This week on Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music we celebrate MOVEMENT with some extended electronic music sets… plus a couple legends turning 80, new music from Arlo Parks, Jalen Ngonda, TOMORA and more!

See the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music Playlist for May 23, 2026

HOUR ONE:

• “Meditation Four” – Carl Craig
• “In The Air” – Hot Since ’82
• “TRY” – sillygirlcarmen
• “Universal Soldier” – Depeche Mode
• “Atlantis” – Donovan
• “Doctrine Of Love” – Jalen Ngonda
• “Luck of Life” – Arlo Parks
• “Wannabeher” – MUNA
• “666” – Bon Iver
• “I Believe In Ghosts” – Kacey Musgraves
• “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man” – Cher

HOUR TWO:

• “Glory” – Dames Brown
• “Tantor” – Danny Brown
• “Coming In Heavy” – Eli Brown & Pan-Pot
• “All My Friends” – Barry Can’t Swim
• “Let It Ride” – DJ Minx
• “Lazy Nina” – Greg Phillinganes (Yacht Rock Cruise, 6/7!)
• “You Need A Hero” – Pages (Yacht Rock Cruise, 6/7!)
• “Hold Tight” – ROZZI (at The Leon Loft)
• “Gone With The Wind” – Brother Wallace
• “Stay In Your Lane” – Courtney Barnett
• “After All This Time” – Joe Jackson
• “A Wonderful Life” – Carl Craig

Listen to Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music every Saturday from 2-4 p.m. ET on Detroit Public Radio 101.9 WDET and streaming on-demand at wdet.org

Exploring new music today from Momoko Gill, Lily Talmers, Ruti, pôt-pot, and a fresh remix from English Teacher. 

Later on, we drift into cuts from Broken Social Scene, Jeff Parker, and Tara Clerkin Trio, before settling into tracks from KAYTRANADA, Maya Jane Coles, and Roy Ayers. 

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 12, 2026 

• “Say a Little Prayer (Live)” – Lianne La Havas 

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

• “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 

• “Somewhere Good” – Tara Clerkin Trio 

• “I Believe To My Soul” – Farhad Mehrad 

• “Burnin’ Coal” – Les McCann 

• “Call Me Your Lover” – Mary Afi Usuah 

• “Astral Traveling” – Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes 

• “Not Around Anymore” – Broken Social Scene 

• “The Big Idea” – Lily Talmers 

• “I’LL BE YOUR FRIEND” – Ruti 

• “Soft Cover” – Widowspeak 

• “Room at the Top” – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 

• “French Navy” – Camera Obscura 

• “Heaven’s on Fire” – The Radio Dept. 

• “Quick Canal (with Laetitia Sadier) [feat. Laetitia Sadier]” – Atlas Sound 

• “Hot Scene” – pôt-pot 

• “The World’s Biggest Paving Slab (Daniel Avery Remix)” – English Teacher & Daniel Avery 

• “Ritual Union (Maya Jane Coles Remix)” – Little Dragon 

• “What They Say” – Maya Jane Coles 

• “Intimidated (feat. H.E.R.)” – KAYTRANADA 

• “Pretty Big House” – Jarami 

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

• “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” – Roy Ayers Ubiquity 

• “I Can Say To You (Toribio Remix)” – Butcher Brown 

• “Bright Moments” – Admin 

• “Nancy Wilson (feat. Ahya Simone & Dez Andres) [Shigeto Remix]” – Brian Jackson, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad 

• “What Happens Now” – Broken Social Scene 

• “Parking Lot Dreams” – Broken Social Scene 

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.