Exploring new music from Meshell Ndegeocello, who is getting ready to release an album of covers and duets on Blue Note, plus fresh selections and first spins from Dawn Richard, Danielle Ponder, Ciaran, the Durutti Column, Jess Williamson 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 August 12, 2026

• “enough” — Dawn Richard
• “Sun and Moon” — Danielle Ponder
• “The Fall” — Rhye
• “Sargasso Sea” — The Durutti Column & Caoilfhionn Rose
• “K-Bar” — Ciarán
• “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)” — Meshell Ndegeocello & Cynthia Erivo
• “Don’t You Want Me” — Meshell Ndegeocello & Cat Power
• “I Used To Live In A House” — Novablood
• “My World (feat. Aidan, Bawo & Ox Eye)” — Jam City
• “Summer Nights” — Dana and Alden
• “Tamborero” — Bomba Estéreo
• “Heaven (Nicolas Jaar Remix)” — Kasper Bjørke
• “The Whole of the Moon” — The Waterboys
• “Tart Tart (The Reflex Revision)” — Happy Mondays
• “Train In Vain (Stand by Me)” — The Clash
• “Hit the North, Pt. 1” — The Fall
• “Let Forever Be” — The Chemical Brothers
• “Wire” — Omni
• “Lie In the Gutter” — Peel Dream Magazine
• “First World Problem” — Unknown Mortal Orchestra
• “I Wanna Know If It’s Good To You? (2026 Remastered)” — Funkadelic
• “Nabed Nade Ei Piny Ka (Rework)” — Owiny Sigoma Band
• “Ankle Injuries” — Fujiya & Miyagi
• “Goodbye to All That” — Jess Williamson
• “Keep It To Yourself” — Love Spells
• “Alberto Balsalm (Aquarium Drunkard’s Lagniappe Session)” — Dungen
• “Roots” — Ian Carr & Nucleus
• “Ibs” — Duval Timothy
• “Booger’s Bounce of Joy” — Karate Boogaloo
• “Acid and Honey” — Babe Rainbow
• “Rainmaker” — John Carroll Kirby
• “It’s My House (12″ Remix)” — Diana Ross

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.

This week on Visions, I play a lot of different selections. You hear new music from the Kris Davis Trio, Dominique Eade and Ran Blake, Patricia Brennan and Sylvie Courvoisier, Fuller Sound—which is sisters Tia Fuller and Shamie Royston— and a record called “FATHERS” coming out on Blue Note next month.

I have selections from Stanley Clarke, the Rashied Ali Quintet, Nicholas Payton, Brad Mehldau, and Jimi Hendrix. I also play classics from Ahmad Jamal, Julian Priester, Shirley Scott, John Coltrane, Nina Simone, and Charles Mingus.

Check out the playlist below and listen to the episode on-demand for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

Visions Playlist for June 29, 2026

• “I’ll Take Romance / My Funny Valentine (Live at the Blackhawk, San Francisco/1961)” – Ahmad Jamal
• “24-Hour Leave” – Julian Priester
• “Backlash Blues” – Nina Simone
• “Beatrice” – Tia Fuller, Shamie Royston & Fuller Sound
• “PEARL” – Nate Smith, Kiefer, CARRTOONS, Kenny Beats
• “Out Of This World” – Shirley Scott
• “After The Rain” – John Coltrane
• “Lost In Geneva (feat. Robert Hurst* & Johnathan Blake)” – Kris Davis Trio
• “Bass Folk Song” – Stanley Clarke
• “Let It Ride (feat. Esperanza Spalding & Karriem Riggins*)” – Nicholas Payton
• “Thing for Joe” – Rashied Ali Quintet
• “The Star Spangled Banner (Live)” – Jimi Hendrix
• “Track A – Solo Dancer” – Charles Mingus
• “Grey December” – Ran Blake and Dominique Eade
• “Coma Berenices” – Patricia Brennan & Sylvie Courvoisier
• “All the Things You Are (Live)” – Brad Mehldau

* indicates Detroit artist