New music from Suki Waterhouse, Sylvan Esso, Dana and Alden, and Twisted Teens joins classics from Massive Attack, Björk, Wilco, and The Rolling Stones. You’ll also hear music from Interpol, DIIV, Mitski, Hermanos Gutiérrez, Four Tet, Miles Davis, 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 July 27, 2026 

• “Lee’s Greenhouse (feat. Mei Semones)” – Dana and Alden 

• “U” – Jadu Heart 

• “Unfinished Sympathy (feat. Shara Nelson)” – Massive Attack  

• “Iron City” – Interpol 

• “Concrete Glen” – Sylvan Esso 

• “Don’t Touch” – Love Spells 

• “I’m Yours” – Tricky & Mitch Sanders 

• “Doused” – DIIV 

• “A Forest (Tree Mix) [Remastered]” – The Cure 

• “Cairo FM” – Alewya 

• “Nosedive” – Man/Woman/Chainsaw  

• “All My Freaks” – Divorce  

• “Need to Run (K – Lone Remix)” – Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill 

• “Canto Andino” – Hermanos Gutiérrez 

• “Nahr El Mot نهر الموت” – Zeid Hamdan 

• “Shmaali شمالي” – Yasmine Hamdan 

• “THE THING” –  TOMORA, AURORA & Tom Rowlands 

• “Army of Me” – Björk 

• “If I Leave” – Mitski 

• “Naraka” – Boards of Canada  

• ‘31 Bloom” – Four Tet 

• “Sunshine Kisses” – Sabine McCalla 

• “So What” – Miles Davis 

• “Florida Water Blues” – Twisted Teens 

• “Hewlett’s Daughter” – Grandaddy  

• “Draggin’” – Hannah Cohen 

• “My Fun” – Suki Waterhouse 

• “Golden Gate” – Miranda Lee Richards 

• “For The First Time, Again” – Tyler Ballgame 

• “Wild Horses” – The Rolling Stones 

• “Farewell Transmission” – Songs: Ohia 

• “Jesus, Etc.” – Wilco 

• “ I’m Getting Back Into Getting Back Into You” – Silver Jews 

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 playlist moves from soul and funk to indie, electronic, and jazz with music from Roy Ayers, ESG, Childish Gambino, Massive Attack, The Cure, and more. We wrap up the show with a conversation featuring Pakistani Grammy-winning artist Arooj Aftab ahead of her first-ever Detroit performance, along with several songs from her catalog. 

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 July 23, 2026 

• “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” – Roy Ayers Ubiquity 

• “Sun for Someone” – Oscar Jerome 

• “Summer Haze” – Yazmin Lacey 

• “Fluye” – Helado Negro, Helado Tropical & Reyna Tropical 

• “Be A Witness” – Lady Wray 

• “Cos-Ber-Zam Ne Noya (Daphni Mix)” – Daphni 

• “Aye Aye Mi Mi (12″ Mix)” – Mano Le Tough 

• “Nobody Can Live Forever” – Tim Maia 

• “Time (You and I)” – Khruangbin 

• “Love Is a Hurtin’ Thing (12″ Version)” – Gloria Ann Taylor 

• “If You Don’t Want My Love” – Jalen Ngonda 

• “Home” – Caribou 

• “U.F.O” – ESG 

• “Alone (Four Tet Remix)” – The Cure 

• “Boys Don’t Cry (New Voice Club Mix 1986) [Remastered]” – The Cure 

• “Out In the Woods” – Leon Russell 

• “I Dig Love (2014 Remaster)” – George Harrison 

• “Our House (Demo)” – Graham Nash & Joni Mitchell 

• “I’m Confessin’ (That I Love You)” – Joe Webb 

• “Make Something Up” – James Blake 

• “PRIDE.” – Kendrick Lamar 

• “Whiskey” – Arooj Aftab 

• “Last Night” – Arooj Aftab 

• “Mohabbat” – Arooj Aftab 

• “Aey Nehin” – Arooj Aftab 

• “Fire on the Water” – Bonobo & Arooj Aftab 

• “One Love (feat. Horace Andy) [2012 Mix/Master]” – Massive Attack 

• “Feels Like Summer” – Childish Gambino 

• “Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars)” – Mark Ronson 

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. 

To celebrate Stevie Wonder turning 76, we asked for your picks and you came through with some incredible selections. Stevie is a once-in-a-lifetime artist, and Detroit is always proud to celebrate another year of his existence and legacy. Today’s show is a full-on birthday party for one of the greatest to ever do it. Let’s honor a catalog that only gets richer with time and still never gets old. 

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 13, 2026 

• “Shy Dub” – Hollie Cook 

• “Girl I Love You” – Massive Attack 

• “Maria También” – Khruangbin 

• “Pretty Girls” – Honeyglaze 

• “Pipeline” – Bill Frisell, Greg Leisz, Tony Scherr & Kenny Wollesen 

• “Wave of Mutilation” – Pixies 

• “Train Song” – Benjamin Gibbard & Feist 

• “Sleeping Ute (Nicolas Jaar Remix)” – Grizzly Bear & Nicolas Jaar 

• “Paper Trails” – DARKSIDE 

• “Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues” – Skip James 

• “You and Me” – Penny & The Quarters 

• “Black Coffee” – Sarah Vaughan 

• “10:03” – Doves 

• “Otis” – The Durutti Column 

• “Baby” – Donnie & Joe Emerson 

• “The Seize” – Jordan Rakei 

• “O Tempo (Foi O Meu Mestre)” – Fabiano do Nascimento & Vittor Santos e Orquestra 

• “Olhos de Sá” – Joutro Mundo 

• “I Only Have Eyes For You” – Sunny & The Sunliners 

• “Life Is” – Jessica Pratt 

• “One Stop” – Aldous Harding 

• “Train on the Island” – Aldous Harding 

• “Jesus Children of America” – Stevie Wonder 

• “Too High (Pimpin Willie Deep Soul Regroove)” – Stevie Wonder 

• “All I Do” – Stevie Wonder 

• “He’s Misstra Know-It-All” – Stevie Wonder 

• “Ribbon In The Sky” – Stevie Wonder 

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

• “Livin’ for the City” – The Dirtbombs 

• “Another Star” – Stevie Wonder 

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. 

We’re matching the gloomy weather with something a little hazy today. Spinning tracks from The Marías, Tara Clerkin Trio, plus jazzier sounds from Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Okonski, and Nina Simone. 

Today’s playlist also includes Little Dragon, Moses Sumney, and Air, along with Massive Attack’s “Paradise Circus” featuring Hope Sandoval. You’ll also hear tracks from José José, Cymande, and Curtis Mayfield mixed in. 

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 April 29, 2026 

• “Back To Me” – The Marías 

• “Another Day” – Soul Saver 

• “Porcelain (Above & Beyond Remix)” – Moby 

• “The Other Lover” – Little Dragon & Moses Sumney 

• “Retold” – Nate Smith 

• “Unfinished Sympathy (feat. Shara Nelson)” – Massive Attack 

• “Sexy Boy (Vegyn Version)” – Air 

• “Adeleine” – Water From Your Eyes 

• “Boy from School” – Hot Chip 

• “Love Story” – My New Band Believe 

• “The Way I Feel Inside” – The Zombies 

• “Somewhere Good” – Tara Clerkin Trio 

• “Darkness, Darkness” – Kieran Hebden & William Tyler 

• “Silently” – Tara Clerkin Trio 

• “La Nave del Olvido” – José José 

• “Á la Mode” – Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers 

• “Montagne Ste Genevieve” – Stephane Wrembel 

• “Summertime” – Rosinha De Valença 

• “California Dreamin’” – Bobby Womack 

• “I Believe To My Soul” – Farhad Mehrad 

• “Vista” – Okonski 

• “Get Me Back in the Game” – LL Burns 

• “Soul On Fire” – LaVern Baker 

• “Dub Me In Your Arms” – Hollie Cook 

• “Baltimore” – Nina Simone 

• “Ann Wants to Dance” – Papooz 

• “Dove” – Cymande 

• “Paradise Circus (feat. Hope Sandoval)” – Massive Attack 

• “Here But I’m Gone” – Curtis Mayfield 

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.