We’re kicking off this week of In The Groove with some upbeat retro soul tracks from RIO KOSTA, Jordan Rakei, SAULT and more, plus we’re opening up the groove hotline to get your picks for songs that feel kinda spooky but aren’t necessarily traditional Halloween songs. You can call in and leave a voice message on the hotline (313-577-3414) and we’ll play them later this week!

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 October 26, 2026

• “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 (feat. Jocelyn Brown) (4Hero Mix)” – Nuyorican Soul 
• “Woah! There’s No Limit (feat. Mara TK)” – Lord Echo 
• “Genesis” -Chronixx 
• “I’d Rather Be With You” – Bootsy’s Rubber Band 
• “Watch You Dance” – Leon Bridges  
• “Special” – Babe Rainbow 
• “New Drug (Original)” – Matthew Dear 
• “Random Violence” – Hot Chip 
• “Queen” – Perfume Genius 
• “New York” – Cat Power 
• “You Wish” – Nightmares On Wax 
• “In Every Dream Home A Heartache” – Roxy Music 
• “Our Time” – Pender Street Steppers 
• “Iced Lightning” – RJD2 
• “Never Catch Me (feat. Kendrick Lamar)” – Flying Lotus 
• “Save Me” – Emma-Jean Thackray 
• “See-Line Woman” – Danielle Ponder & Bryce Dessner 
• “My Moon My Man” – Feist 
• “Africa” – Bill Lawrence & Michael League 
• “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To” – Andrew Bird, Alan Hampton & Ted Poor 
• “Garden” – Maria Somerville 
• “To be a rose” – Jenny Hval 
• “If You Change” – Widowspeak 
• “Let Me Get There (feat Kurt Vile)” – Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions 
• “Here’s Where The Story Ends” – The Sundays 
• “Heaven’s On Fire” – The Radio Dept. 

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 In the Groove opened with new music from Hot Chip. Their song “Random Violence” is from the upcoming album, A Long Way From Kansas, due out in January. It blended quite well with music from Nation of Language and LCD Soundsystem (who share a member with Hot Chip).

Highlights from the rest of the show included Michael Kiwanuka’s “Summer Clothes,” Worldpeace DMT’s “Ivy,” Dummy’s “April Limousine,” Slow Pulp’s “Yellow and Green,” and two tracks from Mei Semones (who is performing next March at the Ark in Ann Arbor, her old stomping grounds) — “Dumb Feeling” and “Howl” — before closing with Matthew Herbert and Momoko Gill’s “Need to Run (K – Lone Remix).”

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 October 23, 2026

• “Random Violence” — Hot Chip
• “Weak In Your Light” — Nation of Language
• “Someone Great” — LCD Soundsystem
• “Vireo’s Eye” — Future Islands
• “Boy” — Book of Love
• “Lonesome Tonight” — New Order
• “Ivy” — Worldpeace DMT
• “Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)” — Arcade Fire
• “The Dreaming Moon” — The Magnetic Fields
• “Japan” — Fontaines D.C.
• “Fade into You” — Mazzy Star
• “Symphonie Pacifique” — Greg Foat
• “Summer Clothes” — Michael Kiwanuka
• “Ulla Dulla” — Traffik Island
• “The Girl from Ipanema” — Charlie Byrd
• “Sun and Moon” — Brittany Davis
• “Afro Golden Line” — Amir Bresler
• “Spellbinder” — Gabor Szabo
• “Right Down Here” — Asha Puthli
• “Alger la blanche” — Nicolas Godin
• “Requiem pour un c…” — Serge Gainsbourg
• “Guns of Brixton (feat. Yan Jun) [l’été chinois]” — Dub Mentor
• “Me and the Devil” — Soap&Skin
• “Me and the Devil Blues” — Robert Johnson
• “Moon River” — Bill Frisell
• “Do You Realize??” — Willie Nelson
• “The Turning Ground” — Tara Clerkin Trio
• “April Limousine” — Dummy
• “Yellow and Green” — Slow Pulp
• “Love Hurts” — Julian Lage
• “Blackbird” — Biréli Lagrène & Sylvain Luc
• “Do I Ever Cross Your Mind” — Chet Atkins & Dolly Parton
• “Tenderly” — Luiz Bonfa
• “Dumb Feeling” — Mei Semones
• “Howl” — Mei Semones
• “October” — Okonski
• “Need to Run (K – Lone Remix)” — Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill

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.