Today’s playlist features new music from Sparklmami, Dana and Alden, Mitski, she’s green, Pearl & The Oysters, and mary in the junkyard. We also play songs from The Cramps, TV on the Radio, The B-52’s, The Cure, Jeff Tweedy, and Talking Heads.  

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 6, 2026 

• “fajas” – Sparklmami 

• “Summer Nights” – Dana and Alden 

• “Mandarin Moon” – Pearl & The Oysters 

• “Tears for Affairs” – Camera Obscura 

• “Spooky (Single Version)” – Dusty Springfield 

• “30 Century Man” – Scott Walker 

• “Low Key” – Tweedy & Jeff Tweedy 

• “Use Me” – Bill Withers 

• “We Do We Go” – NOMO 

• “Bra” – Cymande 

• “Staring at the Wall” – Norah Jones 

• “Somebody Was Watching” – Pops Staples 

• “Everybody Daylight” – Brightblack Morning Light 

• “Earthforms” – Matthew Dear 

• “Wolf Like Me” – TV on the Radio 

• “Stay Away (feat. Menahan Street Band)” – Charles Bradley 

• “Earthquake” – This Is the Kit 

• “Lay Down In The Tall Grass” – Timber Timbre 

• “Hey Now (When I Give You All My Lovin’)” – Romare 

• “TV Set (1977 Version)” – The Cramps 

• “Goo Goo Muck” – The Cramps 

• “Lady Luck” – Richard Swift 

• “Where’s My Phone?” – Mitski 

• “Pretend We’re Dead” – L7 

• “Where to Start” – Bully  

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

• “Give Me Back My Man” – The B-52’s 

• “mettle” – she’s green 

• “Boyfriend” – Best Coast 

• “New Muscles” – mary in the junkyard 

• “Venus Hour (Peanut Butter Wolf Remix)” – Automatic & Peanut Butter Wolf 

• “Girlfriend Is Better” – Talking Heads 

• “Cairo FM” – Alewya 

• “Pick Up (12″ Extended Disco Version)” – DJ Koze 

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. 

New music from Dungen, John Carroll Kirby, Karate Boogaloo, Nightbus, and Swish Jaguaralso along with music form Erykah Badu, Radiohead, David Bowie, and Curtis Mayfield. We also feature Detroit artists The Go, Deadbeat Beat, and Slippers. 

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for August 5, 2026 

• “Alberto Balsalm (Aquarium Drunkard’s Lagniappe Session)” – Dungen 

• “Ibs” – Duval Timothy 

• “Booger’s Bounce of Joy” – Karate Boogaloo 

• “Acid and Honey” – Babe Rainbow 

• “Swallow Tail” – John Carroll Kirby 

• “Other Side Of The Game (Live)” – Erykah Badu 

• “My Dream” – 79.5 

• “Open the Door” – Betty Carter 

• “Lowdown” – Ronald Langestraat 

• “Discogedanken” – Klaus Johann Grobe 

• “Cha Cha Slide” – Getdown Services 

• “Garter Snake (Audiotree Live)” – Macie Stewart 

• “Down on Love” – Sam and Louise Sullivan 

• “I Made It” – Annie & the Caldwells 

• “Coltrane” – Cymande 

• “Billy Jack” – Curtis Mayfield 

• “Morning Sunrise” – Swish Jaguar 

• “Gil Scott Heron – (Angola, Louisiana remix)” – Martin Lundfall 

• “Flying” – Moon Duo 

• “Angles Mortz (Tom Sharkett Remix)” – Nightbus 

• “Phoenix” – JIM  

• “Go to Sleep” – Radiohead 

• “Mercury Avenue” – Maxim Ludwig & Angel Olsen 

• “Heroes (2017 Remaster)” – David Bowie 

• “All Dimensions Are Loose” – The Go 

• “Rock & Roll” – The Velvet Underground 

• “When the Sun Soaks In” – Deadbeat Beat 

• “Most Things Haven’t Worked Out” – Junior Kimbrough 

• “Roadrunner (Live At Harvard University, Boston, MA / 1971 – 1972)” – The Modern Lovers 

• “Wants For Everyone” – Slippers 

• “False Prophet (ashnymph Remix)” – Nightbus  

• “No, No, No” – Gossip 

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. 

There’s plenty of new music on today’s show, including tracks from Bullion, Nation of Language, Night Tapes, Phoebe Bridgers, The Strokes, and Tyler Ballgame. In addition, you’ll hear everything from The Clash, Elvis Costello, R.E.M., Tom Waits, Lake Trout, and Antibalas. 

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 4, 2026 

• “Pulse” – Chronical Deep & Kabza De Small 

• “Roo” – Bullion 

• “Weak In Your Light” – Nation of Language 

• “swim” – Night Tapes 

• “Blood Spilled” – Blonde Redhead 

• “My World (feat. Aidan, Bawo & Ox Eye)” – Jam City  

• “Moon & I (feat. Céline Dessberg)” – Azekel 

• “One and the Same” – Thee Sacred Souls & Victor Axelrod 

• “Lonely Girl” – Lamont Landers 

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

• “Nothing But a Heartache” – The Flirtations 

• “Easy” – Gotts Street Park & Celeste 

• “I Can See” – Nick Hakim 

• “TOMORROW, AGAIN” – Nate Smith, Kiefer, CARRTOONS & Kenny Beats 

• “Freddie Freeloader” – Nicholas Payton & Butcher Brown 

• “Sounds from Below” – Lake Trout 

• “Little Things” – Lake Trout 

• “Watching The Detectives (Live at Good Afternoon (Broadcast) / September 27th, 1977)” – Elvis Costello 

• “(I Don’t Want to Go To) Chelsea” – Elvis Costello & The Attractions 

• “London Calling” – The Clash 

• “New Case” – Upchuck 

• “Yellow Sun” – Downtown Boys 

• “I Will Follow” – U2 

• “Live It Down” – Tyler Ballgame  

• “18” – Suki Waterhouse 

• “Lost Boys” – Phoebe Bridgers 

• “Get Away From Me (I Think I’ll Love You Soon)” – Julia Jacklin 

• “Kick Stones (The Boys)” – Westside Cowboy 

• “Jackie Down The Line” – Fontaines D.C. 

• “Downtown Train” – Tom Waits 

• “Baby, I Love You” – Ramones 

• “Going Shopping” – The Strokes 

• “Can’t Get There From Here” – R.E.M. 

• “Go Je Je” – Antibalas 

• “After the Rain” – Cole Pulice 

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. 

New music from Charli xcx, Getdown Services, and Wu-Lu joins dreamy selections from Mazzy Star, Beach House, and Cocteau Twins, alongside post-punk from Fontaines D.C. and Sonic Youth. We also spin a couple of Big Thief songs ahead of the band’s Aug. 10 performance at Detroit’s Masonic Temple. 

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for August 3, 2026 

• “Cha Cha Slide” – Getdown Services 

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

• “New Park” – Wu-Lu & POiSON ANNA 

• “You Took Your Time” – Mount Kimbie & King Krule 

• “Silently” – Tara Clerkin Trio  

• “Fire Dali” – Lee “Scratch” Perry & Mouse On Mars 

• “Gadabout Season” – Brandee Younger 

• “Well Organised (feat. Lila Iké)” – Ezra Collective 

• “Overchord” – Actress 

• “Sounds We Cannot Hear” – Protomartyr 

• “Breathe” – Romare 

• “Rein Me In” – Sam Fender & Olivia Dean 

• “Marquee Moon” – Television 

• “Magic Metal Montana” – Charli xcx  

• “Blue Flower” – Mazzy Star 

• “Starburster” – Fontaines D.C. 

• “Incinerate” – Sonic Youth 

• “Heaven or Las Vegas” – Cocteau Twins 

• “Norway” – Beach House 

• “Don’t Delete the Kisses” – Wolf Alice 

• “Mind’s a Lie” – High Vis 

• “Los Angeles” – Big Thief 

• “Simulation Swarm” – Big Thief 
• “Dream On” – Palace 

• “There Goes the Fear” – Doves 

• “Mi Mujer” – Nicolas Jaar 

• “Mumma Don’t Tell” – Leifur James 

• “JOHN COLTRANE” – KOMA 

• “Rose Rouge” – St Germain 

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. 

New music from Lola Young, Kurt Vile, she’s green, Westside Cowboy, Lovespells, and Courtney Barnett. Plus, selections from The Avalanches, Romare, Pino Palladino & Blake Mills, Molly Burch, and Tara Clerkin Trio. 

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 28, 2026 

• “Shadows From Nowhere” – Blue Gas 

• “Blue Shadows (feat. Karen O)” – The Avalanches 

• “Keep It To Yourself” – Love Spells 

• “Star Blanket River Child” – Brightblack Morning Light  

• “Computer Love” – Romare 

• “In Loving Memory” – Gabriels 

• “Carry Me Higher (Demo)” – The Blessed Madonna, Joy Anonymous & Danielle Ponder 

• “That’s All I Ask (HAAi Remix / Edit)” – Nina Simone & HAAi 

• “Silently” – Tara Clerkin Trio 

• “Save It for Later (Live)” – Pete Townshend 

• “Summer Girl (Bonus Track)” – HAIM 

• “Please Be Mine” – Molly Burch 

• “I’LL BE YOUR FRIEND” – Ruti 

• “22° Halo” – pôt-pot 

• “mettle” – she’s green 

• “SPIDERS” – Lola Young 

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

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

• “7/4 (Shoreline)” – Broken Social Scene 

• “Just A Western” – Nilüfer Yanya 

• “Need to Run” – Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill  

• “Eco do Futuro (feat. Céline Dessberg)” – Tiago Caetano 

• “Just Wrong” – Pino Palladino & Blake Mills 

• “Come Again” – Jim James 

• “Chance to Bleed” – Kurt Vile 

• “Fall On Me” – R.E.M. 

• “Train on the Island” – Aldous Harding 

• “Kick Stones (The Boys)” – Westside Cowboy 

• “One Thing At A Time” – Courtney Barnett 

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. 

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. 

Grammy-winning Pakistani singer, composer, and producer Arooj Aftab joined In The Groove ahead of her first-ever Detroit performance to talk about the city’s rich musical legacy, her genre-defying approach to songwriting and the meaning listeners bring to her music.

Blending jazz, folk and South Asian influences, Aftab has earned international acclaim for creating atmospheric songs that invite listeners to slow down and immerse themselves in the experience.

Although it’s her first time playing Detroit, Aftab says the city has long been on her list. “It’s basically where almost every favorite musician of mine is from,” she says. Calling Detroit “one of the most important cities” for anyone who loves music, she pointed to jazz icons Ron Carter, Yusef Lateef and Regina Carter as artists who shaped her own musical journey. “I’m personally very excited,” she says. “I can’t believe I’ve never played in Detroit.” 

Aftab walked through her songwriting process and said that she thinks music shouldn’t always come with a clear explanation. She prefers to let people to discover their own meaning in her work and “leave a lot of magic on the table.”

Catch Arooj Aftab at the Detroit Opera House on July 24, where she’ll open for St. Vincent’s orchestral performance with the Detroit Opera Orchestra. 

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. 

New music from Wet Leg, aron!, Tyler Ballgame, Getdown Services, and Alabama Shakes. We also revisit Michael Kiwanuka, Chaka Khan, R.E.M., Bonobo & Arooj Aftab, Digable Planets, Nick Drake, and Paul Simon before closing things out with The Zombies. 

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 21, 2026 

• “Tell Me a Tale” – Michael Kiwanuka  

• “I’m Getting Ready” – Michael Kiwanuka 

• “Please Go Easy With Me” – S.E. Rogie 

• “Diamonds On the Soles of Her Shoes” – Paul Simon 

• “Mr. Jambo (feat. Barry Bergen)” – Kyle Gordon 

• “Can’t Get There From Here” – R.E.M. 

• “Coming Up” – Paul McCartney 

• “It Must Be Love” – Labi Siffre 

• “Through the Fire – A COLORS SHOW” – Chaka Khan 

• “I Feel Hope Coming” – Alabama Shakes 

• “Green Eyes” – Arlo Park 

• “BOSS TRIX (BENNY’S SONG)” – Nirosta Steel  

• “Feels Like Summer” – Childish Gambino 

• “Not For A Lack Of Trying” – aron! 

• “Macramé (feat. Mei Semones)” – aron! 

• “Cello Song” – Nick Drake 

• “Nahr El Mot نهر الموت” – Zeid Hamda 

• “New Park” – Wu-Lu & POiSON ANNA  

• “Cha Cha Slide” – Getdown Services 

• “Obrigado” – Ed O’Brien 

• “hi from me” – Wet Leg 

• “Sound & Color” – Alabama Shakes 

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

• “Black Ego” – Digable Planets 

• “Four On Six (feat. Tommy Flanagan, Percy Heath & Albert Heath)” –  Wes Montgomery  

• “Towers” – Hundred Waters 

• “The Tower (feat. William Brittelle) [Variation]” – Wye Oak, Metropolis Ensemble & Paul Wiancko 

• “It Always Was” – Joshua Idehen 

• “Ferry Lady” – Panda Bear 

• “Paradis” – Donna Blue 

• “I’m Confessin’” – Fabienne Delsol 

• “Lights Out” – Pearl & The Oysters 

• “Common Blue” – Warpaint 

• “I Believe In Love” – Tyler Ballgame 

• “Somebody Made For Me” – Emitt Rhodes 

• “This Will Be Our Year” – The Zombies 

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. 

New music from Mitski, she’s green, mary in the junkyard, Tomoki Sanders, and Ian Fink leads today’s playlist. We also play The Cure, Bully, Best Coast, The B-52’s, alongside selections from Thee Sacred Souls, Aretha Franklin, Paul Simon, Doves, and The Kinks. 

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 20, 2026 

• “Where’s My Phone?” – Mitski 

• “Pretend We’re Dead” – L7 

• “Trying” – Bully 

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

• “Give Me Back My Man” – The B-52’s 

• “mettle” – she’s green 

• “Boyfriend” – Best Coast 

• “New Muscles” – mary in the junkyard 

• “A Fragile Thing (Mark Saunders Heartbroken Remix)” – The Cure 

• “Pick Up (12″ Extended Disco Version)” – DJ Koze 

• “If I Let You” – The Womack Sisters 

• “Waiting on the Right Time” – Thee Sacred Souls 

• “free fall” – berlioz 

• “Love Is Stronger Than Pride” – Ian Fink 

• “The Third Eye” – Tomoki Sanders 

• “Mule” – Kenny Burrell 

• “Crazy He Calls Me” – Aretha Franklin 

• “Like Swimwear (part one) [feat. Anna Butterss, Jay Bellerose & Josh Johnson] – Jeff Parker & ETA IVtet 

• “This Is How We Walk on the Moon (feat. Tirzah)” – Speakers Corner Quartet 

• “Shadows From Nowhere” – Blue Gas 

• “In the Middle of the Night” – Ronald Langestraat  

• “On the Level” – Mac DeMarco 

• “Firesuite” – Doves 

• “Here It Comes” – Doves 

• “Can’t Run But” – Paul Simon 

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

• “Roscoe (Beyond The Wizards Sleeve Re-Animation)” – Midlake  

• “Demon in Profile” – The Afghan Whigs 

• “God Gets You Back” – Mogwai 

• “Fingertips” – The Brian Jonestown Massacre 

• “The Boy with the Perpetual Nervousness” – The Feelies 

• “Lola” – The Kinks 

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. 

Detroit’s hazy skies have us leaning into the mood with a smoky soundtrack. As poor air quality settles over the city, we’re also welcoming the news of Beck’s first album announcement in seven years by spinning a pair of his songs. Plus, new music from Twisted Teens, favorites from People Under the Stairs, MF DOOM, Cat Power, Mitski, and Hope Sandoval.

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 16, 2026 

• “San Francisco Knights” – People Under the Stairs 

• “Acid Raindrops” – People Under the Stairs 

• “Doomsday (feat. Pebbles The Invisible Girl)” – MF DOOM 

• “A Place to Go” – DJ Day 

• “For Pete’s Sake” – Sweetwater 

• “Draft Morning” – The Byrds 

• “(You Caught Me) Smilin’ (Single Version)” – Sly & The Family Stone 

• “Badu Medley” – Cousin Kula 

• “New Beat” – Toro y Moi 

• “A Glue Too Thick” – Hot Chip 

• “Someone Like Me” – Röyksopp 

• “Ruin” – Cat Power 

• “The Homeless Wanderer” – Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru 

• “You Ain’t the Problem” – Michael Kiwanuka 

• “Rite of the Ancients” – The Budos Band 

• “Spanish Grease” – Willie Bobo 

• “Slipping into Darkness” – Funkees  

• “Light My Fire” – Africa 

• “I’m Confessin’” – Fabienne Delsol 

• “Bonnie And Clyde” – Brigitte Bardot & Serge Gainsbourg 

• “Prisencolinensinainciusol” – Adriano Celentano 

• “Florida Water Blues” – Twisted Teens 

• “New Age” – Blitz 

• “Why Can’t I Touch It?” – Buzzcocks 

• “Talk of the Town” – The Pretenders 

• “Poinciana” – Ahmad Jamal 

• “Showrooms” – Sam Prekop 

• “Diving Woman” – Japanese Breakfast 

• “Come On Let’s Go” – Broadcast 

• “My Love Mine All Mine” – Mitski 

• “The End of the World” – Sharon Van Etten 

• “In The Night” – Beck 

• “Ride Lonesome” – Beck 

• “Let Me Get There (feat. Kurt Vile)” – Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions 

• “Somewhere Good” – Tara Clerkin Trio 

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 spinning more songs that help you cool off on a hot summer day. Today’s listener selections include tracks from Sly & The Family Stone, Sun Araw, and The Beach Boys. We also mix in music from Phoebe Bridgers, Robyn, Dummy, Wye Oak, and Disclosure to keep the groove going all afternoon. 

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for July 15, 2026 

• “Mohabbat” – Arooj Aftab 

• “I Think I’m in Love” – Spiritualized 

• “Sáré Kon Kon” – Antibalas 

• “Ice Breaker” – Bubaza 

• “The Same Love That Made Me Laugh” – Bill Withers 

• “Spanish Joint” – D’Angelo 

• “In Our Gun” – Gomez 

• “Horse Steppin’” – Sun Araw 

• “Feel Like I Do” – Disclosure & Al Green 

• “Didn’t I (Dave Allison Rework)” – Darondo 

• “Another Day” – Soul Saver 

• “Find My Baby” – Moby 

• “Hand Clapping Song” – The Meters 

• “Actually” – Dan Kye 

• “Luv N’ Haight” – Sly & The Family Stone 

• “Feel Flows” – The Beach Boys 

• “Lucky Charm” – Panda Bear & Sonic Boom 

• “No Room for Doubt (feat. Willy Mason)” – Lianne La Havas 

• “Diversey Beach” – Resavoir, Matt Gold & Mei Semones Horizon 

• “Mantra” – Jordan Rakei 

• “Opaline Bubbletear” – Dummy 

• “Blue Dada” – Dummy 

• “Lost Boys” – Phoebe Bridgers 

• “Lifer” – Wye Oak 

• “Baby Forgive Me (Young Marco Remix)” – Robyn 

• “Dove” – Cymande 

• “My People… Hold On” – Eddie Kendricks 

• “The Cisco Kid” – War 

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. 

Heat advisory? More like beat advisory! We’re turning up the summer soundtrack with songs to help you keep cool, from Jonathan Richman, Hannah Cohen, LCD Soundsystem, The Cure, Teddybears, Twin Shadow, Talking Heads, 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 14, 2026 

• “I Love Hot Nights” – Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers 

• “The Lovecats” – The Cure 

• “Lost In the Supermarket” – The Clash 

• “Moon Rocks” – Talking Heads 

• “Lo Life” – Antibalas 

• “Song for My Father” – Tenderlonious 

• “Be Free. (Joe Goddard Remix)” – NEIL FRANCES 

• “Shadows From Nowhere” – Blue Gas 

• “Le Grand Soleil De Dieu (Psychemagik Remix)” – Francis Bebey 

• “Illegal Hit” – Yttling Jazz 

• “I’m Confessin’” – Fabienne Delsol 

• “Dancer” – Twisted Teens 

• “People Who Died” – The Jim Carroll Band  

• “I Don’t Wanna Grow Up” – Tom Waits 

• “New Drink for the Old Drunk” – Crooked Fingers 

• “The Swimming Song” – Loudon Wainwright III 

• “Drivin’ On 9” – The Breeders 

• “That Summer Feeling” – Jonathan Richman 

• “Summer Sweat” – Hannah Cohen 

• “Morning Light (feat. Andreya Triana)” – Andreya Triana & Quantic 

• “Cebollas Verdes (feat. Quantic)” – Khruangbin 

• “Buscando Guayaba” – Ruben Blades 

• “Formant Sweep” – LeonxLeon 

• “You Wanted a Hit” – LCD Soundsystem  

• “Punkrocker (feat. Iggy Pop)” – Teddybears 

• “Alemania” – Twin Shadow 

• “Josh Tillman and the Accidental Dose” – Father John Misty 

• “Kashmir” – Led Zeppelin 

• “Everybody Daylight” – Brightblack Morning Light 

• “The Beach Party” – Hot Chip 

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. 

New music from Benjamin Booker, Thee Sacred Souls, Joe Armon-Jones, Ian Fink, and Yellow Days, alongside selections from Grace Jones, Dorothy Ashby, Mulatu Astatke, Underworld, and Father John Misty. 

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for July 13, 2026 

• “Hand Me A Cigarette” – Twisted Teens 

• “Believe” – Benjamin Booker 

• “Waiting on the Right Time” – Thee Sacred Souls & Victor Axelrod 

• “free fall” – berlioz 

• “Love Is Stronger Than Pride” – Ian Fink 

• “The World Is a Ghetto (Laroye Rework)” – George Benson 

• “Icy Roads (Stacked)” – Joe Armon-Jones 

• “Cannibal Dub” – Grace Jones 

• “Babystar (Kid Fonque Remix)” – Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill 

• “Say Yeah” – Moses Boyd 

• “The Turning Ground” – Tara Clerkin Trio 

• “Hot Dreams (Absolutely Free Dub Mix)” – Timber Timbre 

• “Beyond Your Mind (Mixed)” – M.O.S. 

• “Diane Charlemagne (Iman Houssein Remix)” – LEFTO EARLY BIRD 

• “All Blues” – Nicholas Payton & Butcher Brown 

• “l’histoire de ta vie” – Céline Dessberg 

• “Sola Sistim” – Underworld 

• “Blue Nile” – Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics 

• “Little Sunflower” – Dorothy Ashby 

• “Mambo Diablo” – Tito Puente 

• “No Me Voy (feat. Carolina Oliveros)” – Orquesta Akokán  

• “I Wish It Didn’t Bother Me (Demo)” – Getdown Services 

• “Mellow” – Deadbeat Beat 

• “New York, Let’s Do Nothing” – King Hannah 

• “Pretty Girls” – Honeyglaze 

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

• “If You Change” – Widowspeak 

• “Central Park West” – Peel Dream Magazine 

• “True Affection” – Father John Misty 

• “Nine Clean Nails” – Dummy 

• “PATCHWORK” – Nate Smith, Kiefer, CARRTOONS & Kenny Beats 

• “I Feel Hope Coming” – Alabama Shakes 

• “Gap in the Clouds” – Yellow Days 

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. 

New music is front and center today with releases from Twisted Teens, Jack White, and Wet Leg, while Alabama Shakes returns with their first new songs in years. We also spin new collaborations from Nate Smith and Kiefer alongside favorites from Prince, The Strokes, Björk, Curtis Mayfield, Iggy Pop, and more. 

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for July 10, 2026 

• “hi from me” – Wet Leg 

• “I Feel Hope Coming” – Alabama Shakes 

• “Another Life” – Alabama Shakes  

• “Free (Acoustic Version)” – Prince 

• “Fingers” – Joyce Moreno, Adrian Younge & Tutty Moreno 

• “PATCHWORK” – Nate Smith, Kiefer, CARRTOONS & Kenny Beats 

• “Tell Me More And More And Then Some (dublon Remix)” – Nina Simone & dublon 

• “The Spin Cycle” – Spoek Mathambo 

• “badman” – nomi. 

• “Florida Water Blues” – Twisted Teens 

• “Hewlett’s Daughter” – Grandaddy 

• “Draggin’” – Hannah Cohen 

• “Ya Banat” – Kazdoura 

• “Holiday Destination” – Nadine Shah 

• “Satan’s a Woman” – Twin Temple 

• “If I Let You” – The Womack Sisters  

• “There’s Nobody There” – Jack White 

• “The Mainline Song” – Spiritualized 

• “Reptilia” – The Strokes 

• “Think I’m in Love” – Beck 

• “Guess I’m Fallin In Love” – Spoon 

• “Blow My Mind” – Say She She & Piya Malik 

• “Billy Jack” – Curtis Mayfield 

• “For the Time Being” – Erlend Øye & La Comitiva 

• “Quetzel” – Los Hermanos 

• “Los Ojos Del Cóndor” – Hermanos Gutiérrez 

• “Nahr El Mot نهر الموت” – Zeid Hamdan 

• “Shmaali شمالي” – Yasmine Hamdan 

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

• “Army of Me” – Björk 

• “She Will” – Savages 

• “Deadly Valentine” – Charlotte Gainsbourg 

• “Nightclubbing” – Iggy Pop 

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. 

Jazz takes center stage featuring Nicholas Payton & Butcher Brown, Jeff Parker, and Ethiopian pianist Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru. We also mix in new music from Tyler Ballgame alongside favorites from Nick Drake, Jungle, Fela Kuti, Aretha Franklin, and more. 

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for July 9, 2026 

• “Mountain Top” – RIO KOSTA 

• “House in LA” – Jungle 

• “Pursuance” – Nicholas Payton & Butcher Brown 

• “All Blues” – Nicholas Payton & Butcher Brown 

• “Gentleman” – Fela Kuti 

• “Satisfaction (I Can’t Get No)” – Otis Redding 

• “Lazy Bones” – WITCH 

• “Bra” – Cymande 

• “I Believe In Love” – Tyler Ballgame 

• “Somebody Made for Me” – Emitt Rhodes 

• “This Will Be Our Year” – The Zombies 

• “Draggin’” – Hannah Cohen 

• “Going to California” – Led Zeppelin 

• “Goodbye Mr. Blue” – Father John Misty 

• “Words” – Big Thief 

• “Knife” – Grizzly Bear 

• “In a Dream” – Misha Panfilov Sound Combo 

• “Our House (Demo)” – Graham Nash 

• “Sycamore” – Bill Callahan 

• “Chinese Translation” – M. Ward 

• “Pink Moon” – Nick Drake 

• “Mule” – Kenny Burrell 

• “Crazy He Calls Me” – Aretha Franklin 

• “Off Om” – Jeff Parker 

• “..THUS IS WHY ( I DON’T SPRING 4 LOVE )” – Saya Gray 

• “This Is How We Walk on the Moon (feat. Tirzah)” – Speakers Corner Quartet 

• “Shadows From Nowhere” – Blue Gas 

• “Storm” – Rare Silk 

• “The Homeless Wanderer” – Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru 

• “Open the Door” – Betty Carter 

• “What You Are” – Pete Brandt’s Method 

• “I Think I’m in Love” – Spiritualized 

• “Al Sharp” – The Beta Band 

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. 

Several artists featured on today’s playlist are making their way to metro Detroit this summer and fall, including Cola, Bloc Party, Jack Johnson, Jack White, Big Thief, and Osees. If any of these shows are on your radar, be sure to grab your tickets before they’re gone. 

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 7, 2026 

• “Listen2me” – Foxwarren 

• “Haveluck Country” – Cola 

• “Mellow” – Deadbeat Beat 

• “Like Eating Glass” – Bloc Party 

• “Sweet Mary Jane” – The Desperados 

• “Sun Sinking Low” – Mr. Airplane Man 

• “Dollar Bill” – Jack White 

• “Marigold (B-Side)” – Nirvana 

• “Loud Bark” – Mannequin Pussy 

• “Make It Wit Chu” – Queens of the Stone Age 

• “Toe Cutter – Thumb Buster” – Thee Oh Sees 

• “Incomprehensible” – Big Thief 

• “Hold On To The Light” – Jack Johnson & Hermanos Gutiérrez 

• “Sound & Color” – Alabama Shakes 

• “Black Ego” – Digable Planets 

• “Four On Six (feat. Tommy Flanagan, Percy Heath & Albert Heath)” – Wes Montgomery 

• “Kilimanjaro” – Kelan Phil Cohran & Legacy 

• “Doom Mood” – Pearl & The Oysters 

• “O Samba da Minha Terra” – Novos Baianos 

• “Se Baila Así” – Mexican Institute of Sound 

• “Atatue Inu” – Chrissy Zebby Tembo & Ngozi Family 

• “For Oumou Sangaré” – The Kyle Shepherd Trio 

• “Kind of Latin Rhythm” – The Juju Orchestra 

• “Alegría” – Elia y Elizabeth 

• “Aonde Voce Vai” – Antonio Adolfo 

• “Olhos de Sá” – Joutro Mundo 

• “Nomalizo” – Letta Mbulu 

• “A Figure in the Surf” – Mount Kimbie 

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 spinning more of your “Belle Isle Bangers” to cool you off in this Detroit summer heat. Today’s listener selections include tracks from Smokey Robinson, Sylvan Esso, The Rascals, The Isley Brothers, and Wolf Alice. We also take a moment to say goodbye to Mexico’s World Cup run with Mercedes Sosa’s “Gracias a la Vida” after last night’s match. 

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for July 6, 2026 

• “Silently” – Tara Clerkin Trio 

• “After the Rain” – Cole Pulice 

• “Going Out” – Carla dal Forno 

• “Liars” – The Durutti Column 

• “Five Seconds” – Twin Shadow 

• “Kaputt” – Destroyer 

• “The One to Wait” – CCFX 

• “Coffee” – Sylvan Esso 

• “Gracias a la Vida” – Mercedes Sosa 

• “Cruisin’” – Smokey Robinson 

• “Island of Real” – The Rascals 

• “Fight the Power, Pts. 1 & 2” – The Isley Brothers 

• “Bloodline (Marla Kether Remix)” – Samantha Lindo 

• “Saturday Night Special” – Jazzanova 

• “BOSS TRIX (BENNY’S SONG)” – Nirosta Steel 

• “Don’t Delete the Kisses” – Wolf Alice 

• “The Call” – Broken Social Scene 

• “Combat Baby” – Metric 

• “MISK” – Roundabout 

• “DON’T LISTEN” – corto.alto 

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

• “Somewhere Good” – Tara Clerkin Trio 

• “Desire” – Cleo Sol 

• “Far Cry” – Resavoir 

• “Uirapurú” – Fabiano do Nascimento & Vittor Santos e Orquestra 

• “Gadabout Season” – Brandee Younger 

• “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” – Dorothy Ashby 

• “Summertime” – Rosinha De Valença 

• “In a Hidden Nook Between Worlds I” – Cole Pulice 

• “Save It for Later (Live)” – Pete Townshend 

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. 

Celebrating Canada Day, today’s playlist is dedicated to Canadian artists, featuring music from Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Broken Social Scene, KAYTRANADA, The New Pornographers, Leonard Cohen, Feist, and more. We also revisit Feist’s special live performance of “Mushaboom,” recorded right here at WDET. 

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for July 1, 2026 

• “Champions of Red Wine” – The New Pornographers 

• “TRACK UNO” – KAYTRANADA 

• “Unconscious Melody” – Preoccupations 

• “Sweetest Kill” – Broken Social Scene 

• “BUS RIDE (feat. Karriem Riggins & River Tiber)” – KAYTRANADA 

• “The House That Heaven Built” – Japandroids 

• “Black Crow” – Joni Mitchell 

• “I Feel It All” – Feist 

• “Mushaboom (Live at WDET)” – Feist 

• “Strange (Dan the Automator Remix)” – Foxwarren 

• “Wasted on You” – Andy Shauf 

• “Bad Ones (feat. Tegan and Sara)” – Matthew Dear 

• “Helpless Sun (feat. Hayley Hutchinson)” – Tim Green 

• “Violent Shiver” – Benjamin Booker 

• “Defense” – Panda Bear 

• “Gut Feeling / (Slap Your Mammy)” – Devo 

• “Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) Artist: Neil Young 

• “7/4 (Shoreline)” – Broken Social Scene 

• “Incinerate” – Sonic Youth 

• “Mister Moonlight” – Clinic 

• “Suzanne” – Leonard Cohen 

• “Down by the River” – Neil Young & Crazy Horse 

• “Woodstock’s Dream” – Vince Guaraldi 

• “Stompin & Motorik’n” – Penza Penza 

• “Pata Pata (Stereo Version)” – Miriam Makeba 

• “Kodachrome” – Paul Simon 

• “Six O’Clock News” – Kathleen Edwards 

• “Problem with It” – Plains 

• “Love Is a Painting” – The Bug Club 

• “New Rose” – The Damned 

• “Tenderness” – Parquet Courts 

• “One Of These Things First” – Nick Drake 

• “This Time Tomorrow” – The Kinks 

• “Song for Ray” – Bronx River Parkway 

• “One with You” – RIO KOSTA 

• “Clothes Off” – Cousin Kula 

• “Gap in the Clouds” – Yellow Days 

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.