cathartic release through musical therapy with selections from Nouvelle Vague covering the Clash and Rage Against The Machine covering Bruce Springsteen. And we say farewell to long time listener Banana, who was the best dog ever, with Sister Nancy’s “Ain’t No Stopping Nancy.”

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 January 26, 2026

• “Hurricane” – Bob Dylan
• “All Along The Watchtower” – Jimi Hendrix
• “Wah-Wah” – George Harrison
• “Bastards of Young” – The Replacements
• “Be Above It” – Tame Impala
• “Fuzz Jam (Harvey Sutherland X-Tra Fuzz Remix)” – Lazy Eyes
• “Canopy” – Charlotte Day Wilson
• “Parabéns (feat. Marcos Valle) [Quarantine Sessions]” – Tom Misch
• “Ain’t No Stopping Nancy” – Sister Nancy (dedicated to Banana)
• “Police & Thieves” – The Clash
• “Cold Little Heart” – Michael Kiwanuka
• “Walking In The Dark” – Stefano Torossi
• “Flight Time” – Donald Byrd
• “Comin Home Baby” – Mel Torme
• “Woodward Avenue” – Yusef Lateef
• “Khayal” – Kazdoura
• “cosa rara (feat. David Sylvian)” – Lucrecia Dalt
• “P7 Blues” – SOYUZ
• “Plasty” – LL Burns
• “Sun Goddess (feat. Special Guest Soloist Ramsey Lewis)” – Earth Wind & Fire
• “GOOD LUCK” – KAYTRANADA
• “Another Baby!” – Dijon
• “DAISIES” – Justin Bieber
• “Are You Looking Up” – Mk.gee
• “777-9311” – The Time
• “Hit My Head All Day” – Dry Cleaning
• “Repetitioner” – THUS LOVE
• “Leave Your Life (Lonely Hearts Mix)” – Alex Kassian
• “Guns of Brixton (feat. Camille)” – Nouvelle Vague
• “Rabbit Run (Interpol Remix)” – IDLES
• “The Ghost of Tom Joad” – Rage Against The Machine

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 whole bunch of throwbacks from Sandra Wright, Harry Nilsson, Jan Hammer Group, Irma Thomas and more. Plus new music from Arctic Monkeys—the band’s first new release in four years which appears on a new benefit compilation for War Child—Jill Scott and Flea.

Spoon will be in town on June 26 at the Fillmore Detroit, co-headlining with the Beths out of New Zealand, so we will go heavy on their back catalog. Check it out!

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 January 22, 2026

• “Everything Hits At Once” – Spoon
• “Opening Night” – Arctic Monkeys & War Child Records
• “Inside and Out” – Feist
• “Midnight Affair” – Sandra Wright
• “Beautiful People” – Jill Scott
• “Traffic Lights (feat. Thom Yorke)” – Flea
• “The Fool” – Brigid Dawson and The Mothers Network
• “Anemone” – The Brian Jonestown Massacre
• “Otis” – The Durutti Column
• “I Go (DJ Koze Remix)” – Peggy Gou
• “Operator (DJ Koze’s Disco Edit)” – Låpsley
• “Wi Ing Wi Ing” – HYUKOH
• “Paper Tiger” – Spoon
• “Early In The Morning” – Harry Nilsson
• “Don’t You Know” – Jan Hammer Group
• “Sexy Boy (Vegyn Version)” – AIR
• “Making Planets (featuring Mr. Lif)” – Edan
• “Time Outt (Segue)” – Edan
• “Black Power” – Peace
• “I’m So Green” – Can
• “Planted A Thought” – Arthur Russell
• “Wild Horses” – Leon Russell
• “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever” – The Peddlers
• “Forge Your Own Chains” – D.R. HOOKER
• “Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)” – Irma Thomas
• “Day Dreaming” – Aretha Franklin
• “This Is How We Walk On the Moon” – Arthur Russell
• “If I Had a Tail” – Queens of the Stone Age
• “Hand of Doom” – Black Sabbath
• “Baby” – Donnie & Joe Emerson
• “Maps” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs

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 Amber Mark and Mark Farina, plus a bunch of your HEATERS ONLY selections of songs that are keeping you oh so toasty during these cold weeks in Detroit.

Plus, we go super heavy on Angie Stone and D’Angelo with the chefs from Vinyl Tasting, who are turning the music of these two R&B legends into a six-course menu for Valentine’s Day. It’s one of my favorite events in the city; you can find tickets here.

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 January 21, 2026

• “Rose Rouge” – Jorja Smith
• “What Kinda Music (Jordan Rakei Remix)” – Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes
• “and then? و بعدين؟” – Kazdoura
• “Nautilus (Mawtilus)” – Nuyorican Soul
• “Backstairs” – New Pornographers
• “505” – Arctic Monkeys
• “Pipeline” – Bill Frisell, Greg Leisz, Tony Scherr & Kenny Wollesen
• “Ur Life One Night” – Unknown Mortal Orchestra
• “Floating” – Maria Chiara Argirò
• “Olson” – Boards of Canada
• “Roygbiv” – Boards of Canada
• “Goldfish” – Michael Andrews
• “Disparate Youth” – Santigold
• “Y Control” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• “Pokemon” – Wet Leg
• “Different Places” – Amber Mark & John The Blind
• “Stay On My Mind” – Mark Farina, Homero Espinosa & Dani Siciliano
• “Phoenix” – Rhye
• “new body rhumba (from the film White Noise)” – LCD Soundsystem
• “The Divine Chord (feat. MGMT & Johnny Marr)” – The Avalanches
• “So Easy” – Royksopp
• “Wish I Didn’t Miss You” – Angie Stone
• “Sugah Daddy” – D’Angelo and The Vanguard
• “Chicken Grease” – D’Angelo
• “Devil’s Pie (Tall Black Guy Edit)” – D’Angelo
• “More Than A Woman (feat. CALVIN)” – Angie Stone

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.

 

Discovering music from The Beths, Jorja Smith, Silica Gel, Patchwork Inc., 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 January 14, 2026

• “Last Forever” – Patchwork Inc. & Wyatt Waddell
• “NamgungFEFERE (feat. Japanese Breakfast)” – Silica Gel
• “Keep Me Satisfied” – Jungle
• “God Gave Me Feet For Dancing (Tasty Or Not Remix) [Extended Mix] [feat. Yazmin Lacey]” – Ezra Collective
• “raat ki rani (Sylvan Esso Remix)” – Arooj Aftab & Sylvan Esso
• “The Morning Sun” – Eddie Chacon
• “Taito City Hideout” – FloFilz & Takuya Kuroda
• “Desire” – Kamasi Washington
• “Chant” – Donald Byrd
• “Rewind / Remind” – Momoko Gill
• “Supernatural (Extended Mix)” – We Are KING
• “Rose Rouge” – Jorja Smith
• “What Kinda Music” – Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes
• “Flowers” – Jordan Rakei
• “Midas” – Maribou State & Holly Walker
• “On My Mind” – Jorja Smith & Preditah
• “Straight Line Was a Lie” – The Beths
• “Belinda Says” – Alvvays
• “Phish Pepsi” – Wednesday
• “Words” – Big Thief
• “I’d Have To Be Crazy” – Willie Nelson
• “Do You Realize??” – The Flaming Lips
• “The Darkness That You Fear (Harvest Mix)” – Chemical Brothers
• “Mind’s A Lie” – High Vis
• “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)” – King of Convenience
• “Under The Pressure” – War On Drugs
• “They Came In Peace” – Tranquility Bass
• “Love Like Blood” – Killing Joke
• “Slow Like Honey” – Fiona Apple
• “Nobody New” – The Marias
• “Locket” – Crumb
• “Paper Trails” – DARKSIDE 

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.