Sept. 23 is John Coltrane’s birthday, and this is his 100^th. Covers and his original works comprise a lot of our show today, but we’re also including new works like “Pursuance” by Nicholas Payton and Butcher Brown. So, sit back and get spiritual with us for today’s In The Groove!  

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

• “Equinox” – Jessica Williams 
• RIP with John Coltrane” – Patchworks 
• “Bright Moments” – Admin 
• “open this wall” – berlioz 
• “why my love?” – aja monet 
• “Lansana’s Priestess (Remix)” – DJ Spinna 
• “Evolution” – Shola Adisa-Farrar & Florian Pellissier Quintet 
• “L.O.V.E. and You & I” –  Jazzanova 
• “Coffee” – Yuna 
• “Thin Lines” – Kidnap 
• “Equinox” – John Coltrane 
• “Pursuance” – Nicholas Payton & Butcher Brown 
• “The Message Continues” -Nubya Garcia 
• “Everybody Loves the Sunshine (feat. José James)” – Takuya Kuroda 
• “Rising Son” – Takuya Kuroda 
• “Roscoe (Beyond the Wizard’s Sleeve Remix)” –  Midlake 
• “free fall” -berlioz 
• “L.A.” – Elliott Smith 
• “It’s Real” – Real Estate 
• “Caring Is Creepy” – The Shins 
• “I AM!” – pôt-pot 
• “Cloudy” – Daphni 
• “The Homeless Wanderer” – Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru 
• “Blue Train” – John Coltrane 
• “A Love Supreme, Pt. 1: Acknowledgement” – John Coltrane 

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.

Today’s show is your submissions for your fall weather soundtrack into one amazing playlist full of new (like unreleased music from the band Morphine) and old, heard and unheard by many, and we’re thrilled that you guys are continuing to send in! If you want to add your own, call our hotline: (313) 577-3134.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for September 24, 2026

• “Change” – Alex G (fall song picked by you!)
• “The Shining” – Badly Drawn Boy 
• “Harvest Moon” – Neil Young 
• “Sound & Color” – Alabama Shakes (fall song picked by you!)
• “Move with the Season” – Temples (fall song picked by you!)
• “Another Country” – Shadowfax (fall song picked by you!)
• “Lydia Wears a Cross” -Julia Jacklin (fall song picked by you!)
• “Oscillate Wildly” – The Smiths (fall song picked by you!)
• “Comment te dire adieu (It Hurts to Say Goodbye)” – Françoise Hardy (fall song picked by you!) 
• “Never Known” – The Durutti Column (fall song picked by you!)
• “One Good Spliff” – Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers (fall song picked by you!)
• “Watching The Wheels” – John Lennon (fall song picked by you!)
• “Fall in a River” – Badly Drawn Boy 
• “Camping Next to Water” – Badly Drawn Boy 
• “September Gurls” -Big Star (fall song picked by you!)
• “Northern Sky” -Nick Drake (fall song picked by you!)
• “Some Birds” Jeff Tweedy (fall song picked by you!)
• “Seasons” -Chris Cornell (fall song picked by you!) 
• “Ramble On” -Led Zeppelin (fall song picked by you!)
• “The Rat” – The Walkmen 
• “Walking With Thee” – Clinic 
• “Season of the Witch (Secrets Edit)” – Donovan 
• “Breathe” – Romare 
• “I’m Straight” – The Modern Lovers 
• “I Don’t Want to Get Over You” -The Magnetic Fields 
• “In Spite of Me” – Morphine 
• “Cocoon” – Morphine 
• “Buena” – Morphine 
• “Everything and Nothing” – SOFT PLAY 
• “Words” – Big Thief 
• “Heart Is a Drum” – Beck 
• “Sleeping Lessons” – The Shins 
• “Nu Tones” – NOMO 
• “Water No Get Enemy” – Fela Kuti  

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Starting off today with Brian Eno (what a good omen for a great call-in show). We’ll be diving into a lot of autumn-inspired tracks along with some classics from The Who, Led Zeppelin and others — many of them picked by you! Thank you to everyone who shared a song on the groove hotline, which is still open & taking fall picks: 313-577-3414. 

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

• “Taking Tiger Mountain” – Brian Eno (fall song picked by you!)
• “White Winter Hymnal” – Fleet Foxes
• “Love Ain’t for Keeping” – The Who (fall song picked by you!)
• “Who’s That” – The War on Drugs 
• “Balloon Drop Shadow” – The Cleaners From Venus (fall song picked by you!) 
• “September” – David Sylvian (fall song picked by you!)
• “Harvest Moon” – Maya Delilah (fall song picked by you!)
• “Moondance” – Van Morrison (fall song picked by you!)
• “Autumn Leaves” – Lou Rawls (fall song picked by you!)
• “Linus and Lucy” – Vince Guaraldi Trio (fall song picked by you!)
• “Partido Alto” – Azymuth (fall song picked by you!)
• “Enchantia” – Domenique Dumont 
• “False Start Dub” – Kings Of High Speed & JKriv 
• “Black Mountain Side” – Led Zeppelin (fall song picked by you!)
• “Shelter from the Storm” – Bob Dylan (fall song picked by you!)
• “Ordinary People” – Twin Peaks (fall song picked by you!)
• “Southern Point” – Grizzly Bear (fall song picked by you!)
• “Gone by Fall (feat. Anaïs Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson & Josh Kaufman)” – Bonny Light Horseman (fall song picked by you!)
• “These Days” – Nico (fall song picked by you!)
• “Gold Dust” – Duster (fall song picked by you!)
• “Autumn Sweater” – Yo La Tengo (fall song picked by you!)
• “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart” – Wilco 
• “All The Rage” – Wishy 
• “Detroit Has a Skyline” – Superchunk 
• “Lifer” – Wye Oak 
• “Clover” – Billie Marten 
• “Paper Tiger” – Spoon 
• “Chinatown” – Destroyer 
• “The Ones We Loved” – Georgie Sweet 
• “Angles Mortz” – Nightbus 
• “Belong To You (feat. Kate Bollinger)” – Cut Copy 
• “Bloodlines” – Franc Moody 
• “La Ceiba” – Antibalas 
• “QADIR (BADBADNOTGOOD Remix)” – Nick Hakim 
• “Vitamin C” – Can 
• “Dove” – Cymande 

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.

Coming off the heels of a successful fall fundraiser (a massive THANK YOU to everyone who made a gift during IN THE GROOVE) and considering today’s date being what might as well be a musical holiday, we’re starting with Roy Meriwether and continuing into tracks both modern and classic. We’ve also got Munan’s single “Disco In My Room,” which just dropped last week.

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

• “Marching Into Hell” – Roy Meriwether 
• “Together” -Misha Panfilov Sound Combo 
• “Swing Lo Magellan” – Dirty Projectors 
• “Miffed It” – Way Dynamic 
• “Disco In My Room” – Munan 
• “Blue Nile” – Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics 
• “Sunday Morning” – Amanaz 
• “A Place to Go” – DJ Day 
• “For Pete’s Sake” – Sweetwater 
• “Draft Morning” – The Byrds 
• “San Franciscan Nights” – Gabor Szabo & The California Dreamers 
• “Girl from the Mountain” – Ghetto Brothers 
• “I Wish It Didn’t Bother Me” – Getdown Services 
• “New Drug (Original)” – Matthew Dear 
• “Booger’s Bounce of Joy” – Karate Boogaloo 
• “Bicho auto” – Juana Molina 
• “Acid and Honey” – Babe Rainbow 
• “Macho” – Jaakko Eino Kalevi 
• “TOY NO” – MUGRE 
• “⁠Colour Pillow / Kologo” – Blind Yeo 
• “Brakhage” – Stereolab 
• “Ocotillo” – Ghost Funk Orchestra 
• “Seven Mile (feat. Dames Brown)” – Will Sessions & Amp Fiddler 
• “Sun Circles (John Beltran Project Remix)” – Gratts 
• “On Your Face” – Earth, Wind & Fire 
• “September” – Earth, Wind & Fire 
• “Yeah Yeah” – Will Sessions 
• “Light My Fire” – Africa 
• “Nome de Deus” – Sessa 
• “La torre (feat. Devendra Banhart)” – Gabriel Rios 
• “God Gave Me Feet For Dancing (feat. Yazmin Lacey)” – Ezra Collective 
• “I Didn’t Know What Time It Was” – Cécile McLorin Salvant 

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.