My favorite time of the year — end of year best of music lists!

This is PART FOUR of In The Groove’s Best Of 2024 series. Spotlights on Dummy, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Ezra Collective, Tierra Whack, Joy Orbison, SBTRKT and more.

You can see the playlist and listen back to previous shows below:

Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five

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 Dec. 19, 2024

• “To Be Still” – Brittany Howard
• “Everything in its Right Place” – Kamaal Williams
• “Son of a Preacher Man” – Mieke Miami
• “Niceties” – Forest Law
• “Space” – Hypnotic Brass Ensemble & Yasiin Bey
• “God Gave Me Feet For Dancing (feat. Yazmin Lacey)” – Ezra Collective & Yazmin Lacey
• “Moon Slide” – Lilblackkids, Georgia Anne Muldrow & Keith Rice
• “SHOWER SONG” – Tierra Whack
• “False Start Dub” – Kings Of High Speed & JKriv
• “Hello? (feat. aden) [Maurice Fulton Remix]” – musclecars
• “flight fm” – Joy Orbison
• “Back On” – SBTRKT
• “David” – Allysha Joy
• “Lo Dudo” – Ëda Diaz
• “Rain Can’t Reach Us (feat. Tony Allen)” – Yannis & The Yaw
• “Nullspace” – Dummy
• “Opaline Bubbletear” – Dummy
• “Blue Dada” – Dummy
• “Dumb Guitar” – Mount Kimbie
• “Ill Times” – GUM & Ambrose Kenny-Smith
• “Bang (Peanut Butter Wolf Remix)” – Melenas & Peanut Butter Wolf
• “Hot Sun” – Wilco
• “New York, Let’s Do Nothing” – King Hannah
• “Ride around” – Goat Girl
• “Why Are You?” – Natty Reeves
• “All Seeds” – Don Glori
• “Dispose Of Me” – Omar Apollo
• “Never Be Yours” – Kali Uchis
• “For The Time Being” – Erlend Øye & La Comitiva
• “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To” – Andrew Bird, Alan Hampton & Ted Poor
• “If You Only Knew (Live from Union Chapel)” – Gabriels
• “Passionfruit (feat. John Carroll Kirby)” – Elkka
• “Parasite (feat. Kindelan)” – Sean Khan & The Modern Jazz & Folk Ensemble
• “Late Autumn (feat. Anna Butterss, Jay Bellerose & Josh Johnson)” – Jeff Parker

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.

I’ve never thought of a ceramics sale as an art show until I rolled through the Still Life Studios in Ferndale.

It’s the blatant commerce of it all. Couples shopping for last-minute holiday gifts, one partner always a little more curious and willing than the other. To me, people browsing as consumers just look different than patrons stoically meandering through a museum.

Ceramics artist Kim Khamo changed my perspective with her display at Still Life, which rents out space, supplies and equipment to a wide ranging level of talent.

In less than a year, the Assyrian artist has developed a full-bodied artist identity through ceramics under her Nahrain Ceramics label. (Her work is pictured above.)

“A lot of my work is inspired by the geometric patterns of Mesopotamia because that’s who I am,” said Khamo. “That’s my roots. That’s my ancestry.”

She wasn’t the only artist there who convinced me there was more depth here than mugs and vases for sale.

Sara Zhao of Saratonin Clay brought a sense of sleek whimsy to her designs. It was surprising just how precise these artists can be with their handiwork.

Trent Bradley-Mitchell went a different way entirely, bringing a sense of horror, shock, deformity and disfigurement that stood proudly in contrast to the knack for cleanliness other artists gravitated towards. (An example is pictured at the top of this story.)

Amadeusz Sepko felt like one of the most complete artists on display, or maybe that’s just what a handle on abstraction and control can do for an artist’s vibe.

Did it have the decorum of a museum? No. Did it function primarily as a sale for the public? Yes.

But I think if you look a little closer at the ceramics displayed and the stories behind them, there’s more than mugs and vases for sale at Still Life.

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My favorite time of the year — end of year best of music lists! This is PART THREE of In The Groove’s Best Of 2024 series. Spotlights on Astrid Sonne, Work Money Death, Vince Staples, Schoolboy Q, Crumb and more.

You can see the playlist and listen back to previous shows below:

Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five

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 Dec. 18, 2024

• “Moving Forward” – Bryony Jarman-Pinto
• “Lil Birdie” – DJ Harrison
• “Pon Pón” – Khruangbin
• “Bloodline (Marla Kether Remix)” – Samantha Lindo
• “Kravitz” – Mabe Fratti
• “Your House (feat. Astrid Sonne & Fine)” – Coined
• “When I Was Younger” – Bonny Light Horseman
• “Say you love me” – Astrid Sonne
• “Ramble In The Rainbow” – TAMTAM
• “We Are The People” – Work Money Death
• “Gemini” – Angélica Garcia
• “Insecure” – Tom Misch
• “Speak To Me” – Julian Lage
• “Humanity” – LAVA LA RUE
• “Bon Bon” – Fcukers
• “Just Listen” – Mark Guiliana
• “African Skies” – Lars Bartkuhn
• “Dance Steve (feat. Jeff Parker)” – Anna Butterss
• “Three Piece Suit (feat. Azekel)” – Kokoroko
• “Crumb” – John Roseboro & Liana Flores
• “Vento a Favor (Instrumental)” – Sessa
• “Side By Side” – Crumb
• “Crushxd” – Crumb
• “Continuum 5” – Nala Sinephro
• “Continuum 6” –Nala Sinephro
• “Be Reasonable” – Somesurprises
• “Right Back to It (feat. MJ Lenderman)” – Waxahatchee
• “Count The Days (feat. Jenny Lewis)” – Swamp Dogg
• “Fool” – Adrianne Lenker
• “Mum Does the Washing” – Joshua Idehen
• “Sweet Thang (feat. Summer Walker)” – Childish Gambino
• “oHio (feat. Freddie Gibbs)” – Schoolboy Q
• “Clothes Off” – Cousin Kula
• “Étouffée” – Vince Staples

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.

My favorite time of the year — end of year best of music lists!

This is part 2 of In The Groove’s Best Of 2024 series. It features highlights on Reyna Tropical, Ibibio Sound Machine and Little Simz, plus listener picks from you, including Remi Wolf, Soft Play, The Cure and Jungle.

You can see the full playlist and listen back to previous shows below:

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5

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 December 17, 2024

• “Aquí Te Cuido” – Reyna Tropical
• “TURBULÊNCIA” – Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly
• “Pull The Rope” – Ibibio Sound Machine
• “To The Dancefloor” – Debby Friday
• “SOS” – Little Simz
• “Far Away” – Little Simz
• “Mood Swings” – Little Simz
• “Find Me (Live)” – Kassa Overall
• “Mort Crim” – Ian Fink
• “Over When It’s Over” – Lucy Rose
• “Daddy’s Gonna Tell You No Lie” – Red Hot Org, Kronos Quartet, Laraaji & Sun Ra
• “Toro” – Remi Wolf *listener pick for best of 2024*
• “Motorcycle” – Remi Wolf
• “Musica” – Mildlife
• “Workin’ On It” – Brijean
• “Volume” – Caribou
• “Thrown Around” – James Blake
• “Sundowner” – Fontaines D.C.
• “Everything And Nothing” – Soft Play *listener pick for best of 2024*
• “Favourite” – Fontaines D.C.
• “All I Ever Am” – The Cure *listener pick for best of 2024*
• “Daylight Song” – Wu Lu
• “Con Altura” – Orquesta Akokán
• “Ya Va Pasar” – Reyna Tropical
• “Back On 74 (Full Crate Remix)” – Jungle
• “Let’s Go Back” – Jungle *listener pick for best of 2024*
• “It’s Alright” – Baby Rose & BADBADNOTGOOD
• “DIPAD33 / W . I . D . F . U” – Saya Gray
• “Ambrosia” – Erick the Architect & Channel Tres
• “Long As The Sun” – Jaiton
• “Closer” – Maria Chiara Argirò
• “Beta Pan” – Lawne
• “comet (feat. Bel Cobain)” – oreglo
• “Levels” – oreglo
• “Fácil” – Empress Of
• “31 Bloom” – Four Tet
• “Dream State” – Kamasi Washington & André 3000

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.

My favorite time of the year — end of year best of music lists!

Now, this is the first time In The Groove has been around to actually do these — what an honor. And it’s not about ranking. It’s just about sharing the stuff that was in heavy rotation on the show or heavy rotation on my playlists (which is the show, so I guess those things are the same thing). And on top of that, I really wanted to hear from you! And you didn’t disappoint at all. Listener picks today from Yard Act, Laura Marling, Being Dead, Kamasi Washington and Glass Beams. Plus, lots of my picks including Wye Oak, English Teacher, Britti, musclecars and more.

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5

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 Dec. 16, 2024

• “R&B” – English Teacher
• “A Vineyard For The North” – Yard Act
• “We Make Hits” – Yard Act *listener pick for best of 2024*
• “Mind’s A Lie” – High Vis
• “Logic of Color (feat. William Brittelle) [Variation]” – Wye Oak, Metropolis Ensemble & Paul Wiancko
• “Patterns” – Laura Marling *listener pick for best of 2024*
• “Nothing Compares To You” – Britti
• “Ha Ya! (Eternal Life) [feat. Natalie Greffel]” – musclecars
• “Image” – Magdalena Bay
• “Touch Me (feat. Clara La San) [B Roll Mix]” – Jam City & Aidan
• “My Love” – Metronomy & Nourished by Time
• “Money Shows (feat. Eartheater)” – John Glacier
• “Power To Undo” – Brittany Howard
• “Every Color In Blue” – Brittany Howard
• “Dawn (feat. Esperanza Spalding)” – Nubya Garcia
• “Spinning” – Julia Holter
• “I Forgot to Be Your Lover” – Black Keys
• “On Tonight” – Rosali
• “Freedom” – Jordan Rakei
• “Everything’s Beautiful” – Hiatus Kaiyote
• “Love Heart Cheat Code” – Hiatus Kaiyote
• “Firefighters” – Being Dead *listener pick for best of 2024*
• “A Bit Like James Bond” – The Bug Club
• “Lonsdale Slipons” – The Bug Club
• “Prologue” – Kamasi Washington *listener pick for best of 2024*
• “Mahal” – Glass Beams *listener pick for best of 2024*
• “Sunday” – Annahstasia
• “i no u no” – James Tillman
• “Juanita” – Angélica Garcia
• “Hand On Me” – Nourished By Time
• “Rare” – Bullion & Carly Rae Jepsen
• “Dream police” – Mk.gee
• “Don’t Get Me Started” – The Smile
• “A Dream Goes on Forever” – Vegyn & John Glacier
• “Trust (feat. Matt Maltese)” – Vegyn
• “The Mystery of Man” – Zara McFarlane

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.

Sometimes at Cliff Bell’s, the jazz gets drowned out by the clink of forks on plates. That’s usually on the weekend date nights, when fur coats and suctioned-on dresses dominate the wardrobe.

But on Thursdays, Cliff Bell’s is for jazz lovers. The real heads, if you will. It’s the first night of the weekend run. The musicians sprawl out a bit more, experimenting, figuring each other out, getting ready for the weekend warriors.

It’s less busy. There are diners at tables, sure, but the best seat is at the bar. It’s relaxed, more casual. There’s a handsome older man in a suit at the bar. There’s a young European tourist in a windbreaker at the bar. There’s me in a t-shirt at the bar. 

When the band strikes a particularly fascinating motif or unleashes a righteous solo, the crowd doesn’t hold back. There’s hollering. There’s hooting. There are shouts of “c’mon!” and “god damn!” 

That felt constant during Elew’s Thursday night opening set (he’ll be here Friday and Saturday performing two sets each night). The whole room was captivated by him and his band, with Detroit’s own Louis Jones on the drums and Jeff Pedraz on bass. Pedraz tells me after the show that they haven’t played together in years. You’d never guess by the chemistry this trio already has on the opening night of their run on a sleepy, freezing Thursday in Detroit.

“I’ve never seen someone play the piano like that,” my friend comments. 

It’s his first time at Cliff Bell’s, a jazz club that dates back to the 1920s. It still has all that Art Deco charm, too. Bringing someone here for the first time is like guiding a religious pilgrimage. It’s an honor, really.

I’ve never seen someone play the piano like that, either. So much intensity, so much spirit, so much control amongst the alternating fury of mashing keys or lightly tickling them to create the same spiritual effect of a harpist gently plucking strings.

When Elew really let loose during a sprawling, 20-minute take on John Coltrane’s “My Favorite Things,” he looked possessed, like watching someone speak in tongues at a Baptist church.

“And I’ve got a nice rum and Coke over here, another one of my favorite things,” Elew says in the mic.

“I’ve never seen someone make the piano look so small,” my friend comments.

Elew is working the piano like a trinket, reaching inside and bending the piano strings to give a muted, electronic-esque sound to his take on “Heartbeats” by the Swedish electronic duo The Knife.

That’s the wild thing about Elew, a.k.a. Eric Robert Lewis. He opens his set with Sonny Rollins, takes you on a third-eye-opening journey through Coltrane’s best-known tune, stops off for a bit of pop music before performing Wynton Marsalis’ “Delfeayo’s Dilemma.”

By the end of it, I realize I’ve just witnessed one of my favorite jazz sets of all time on a sleepy, freezing Thursday. Sitting at the bar with a friend and a bunch of strangers, all of us in awe of what we’ve just taken in. There for the music and only the music.

Every person I see today and this weekend, I’ll be saying, “you’ve got to go see this guy down at Cliff Bell’s.”

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You warm up with Nina Simone. You discover the voice of Allysha Joy. You realize Tyler The Creator sampled Zamrock legend Paul Ngozi on his new record. Kendrick Lamar makes an appearance (via a rare demo and a Tall Black Guy flip). Kokoroko drops new music. The Bug Club remains one of my favorites of 2024. And so much 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 Dec. 12, 2024

• “Chilly Winds Don’t Blow (Live In New York/1964)” – Nina Simone
• “There Goes The Light” – Rosie Lowe
• “Hold On” – Allysha Joy
• “PRIDE.” – Kendrick Lamar
• “Nizakupanga Ngozi” – Ngozi Family & Paul Ngozi
• “100% Samba” – Rogê
• “Crown” – Tall Black Guy x Kendrick Lamar
• “Three Piece Suit (feat. Azekel)” – Kokoroko
• “Winter In America” – Gil Scott Heron & Brian Jackson
• “Strange” – Galaxie 500
• “Say My Name” – The Belair Lip Bombs
• “We Don’t Care About That” – The Bug Club
• “Workin’ On It” – Brijean
• “Asiko (In a Silent Mix) [Motor City Drum Ensemble Remix]” – Tony Allen
• “Tap Out” – The Strokes
• “Who By Fire” – Skinny Pelembe & Beth Orton
• “Pink Sky” – Loma
• “Wake Up Song” – Sunfear
• “I Pity The Country” – Willie Dunn
• “Sleeping Lessons” – The Shins
• “Scratchcard Lanyard” – Dry Cleaning
• “Favourite” – Fontaines D.C.
• “There’s so Many People That Want to Be Loved” – Sorry
• “Purple Snowflakes” – Say She She
• “Snowfall” – Ahmad Jamal Trio
• “The Bells of St. Mary’s” – Gastr Del Sol, Jim O’Rourke & David Grubbs
• “Don’t Be Cruel” – Billy Swan
• “Is There A Ghost” – Band of Horses
• “Crazy for You (Alternative Version – Demo Version)” – Slowdive
• “Until We Meet Again” – Hermanos Gutiérrez
• “Meet Me In The City” – Junior Kimbrough
• “Count The Days (feat. Jenny Lewis)” – Swamp Dogg
• “SHELL ( OF A MAN )” – Saya Gray
• “Virgo (feat. Julius Rodriguez)” – Meshell Ndegeocello & Brandee Younger
• “My People… Hold On” – Eddie Kendricks

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.

It’s hard to catch a vibe on a Monday night in Detroit.

We’re not quite yet a seven-night-a-week sort of town where the lights stay on and there’s music to be found everywhere.

But leave it to the weather cracking 50 degrees in December in Detroit to make it feel like spring has sprung. Certainly felt that way at Motor City Wine on Monday.

The wine bar with a patio on Michigan Avenue was playing host to “Monday Is The New Monday.” The DJ residency has locked it down for eight years at Motor City Wine. And it’s completely free.

And maybe it’s the fact that it’s been around that long that I take it for granted. Because damn it is a special, beautiful way to launch into the week with great music from master selectors on the turntables. 

“Monday Is The New Monday” is made up of five rotating resident DJs — Tammy Lakkis, Charles Trees, Ryan Spencer, Kenjiro and Shigeto. This Monday, the special guest was DJ Skeez.

And while I love them all for different reasons — the calm and coolness of Lakkis, the focus of Trees — I’ve got to signal out Shigeto here for his approach to full body DJing. 

Shigeto cut his teeth in Ann Arbor on the drums and with a jazz background, part of the early cast of characters that helped carve out a name for the Ghostly International label out of the same town. He’s always brought jazz alongside his bag of electronic music.

He’s gone on to become a critical piece of the musical infrastructure of Detroit since then, releasing his first new record in years — “Cherry Blossom Baby” — which brings a who’s who of Detroit musicians to the session with wonderful results.

Of course, Shigeto is part of the WDET team now too, with his New Music Show on Saturday nights.

And when he DJs, it’s a show, too. Truly throwing himself into the art form of spinning vinyl, his energy is infectious. The electro-techno records he was dropping filled the room and had the dance floor jumping, people excitedly peering over the DJ booth to dap him up and yell with joy when a track really hit. Tracks from the 1989 German compilation “Technopolis” hit particularly hard.

The room was perfectly lit. The patio jumping because hell, it felt like spring in December. The smell of Filipino food filling the room courtesy of Kusina’s pop-up at Motor City Wine. Shigeto completely captivating the room with his love for his craft and records to match the mood.

It’s a small moment but a powerful one. A reminder that even on a sleepy night in Detroit, there’s music in the air.

And a damn good reason to be at Motor City Wine on Mondays.

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I’m obsessed with Jeff Parker’s latest effort “The Way Out of Easy,” featuring saxophonist Josh Johnson, bassist Anna Butterss and drummer Jay Bellerose.

His ETA IVtet grew out of a residency in Los Angeles built around “groove-oriented, painterly, polyrhythmic, minimalist and mantric improvised music.” And damn, is it powerful! It stretches out but it’s never meandering. Feels like everything has a purpose. Really hope we get some Jeff Parker in Detroit real soon.

On top of that, new music from Oscar Jerome, MJ Lenderman, Tirzah, Vegyn, Joshua Idehen 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 Dec. 11, 2024

• “Wristwatch” – MJ Lenderman
• “Desert Belly” – Oscar Jerome
• “No Limit” – Tirzah
• “Human Behaviour” – Björk
• “Everybody Daylight” – Brightblack Morning Light
• “Black Coffee” – Sarah Vaughn
• “Blue Motel Room” – Joni Mitchell
• “A Dream Goes on Forever” – Vegyn, John Glacier
• “Come and Play In the Milky Night” – Stereolab
• “Mum Does The Washing” – Joshua Idehen
• “Planted A Thought” – Arthur Russell
• “Black And White” – The dB’s
• “New Rose” – The Damned
• “Clear (Jose “Animal” Diaz Remix)” – Cybotron
• “x-ray eyes” – LCD Soundsystem
• “Broken Man” – St. Vincent
• “Heavy” – SPRINTS
• “Triumphance” – Nubya Garcia
• “Jimmy Jazz” – The Clash
• “I Want You Back (Z-Trip Remix)” – Jackson 5
• “Ouroboros (Radio Edit)” – GOAT
• “All the young dudes / West End girls (with the Manchester Camerata)” – Pet Shop Boys
• “Love Is Over” – La Femme
• “Weak In Your Light (Daniel Avery Remix)” – Nation of Language
• “Somebody’s Reality” – Django Django
• “Alone Again Or” – Calexico
• “Freakadelic (feat. Anna Butterss, Jay Bellerose & Josh Johnson)” – Jeff Parker

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.

I wanted the first hour of the show to feel like being wrapped in your favorite flannel around a bonfire because it is that time in Michigan… and man, did we nail it… as a team! Because your song selections for music you’re currently obsessed with DID NOT MISS.

Thank you for dropping those on the Groove hotline… PLUS! New music from Kim Deal, who is finally going solo after decades of being part of Pixies and Breeders and basically my musical upbringing. The new record is lovely. It’s called “Nobody Loves You More” and is out this Friday. This New York Times profile about her is lovely, too.

Also, new music from MJ Lenderman, Lola Young, Tyler The Creator 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 Nov. 19, 2024

• “Winterlong” – Pixies
• “Invisible Man” – Breeders
• “Nobody Loves You More” – Kim Deal
• “Are You Mine?” – Kim Deal
• “Gigantic” – Pixies
• “Into The White” – Pixies
• “Angels With Dirty Faces” – Los Lobos (Groove Hotline)
• “Keep On Keepin’ On” – Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio (Groove Hotline)
• “Green Arrow” – Yo La Tengo (Groove Hotline)
• “Wristwatch” – MJ Lenderman
• “Not” – Big Thief
• “Charlie (feat. Lil Yachty)” – Lola Young
• “Os Ancestrais (feat. Dom Salvador)” – Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad
• “Master Blaster (Jammin’)” – Stevie Wonder
• “Ghost Town” – The Specials
• “Stompin & Motorik’n” – Penza Penza
• “20th Century Boy” – T. Rex
• “Noid” – Tyler The Creator (In The Groove Pick of the Week)
• “Paranoid (feat. Mr Hudson)” – Kanye West
• “Still Life” – ALASKALASKA
• “Is It It or Is It I?” – Astrel K
• “Football” – Youth Lagoon
• “100 Years of Bill & Lil” – Joe Webb
• “What You’re Missing” – Shannon & the Clams
• “This Time Tomorrow” – The Kinks
• “Can’t Hardly Wait (Cello Version)” – Replacements
• “Hot Sun” – Wilco
• “Hive Mind (Speakers Corner Quartet Remix)” – Tirzah
• “Burn The Witch” – Radiohead
• “Canopy” – Charlotte Day Wilson
• “Cantar Das Kandakinhas” – Pedro Ricardo
• “Estación Esperanza (feat. Manu Chao)” – Sofia Kourtesis
• “Tjomme (DJ Koze Remix)” – José González
• “Second Wind” – Kadhja Bonet
• “Les Fleurs” – Minnie Riperton
• “Darkness, Darkness” – Kieran Hebden & William Tyler

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 Friday with Vulfmon & Evangeline, Dawuna, Doves, Mk.gee, Jack White, O & the Mo… but I really gotta be honest — there were a lot of throwbacks today! That’s what happens when you fall back in love with Paul McCartney’s “Heaven On A Sunday” (the woozy cassette dub version), plus Jarvis Cocker, Broken Social Scene, Lake Trout, Velvet Underground & Nico, 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 Nov. 15, 2024

• “It Might Have To Be You” – Vulfmon & Evangeline
• “I Only Watch It for the Weather” – The Delegates
• “Baby I Got News for You” – Kelley Stoltz
• “The Summer Sun” – Chris Stamey
• “Black Magic” – Jarvis Cocker
• “Renegade” – Doves (In The Groove Pick of the Week)
• “Water’s Edge” – Tsunami
• “Venus In Furs” – The Velvet Underground & Nico
• “Vitamin C” – Can
• “TNT” – Tortoise
• “Sweetest Kill” – Broken Social Scene
• “Little Things” – Lake Trout
• “Heaven On A Sunday (Rude Cassette)” – Paul McCartney
• “Arrow Through Me” – Wings
• “Right” – David Bowie
• “Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)” – Marvin Gaye
• “Got ‘Til It’s Gone (feat. Q-Tip & Joni Mitchell) [Ummah Jay Dee’s Revenge Mix]” – Janet Jackson
• “The Lovecats” – The Cure
• “DNM” – Mk.Gee
• “Farewell Transmission” – Songs: Ohia
• “Sunday” – Annahstasia
• “Cold Was the Ground” – The Limiñanas
• “Levitate Me (John Peel Session (3rd May 1988)” – Pixies
• “Todos Nacen Gritando (feat. Cate Le Bon)” – St. Vincent
• “Mi Mujer” – Nicolas Jaar
• “Red Right Hand” – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
• “Human Fly” – The Cramps
• “It’s Rough On Rats (If You’re Asking)” – Jack White
• “Poppin” – Dawuna
• “Make Way For The Sun” – O & The Mo
• “Hey” – Nilüfer Yanya
• “Bang” – Melenas
• “New York, Let’s Do Nothing” – King Hannah
• “Salvation” – The Limiñanas
• “New Beginning” – Automatic

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.

I first fell in love with Doves when their video for “Catch The Sun” was in regular rotation on MTV2. It was a gateway drug into a bunch of other stuff from folks like Grandaddy, who have always felt like some distant American cousin to Doves.

And I’m falling back in love with this trio from outside of Manchester and their latest single, “Renegade.” It’s the first taste of their upcoming album, “Constellations For The Lonely,” due out on Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14) next year. Drummer Andy Williams described it like this:

“Looking at everyone’s lives over recent years, and considering the news at the moment, ‘Renegade’ feels a lot more loaded in retrospect. We wanted to go for a dystopian feel, thinking about Manchester itself over the next century or so. A totally imaginary thing… ‘Blade Runner’ set in our home city.”

Easy to relate to that considering how often Detroit’s cityscape feels like “Blade Runner,” too.

Listen to the In The Groove song of the week below.

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Thank you to everyone that hung out underneath the sonic umbrella today for a rainy day mix on In The Groove… featuring new music from MATTERS UNKNOWN, nimino, Domo Domo, Aja Monet and others.

Plus, comfort classics from Barry White, Marvin Gaye, Wendell Harrison, Massive Attack 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 Nov. 14, 2024

• “Teardrop” – Massive Attack
• “Eloquence (feat. Miryam Solomon)” – Total Refreshment Centre & MATTERS UNKNOWN
• “100 years of Bill & Lil” – Joe Webb
• “Star Blanket River Child” – Brightblack Morning Light
• “Coffee” –  Yuna
• “Thin Lines” – Kidnap
• “I Only Smoke When I Drink” – nimino
• “Tonight (feat. Meshell Ndegeocello)” – Miguel Migs
• “Happening in the Streets (Domo Domo Rework)” – Domo Domo
• “Rocket Love” – Wendell Harrison
• “Autumn In New York” – Makaya McCraven
• “Ghost in the Machine (feat. Phoebe Bridgers)” – SZA
• “Mystery” – Turnstile & BADBADNOTGOOD
• “Alien Love Call” – Turnstile, BADBADNOTGOOD & Blood Orange
• “Underwater Boi” – Turnstile & BADBADNOTGOOD
• “Everything’s Beautiful” – Hiatus Kaiyote
• “Stay With Me Through the Night” – Fabiana Palladino
• “Loved” – Four Tet
• “Deep Dive” – Penza Penza
• “Why My Love?” – Aja Monet
• “Breeze” – Ashley Henry
• “Flowers” – Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish
• “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” – Missy Elliott
• “I Can’t Stand the Rain” – Ann Peebles
• “Rain (Vocal Remix)” – Kerri Chandler
• “100% Samba” – Rogê
• “Race Against the Sun (feat. Flavio Correa)” – MATTERS UNKNOWN
• “Freedom as a Heartfelt Song” – Work Money Death
• “Could Heaven Ever Be Like This” – Idris Muhammad
• “Playing Your Game, Baby” – Barry White
• “I’m Doing Fine (feat. Amp Dog Knight)” – Moodymann
• “Got to Give It Up, Pt. 1” – Marvin Gaye

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.

I got an email from a listener today. They wrote: “way to get a grown man to cry at work with this drake tune lol.”

What an honor! And no, it wasn’t Drake the Canadian rapper — it was Nick Drake, the reclusive, mysterious English musician who sadly died at the age of 26 but left behind some insanely good music, like “Northern Sky.”

There’s also a new Boy Harsher remix of Pet Shop Boys, Eddie Chacon’s killer collab with John Carroll Kirby and a spiritual jazz epic courtesy of Work Money Death. Then, we make a brief but important pit stop exploring the new Dark Entries Records release of Patrick Cowley’s From Behind on the anniversary of the pioneering musician’s death (another talent gone far too soon). Lots of reasons to cry today on In The Groove.

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 Nov. 12, 2024

• “ASR (feat. Jeff Parker)” – Meshell Ndegeocello
• “New London boy (Boy Harsher remix)” – Pet Shop Boys
• “Breathe” – Brighter Days Family
• “Lady Day and John Coltrane” – Gil Scott Heron
• “Impossible” – Andre Williams & Velvet Hammer
• “Empire (feat. John Carroll Kirby)” – Eddie Chacon
• “Respect Yourself” – Staple Singers
• “Home Is Where The Hatred Is” – Gil Scott Heron
• “Dreamin’” – Common & Pete Rock
• “In a Moment Divine” – Freak Heat Waves & Cindy Lee
• “Soldissimo – EDC Remix (with Air)” – Etienne de Crécy
• “New Star in the Sky (Demo 1)” – Air
• “Iko Iko” – Patrick Cowley
• “Gentle Persuasion” – Doug Hream Blunt
• “Green Fuzz” – Naked Giants
• “What Are You” – Pete Brandt’s Method
• “No Go (For Louis Macneice)” – The Cleaners From Venus
• “High Pressure Days (Todd Terje Remix)” – The Units
• “You Make No Sense” – ESG
• “The World and The Sun” – Moon Duo
• “Freedom as a Heartfelt Song” – Work Money Death
• “Count The Days (feat. Jenny Lewis)” – Swamp Dogg
• “Northern Shuffle” – Julian Lage
• “Meet Me In The City” – Junior Kimbrough
• “28-50” – Joe Webb
• “100 years of Bill & Lil” – Joe Webb
• “C + F” – Sam Prekop
• “Northern Sky” – Nick Drake
• “Blue Moon” – Beck
• “Sunrise Fool” – SHOLTO
• “Where’s My Brain???” – The Lazy Eyes

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.

Back into the mix on a moody Monday that brings together shoegaze and post-punk from Mount Kimbie, Mogwai and Fleeting Joys, alongside funk classics courtesy of Ike & Tina Turner, Funkadelic and Childish Gambino’s contemporary classic “Redbone.”

Plus new music from Doves, the 10th anniversary of Mitski’s “Bury Me At Makeout Creek,” and a 25th anniversary celebration of Fiona Apple’s “When The Pawn,” her sophomore album released this week back in 1999.

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 Nov. 11, 2024

• “Come Together” – Ike & Tina Turner
• “Whole Lotta Love” – Ike & Tina Turner
• “Ain’t That Peculiar” – Fanny
• “To Be Still” – Brittany Howard
• “I Don’t” – Brittany Howard
• “Last Laugh” – BADBADNOTGOOD
• “Ouroboros” – GOAT
• “Black Tables” – Other Lives
• “Firesuite” – Doves
• “God Gets You Back” – Mogwai
• “Pull The Rope” – Ibibio Sound Machine
• “Goatbrain (Radio Edit)” – GOAT
• “ROCKMAN” – Mk.gee
• “Flames shards goo” – ML Buch
• “Fishbrain” – Mount Kimbie
• “First Love/Late Spring” – Mitski
• “My Love Mine All Mine” – Mitski
• “Moon River” – Frank Ocean
• “Paper Bag” – Fiona Apple
• “Fast As You Can” – Fiona Apple
• “Let You In (feat. Hutch the Great & Melodi Marsh)” – Max Sinal
• “Let The Light In (feat. Father John Misty)” – Lana Del Rey
• “Silently” – The Delfonics & Adrian Younge
• “Devil’s Pie” – D’Angelo x Tall Black Guy
• “Sunshine” – Bilal
• “Staring at the Sun” – TV on the Radio
• “Soft Spot” – JMSN
• “Future Lover” – Thee Sacred Souls
• “Daydreaming” – NxWorries, Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge
• “Redbone” – Childish Gambino
• “One Nation Under a Groove” – Funkadelic
• “Renegade (In The Groove Song of the Week)” – Doves
• “Cedar Room” – Doves
• “Go And Come Back” – Fleeting Joys

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 into this week with a heavy heart as we say goodbye to Quincy Jones, a musician so massive in the American sonic landscape of music that just calling him a musician seems insulting. I loved what WDET’s own Chris Campbell wrote about Jones — you can read that here. For my part, I played original work from Jones, his arranging for Frank Sinatra, his early stuff with an equally young Ray Charles, his work with Sarah Vaughn and of course Michael Jackson, who he changed the landscape of pop music with.

On top of that, a spotlight on Cleo Sol, her remarkable voice and her new single “Fear When You Fly,” plus new releases from Friko, Royal Otis, Ezra Collective, Common Saints, Michael Kiwanuka 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 November 4, 2024

• “My Room” – Divorce
• “If I Am” – Friko
• “If Our Love Is Dead” – Royel Otis
• “Shaking Body” – Ezra Collective
• “Zanzibar” – Marcos Valle & Azymuth
• “Thirteen” – Big Star
• “Daisy and Joaquin” – Ball-Point Birds, Tim Bluhm & Greg Loiacono
• “Dance For You” – Dirty Projectors
• “Lilia” – Jonathan Wilson & Milton Nascimento
• “Dream On” – Common Saints & Taloula
• “Rebel Soul” – Michael Kiwanuka
• “Fear When You Fly” – Cleo Sol
• “Why Don’t You” – Cleo Sol
• “One” – Cleo Sol
• “Pulled Up (Alternate Pop Version)” – Talking Heads
• “Jumbo” – Underworld
• “100 years of Bill & Lil” – Joe Webb
• “Skimming Stone” – Beth Orton
• “Defense” – Panda Bear & Cindy Lee
• “Forever” – Mildlife
• “Scaled to Survive” – Leyla McCalla
• “Anything” – Adrianne Lenker
• “Everything Is Simple” – Widowspeak
• “The Big Idea” – Lily Talmers
• “Who Does She Hope To Be?” – Dave Easley
• “Pop-Jazz Structures” – Sven Wunder
• “Sounds From Below” – Lake Trout
• “Soul Bossa Nova” – Quincy Jones (tribute to Quincy Jones)
• “One Mint Julep” – Ray Charles (tribute to Quincy Jones)
• “Fly Me To the Moon (Live At The Sands Hotel And Casino/1966)” – Frank Sinatra  (tribute to Quincy Jones)
• “Come Fly With Me (Live At The Sands Hotel And Casino/1966)” – Frank Sinatra  (tribute to Quincy Jones)
• “Summer In the City” – Quincy Jones (tribute to Quincy Jones)
• “Misty” – Sarah Vaughan (tribute to Quincy Jones)
• “Rock With You” – Michael Jackson (tribute to Quincy Jones)
• “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’” – Michael Jackson (tribute to Quincy Jones)
• “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” – Michael Jackson (tribute to Quincy Jones)
• “Sun Circles (John Beltran Project Remix)” – Gratts

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.

The first new music Friday of November with fresh cuts from Samora Pinderhughes, High Vis, Friko, Machinedrum, Leifur James and a triumphant return of Cleo Sol.

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 Nov. 1, 2024

• “Guided Tour” – High Vis
• “If I Am” – Friko
• “Pulga” – St. Vincent
• “Hey Bulldog” – Fanny
• “Gotta Get Up” – Harry Nilsson
• “Tenderness” – Parquet Courts
• “OK! (feat. Joekenneth Museau & Kota the Friend)” – Machinedrum
• “Slow Time” – Samora Pinderhughes
• “Higher” – Kokoroko
• “Willow (Birch Community Mix)” – Bryony Jarman-Pinto & Werkha
• “Without Us” – Melanie Charles
• “Gap In The Clouds” – Yellow Days
• “Balloon” – Crumb
• “Sun Circles (John Beltran Project Remix)” – Gratts
• “Proceed” – Speakers Corner Quartet
• “Magic Seeds” – Leifur James
• “Paper Trails” – DARKSIDE
• “Don’t Get Me Started” – The Smile
• “False Start Dub” – Kings of High Speed & JKriv
• “Repent” – JKriv
• “Another Star” – Stevie Wonder
• “Begin Again (Joe Goddard Remix)” – Jessie Ware
• “Cubano Chant” – Peggy O’Keefe
• “Fear When You Fly” – Cleo Sol
• “Les Fleurs” – Minnie Riperton
• “Olhos Coloridos” – Sandra de Sá
• “Esperar pra Ver” – Evinha
• “Le cœur au bout des doigts” – Jacqueline Taïeb
• “Road of the Lonely Ones” – Madlib
• “You Are Mine” – Jay Robinson
• “Apho” – Alfa Mist & Bongeziwe Mabandla
• “Dub Je Je” – Antibalas
• “Jealous Guy (Live)” – Donny Hathaway
• “Take Yo’ Praise” – Camille Yarbrough
• “Never Be Another You” – Lee Fields & The Expressions
• “Chantized” – Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller And Yusef Lateef
• “Baltimore” – Nina Simone

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.

The term “devil’s night” has been dead in Detroit for some years… but I do reference it because it went on for such a long time in this city (hence for the photo for this post). This show was a precursor to Halloween, when I’m really going to dive into music that feels like Halloween without actually being a Halloween song. You helped with these — huge thanks to your voicemails! I’ve noted which tracks are listener picks below.

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 30, 2024

• “Uriel” – Mary Jane Dunphe
• “Method Actor” – Nilüfer Yanya
• “Crossbow” – Tamar Aphek
• “Nothing Can Surprise Me” – Tamar Aphek
• “Svefn-G-Englar” – Sigur Rós *listener pick*
• “Cherry Sunshine” – somesurprises
• “Talk For Hours” – High Vis
• “Mind’s A Lie” – High Vis
• “Crazy for You (Alternative Version – Demo Version)” – Slowdive
• “Suns of Gold” – Leifur James
• “Let Your Hair Down (feat. Hutch the Great)” – Max Sinal
• “Firestarter (Jitwam Remix)” – The O’My’s
• “i ain’t scared of no devil (feat. dj godfrey ho)” – Jitwam
• “Mad Man” – Mike Nyoni and Born Free
• “Coffin Maker” – Chrissy Zebby Tembo & Ngozi Family
• “Lazy Bones” – WITCH
• “Frankenstein” – The Edgar Winter Group *listener pick*
• “7/4 (Shoreline)” – Broken Social Scene
• “New York” – Cat Power
• “Hey” – Pixies
• “All Over The World” – Pixies
• “Somebody Was Watching” – Pop Staples
• “Searching (feat. Sam Gendel)” – Tristan De Liege & Bryony Jarman-Pinto
• “Graucha Max (In The Groove Song of the Week)” – DARKSIDE
• “X Ray Eyes” – LCD Soundsystem
• “100 Yard Dash (Nicky D Remix)” – Derobert & The Half-truths
• “Lucid Girl” – Thee Sacred Souls
• “Hurting Lies (feat. Allysha Joy)” – EX GENERATION
• “Mind Playing Tricks on Me” – Geto Boys *listener pick*
• “Easy Easy” – King Krule
• “Road Head” – Japanese Breakfast
• “Black Cow” – Steely Dan

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.

After a lovely WDET Travel journey to Switzerland, I’m back in the fold and dropping new stuff from Nilufer Yanya, Julian Lage, Kokoroko, GOAT, Las Palabras & Angélica Garcia, plus lots more new discovery. Also had to put an artist spotlight on IDLES and their fantastic album from earlier this year, Tangk. I can’t stop listening to this more gentle take on post-punk from the group — definitely their best album yet. And it’s always a pleasure to play a jazz epic from Jeff Parker as he gets ready to release a new album later this year on International Anthem (I’ll be spotlighting this label later on this month).

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 Oct. 15, 2024

• “Just A Western (Boy Harsher Remix)” – Nilufer Yanya
• “Things You Do For Love” – Apiento
• “To Ardent (feat. Nancy Sinatra) [Horse Meat Disco Remix]” – Black Devil Disco Club
• “Jungle” – IDLES
• “Roy” – IDLES
• “POP POP POP” – IDLES
• “Why Am I Alive Now?” – Anohni
• “You’ve Been In Love Too Long” – Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
• “Elevator” – Gavin Turek
• “Don’t Leave Me” – Sugar Tradition
• “Northern Shuffle” – Julian Lage
• “Three Piece Suit (feat. Azekel)” – Kokoroko
• “Late Autumn (feat. Anna Butterss, Jay Bellerose & Josh Johnson)” – Jeff Parker & ETA IVtet
• “Hit Or Miss” – Odetta
• “Little Failure (Live On WDET)” – Winestoned Cowboys
• “Sorry Tomorrow (Live On WDET)” – Winestoned Cowboys
• “Pour Man” – Lee Hazlewood
• “It Ain’t Nothing To Me” – Sanford Clark
• “Ouroboros” – GOAT
• “I Can’t Hardly Stand It” – The Cramps
• “They Call Me Country” – Sanford Clark
• “La Misma Luna” – Las Palabras & Angélica Garcia
• “First Class” – Khruangbin
• “Gemini” – Angelica Garcia
• “Billboard Heart” – Deep Sea Diver
• “Farewell Transmission” – Kevin Morby & Waxahatchee
• “On the Floor (Noise NY version)” – Galaxie 500
• “Free Money” – Patti Smith
• “I’ve Never Loved A Man” – Aretha Franklin

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.