Went hard on Mogwai today and their excellent new album “The Bad Fire” (plus some throwbacks from their catalog) ahead of their tour stop at St. Andrew’s Hall in Detroit.

Twenty years ago, I saw them at the same venue! I was underage, sneaking beers and a buddy got kicked out, but I managed to stay and finish the show. It was one of the best live shows I’ve ever seen and a completely cemented musical memory that I’ll never forget, so I’m really looking forward to that tonight.

Plus a fond farewell to reggae legend Max Romeo, new music from Vegyn (remixing Air), Jadu Heart, Black Country, New Road, The Bug Club, Lily Talmers 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 April 16, 2025

• “Boys in the Better Land” – Fontaines D.C.
• “How to Be a Confidante” – The Bug Club
• “Jealous Boy” – The Bug Club
• “Just Like Heaven” – The Cure
• “God Gets You Back” – Mogwai
• “Kelly Watch the Stars (Vegyn Version)” – Vegyn & Air
• “Roygbiv” – Boards of Canada
• “So Easy” – Röyksopp
• “The Divine Chord (feat. MGMT & Johnny Marr)” – The Avalanches
• “Got To Keep On” – Chemical Brothers
• “I Just Can’t Take The Risk” – Saint Saviour, Jadu Heart
• “Besties” – Black Country, New Road
• “Lucifer” – JAY-Z
• “Chase The Devil” – Max Romeo & The Upsetters
• “Sun Is Shining” – Bob Marley & the Wailers
• “False Start Dub” – Kings Of High Speed & JKriv
• “Hello? (feat. aden) [Maurice Fulton Remix]” – musclecars
• “Gone Till November (feat. New York Philharmonic)” – Wyclef Jean
• “Sonny Jr. (Dreams) [feat. Robert Glasper & Dwele]” – Black Milk
• “Feed The Fire” – Geri Allen, Lenny White & Palle Danielsson
• “Côte D’ivoire” – Yoni Mayraz
• “TNT” – Tortoise
• “The Big Idea” – Lily Talmers
• “Hog of the Forsaken (Chris Bathgate / Live On WDET Session)” – Michael Hurley
• “Common Blue” – Warpaint
• “Ritchie Sacramento” – Mogwai
• “A.M. 180” – Grandaddy
• “Hunted By a Freak” – Mogwai
• “ASR (feat. Jeff Parker)” – Meshell Ndegeocello
• “Eja (Dave Okumu Remix)” – Monzanto Sound
• “Under The Pressure” – The War On Drugs
• “They Came in Peace” – Tranquility Bass

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.

Always a good day when we’ve got a fresh Tall Black Guy flip to explore alongside new music from Cousin Kula, Smerz, Flying Vipers, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, SHOLTO, Clea Vincent & Via Mardot, HAIM, Bon Iver, Durand Jones & the Indications 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 April 15, 2025

• “Too High” – Stevie Wonder
• “Never Come Down” – Tall Black Guy x Stevie Wonder
• “Why Why Why Why Why” – Cousin Kula
• “You got time and I got money” – Smerz
• “Bitter Sweet Symphony” – The Verve
• “Move On Up” – Devon Russell
• “War Ina Babylon” – Max Romeo & The Upsetters
• “La Planète Sauvage (feat. Brandee Younger)” – Flying Vipers
• “Baby, This Love I Have” – Minnie Riperton
• “Earth 1” – Unknown Mortal Orchestra
• “Work This Time” – King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
• “Backline” – Butcher Brown
• “Nautilus (Mawtilus)” – Nuyorican Soul
• “Yeah Yeah” – Will Sessions
• “The Sunrise Fool” – SHOLTO
• “Bugs” – Jamila Woods
• “Wish I Didn’t Miss You (Dragutesku Edit)” – Angie Stone
• “Vitamin C” – Can
• “Pali Gap” – Jimi Hendrix
• “O Sapo” – João Gilberto
• “Nuit Magnétique” – Clea Vincent & Via Mardot
• “Another Day” – Los Hermanos & Soul Saver
• “Relationships” – HAIM
• “Day One (feat. Dijon & Flock of Dimes)” – Bon Iver
• “Are You Even Real” – Teddy Swims & GIVĒON
• “The Line” – D’Angelo
• “Black Hole Sun” – bigboihums
• “Run” – Madison McFerrin & Bobby McFerrin
• “She Cleans Up” – Father John Misty
• “My Fun” – Suki Waterhouse
• “18 Cigarettes” – Duck Ltd.
• “Wire” – OMNI
• “Been So Long” – Durand Jones & The Indications & Aaron Frazer
• “The World Is A Ghetto” – 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.

The major highlights here are Bon Iver’s stunning new album (featuring Flock of Dimes, Dijon and Danielle Haim, just to name a few), plus new music discoveries from Smerz, Tirzah, Kelela, Lady Wray 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 April 14, 2025

• “If Only I Could Wait (feat. Danielle Haim)” – Bon Iver
• “Day One (feat. Dijon & Flock of Dimes)” – Bon Iver
• “S.N.C.” – Darkside
• “Aruna” – DJ Koze
• “You got time and I got money” – Smerz
• “This Is How We Walk on the Moon (feat. Tirzah)” – Speakers Corner Quartet
• “Off Om” – Jeff Parker
• “..THUS IS WHY ( I DON’T SPRING 4 LOVE )” – Saya Gray
• “Waitin’ (unplugged)” – Kelela
• “Charlie (feat. Lil Yachty)” – Lola Young
• “Wrap Myself Up In Your Love” – Say She She
• “Be A Witness” – Lady Wray
• “Best For Us” – Lady Wray
• “Violent Shiver” – Benjamin Booker
• “Defense” – Panda Bear & Cindy Lee
• “Gut Feeling / (Slap Your Mammy)” – Devo
• “Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)” – Neil Young
• “Could Be Forever” – Joshua Idehen
• “Give It To Me Baby” – Jarina De Marco
• “Back 2 Me (feat. Sadie Walker)” – Girls of the Internet
• “Donuts Mind If I Do” – CHAI
• “Locket” – Crumb
• “Where’s My Brain???” – The Lazy Eyes
• “Made To Stray (DJ Koze Remix)” – Mount Kimbie
• “Modern Love” – David Bowie
• “Let’s Dance” – David Bowie
• “Hunnybee” – Unknown Mortal Orchestra
• “Rà-àkõ-st (Unknown Mortal Orchestra Version)” – Lindstrøm & Unknown Mortal Orchestra
• “Alacrán” – LA LOM
• “Sorrowful Horns (feat. James Mollison)” – Joe Armon-Jones
• “Ghost Town” – The Specials
• “Love and Happiness” – Al Green
• “I’m Glad You’re Mine” – Al Green
• “Everybody Hurts” – Al Green

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.

This is a love song that is absolutely stuck to my ribs.

If Smerz is new to you, know that it’s new to me, too — and probably a lot of other American listeners. Smerz is a Norwegian electronic music duo (Catharina Stoltenberg, Henriette Motzfeldt) based in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Oslo, Norway. 

And this woozy, understated anthem is so damn good, I’ve already listened to it three times today (and counting). The lyrics are sensual with a dash of adolescent sweetness and a bit funny, too (“baby, can I see you naked / even though I love how you dress”).

Smerz have a new album, “Big City Life,” out on May 23 via Escho (which also puts out music from Astrid Sonne, who is in heavy rotation on In The Groove, too).

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

Getting ready for Jack White’s big return to Detroit this weekend, plus new music from Hidden Spheres, Goat & Graveyard, Jadu Heart, Lindstrøm 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 April 11, 2025

• “Light As A Feather” – Goat & Graveyard
• “Gamma Knife” – King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
• “It’s Rough On Rats (If You’re Asking)” – Jack White
• “Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground” – White Stripes
• “Hotel Yorba” – White Stripes
• “SOS” – Jadu Heart
• “Cirkl” – Lindstrøm
• “Lazuli” – Beach House
• “Promised Me Love (feat. Joy Spheres Rees)” – Hidden Spheres, Allysha Joy & Finn Rees
• “Sexy Boy (Vegyn Version)” – Vegyn & Air
• “DIPAD33 / W . I . D . F . U” – Saya Gray
• “Do It (feat. Aidan)” – Jam City
• “DNM” – Mk.gee
• “As Above So Below” – Fievel Is Glauque
• “A Day In The Life” – Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding
• “Only One” – Cassandra Jenkins
• “Lucy Takes a Picture” – Youth Lagoon
• “No Muscle, No Memory” – Rich Ruth
• “Dream of You” – Lionlimb & Angel Olsen
• “Lie In the Gutter” – Peel Dream Magazine
• “Better Hate” – Jessica Pratt
• “Pretty Girls” – Honeyglaze
• “Like I Say (I runaway)” – Nilufer Yanya
• “My Room” – Divorce
• “Wristwatch” – MJ Lenderman
• “Pink Sky” – Loma
• “Method Actor” – Nilufer Yanya
• “Words Fell Out” – Goat Girl
• “I Don’t Know You” – Mannequin Pussy
• “Brown Paper Bag” – DIIV
• “Weird Fishes/ Arpeggi” – Friko
• “Bara To Yaju” – Haruomi Hosono & Cornelius
• “Contact High” – Metronomy, Faux Real & Miki
• “Exile” – Swim Surreal & Zero 7
• “Go Down The Mountain” – TAMTAM
• “Why You Lied” – Forest Law
• “Breathe Now” – Tara Lily
• “levels (IZCO & Reek0 Remix)” – oreglo

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.

Best part of today’s In The Groove is hearing from you about some of the first records you ever bought ahead of Record Store Day, including the B-52’s, Primus and others. Plus new music from Hello Mary, John Roseboro, Dummy, Yannis & the Yaw 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 April 10, 2025

• “Hungry Are We” – Beak>
• “BIRDS OF A FEATHER (Live from BBC Maida Vale)” – English Teacher
• “Three” – Hello Mary
• “Planet Claire” – The B-52’s (listener pick for Record Store Day)
• “Rock Lobster” – The B-52’s (listener pick for Record Store Day)
• “Prologue” – Kamasi Washington
• “Mahal” – Glass Beams
• “Sunday” – Annahstasia
• “i no u no” – James Tillman
• “Dream Police” – Mk.gee
• “Don’t Get Me Started” – The Smile
• “I Forgot To Be Your Lover” – The Black Keys
• “On Tonight” – Rosali
• “Freedom” – Jordan Rakei
• “American Life” – Primus (listener pick for Record Store Day)
• “Jerry Was A Race Car Driver” – Primus (listener pick for Record Store Day)
• “Touch Me (feat. Clara La San & Aidan)” – Jam City
• “My Love” – Metronomy & Nourished by Time
• “The Evidence” – Yaya Bey
• “Ramble In The Rainbow” – TAMTAM
• “Musica” – Mildlife
• “Workin’ On It” – Brijean
• “Volume” – Caribou
• “Thrown Around” – James Blake
• “Crumb” – John Roseboro & Liana Flores
• “80 Summers” – John Roseboro
• “Vento a Favor (Instrumental)” – Sessa
• “Side By Side” – Crumb
• “Sunday Morning” – The Velvet Underground & Nico
• “For The Time Being” – Erlend Øye & La Comitiva
• “Queztal” – Los Hermanos
• “Run (feat. Andreya Triana) [Sofia Kourtesis Remix]” – Quantic
• “Lo Dudo” – Ëda Diaz
• “Rain Can’t Reach Us (feat. Tony Allen)” – Yannis & the Yaw
• “Nullspace” – Dummy
• “Blue Dada” – Dummy

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.

Each year, Record Store Day keeps getting bigger than the year before.

Since 2007, when a group of indie record shops decided they should have their own day, it’s become an international celebration of the brick-and-mortar shops that end up playing critical roles in cultural scenes — not just in Detroit — but well beyond.

Consider it a vinyl holiday. It’s a massive economic boon for those indie shops. Musicians make it easy — releasing new material, rare b-sides, re-issues of albums you never thought would be pressed again, you name it. In the shops themselves, in-store performances have become a standard.

The list of releases this year is massive. You can scope out the full list here.

WDET is doing its part to showcase the incredible independent record stores in and around the Motor City by offering an exclusive RSD member drawing!

Anyone who makes a gift to WDET via wdet.org/give on April 11 or April 12 will be automatically entered into the drawing to receive a swag bag filled with gift certificates from participating record stores, Third Man Records vinyl and more.*

And if you’re curious what record shops you should check out, we’ve made a list. And we’d love to see this list grow, so if you don’t see your favorite record store listed, drop us a line and let us know what we should add. We happily will extend it!

Listen: Ryan Patrick Hooper talks Record Store Day, WDET member drawing

Here’s a few of our favorites, plus picks we received from you:

• Third Man Records – 441 W Canfield St, Detroit | 313-209-5205

  

• Peoples Records – 1464 Gratiot Ave, Detroit | 313-831-0864
• Found Sound – 234 W Nine Mile Rd, Ferndale | 248-565-8775
• Flipside Records – 3099 Coolidge Hwy, Berkley | 248-585-4090
• Melodies & Memories – 23013 Gratiot Ave, Eastpointe| 586-774-8480
• Spot Lite – 2905 Beaufait St #4, Detroit| spotlitedetroit@gmail.com
• The Sound Explosion – 3751 Middlebelt Rd, Inkster | 734-890-9320

  

• Hello Records – 4165 Fort St, Lincoln Park | 313-300-5654
• Dearborn Music – 22501 Michigan Ave, Newman St, Dearborn | 313-561-1000
• Dr. Disc Records – 471 Ouellette Ave, Windsor, ON | 519-253-9744
• UHF Records – 512 S Washington Ave, Royal Oak | 248-545-5955
• Weirdsville Records – 61 Macomb Pl, Mount Clemens | 586-468-2665
• Encore Records – 208 N 4th Ave, Ann Arbor | 734-662-6776
• Underground Sounds – 120 E Washington St, Ann Arbor | 734-327-9239
• Street Corner Music – 26020 Greenfield Rd, Oak Park | 248-967-0777

*You must make a donation through wdet.org/give between 12 a.m. on April 11 and 11:59 p.m. on April 12 to be entered into the drawing. Winner will be notified on Monday, April 14, via telephone. For full WDET contest rules, visit wdet.org/rules. 

Big show announcement: LCD Soundsystem is coming to Detroit on August 21st at the Masonic! So, I cracked open an ice old In The Groove with one of the greatest songs about grief ever… plus, exploring the influence of Gang of Four (following the death of bassist Dave Allen) through the music of Wet Leg (getting ready to release their sophomore album!), Franz Ferndinand and fellow innovators Young Marble Giants. And more Bug Club because I can’t get enough and they’ll be in town June 15 at the Third Man Records.

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 9, 2025

• “Someone Great” – LCD Soundsystem
• “Boy From School” – Hot Chip
• “Could Be Forever” – Joshua Idehen
• “ARTIFACT” – Alexander Flood
• “One Of Us” – Nana Adjoa
• “Seal My Fate” – Belly
• “All My Freaks” – Divorce
• “Black and White Town” – Doves
• “Detroit 67” – Sam Roberts Band
• “Answer To Yourself” – Soft Pack
• “Freaks” – Surf Curse
• “Shut Up Kiss Me” – Angel Olsen
• “At Home He’s a Tourist” – Gang of Four
• “What We All Want” – Gang of Four
• “Chaise Lounge” – Wet Leg
• “Catch These Fists” – Wet Leg
• “Take Me Out” – Franz Ferdinand
• “Brand – New – Life” – Young Marble Giants
• “I Was Dancing In A Lesbian Bar” – Jonathan Richman
• “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” – The Slits
• “Jealous Boy” – The Bug Club
• “Marriage” – The Bug Club
• “Wristwatch” – MJ Lenderman
• “Desert Belly” – Oscar Jerome
• “Make It Up” – Tirzah
• “Love Hangover (The Boss Remix)” – Diana Ross
• “I Want You Back (Z-Trip Remix)” – Jackson 5
• “Workin’ On It” – Brijean
• “Asiko (In a Silent Mix) [Motor City Drum Ensemble Remix]” – Tony Allen
• “Tap Out” – The Strokes
• “Hold On” – Allysha Joy
• “PRIDE.” – Kendrick Lamar

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 Michael Kiwanuka, Stereolab, Turnstile, Peach Pit (who will be in town later this spring on May 25 at the Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre) and more, plus throwing it back to Black Sabbath, Joe Bataan, Fugazi, Sonic Youth… have a listen!

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 8, 2025

• “80 Days” – Σtella
• “Wind Parade” – Jordan Rakei
• “Call My Name” – Joe Bataan
• “Slim’s Return” – Madlib
• “Liquid Love (feat. Sylvia Cox)” – Roy Ayers
• “Save Me” – Britti
• “Wednesday Morning Atonement” – Curtis Harding
• “Planet Caravan” – Black Sabbath
• “You Ain’t The Problem” – Michael Kiwanuka
• “Floating Parade” – Michael Kiwanuka
• “Someone To Love You” – SAULT
• “Last One Standing” – Monophonics & Kelly Finnigan
• “Aerial Troubles” – Stereolab
• “NEVER ENOUGH” – Turnstile
• “Argument” – Fugazi
• “Incinerate” – Sonic Youth
• “Uno Punto Uno” – Women In Jazz & Rosa Brunello
• “GOOD TIMES (Sofia Kourtesis Remix)” – Jungle
• “Buschtaxi” – DJ Koze
• “Foam” – Royel Otis
• “Am I Your Girl (Dance Version)” – Peach Pit
• “Speechless (feat. Magdalena Bay)” – TV Girl & George Clanton
• “The Look” – Metronomy
• “Villain” – Annahstasia
• “Spinning” – Julia Holter
• “Right” – David Bowie
• “Sympathy for the Devil” – Rolling Stones
• “The First Day of Spring” – The Gandharvas
• “Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf Mix)” – Pixies
• “Optimistic” – Radiohead
• “Together” – Misha Panfilov Sound Combo
• “But I Might Die Tonight” – Cat Stevens
• “Why Don’t You Do Right? (Suonho Remix)” – Bev Lee Harling
• “Red Clay” – Jack Wilkins

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.

You never know where you’ll go on this show… and while there’s quite a bit of new selections here from DJ Koze, Rachel Baldwin, José James, Mei Semones, Joe Armon-Jones and more… there’s a whole lot of throwbacks, including music from Freddie Hubbard, Prince, Rufus & Chaka Khan, an insanely good rework of Hall & Oates from Kon and a bit of Luiz Bonfá and Billie Holiday on her birthday!

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 7, 2025

• “Aruna” – DJ Koze
• “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do) [Kon Rework]” – Daryl Hall & John Oates
• “Long Night (Planet 81 Remix)” – Rachel Baldwin & Planet 81
• “17 Days (7″ B-Side Edit) [2017 Remaster]” – Prince & the Revolution
• “I Feel for You (Acoustic Demo)” – Prince & the Revolution
• “Simply Beautiful (feat. Takuya Kuroda)” – José James
• “Sweet Thing (feat. Chaka Khan)” – Rufus
• “Other Side of the Game” – Erykah Badu
• “Hurry up & Wait” – Joe Armon-Jones
• “Over When It’s Over” – Lucy Rose
• “Inside and Out” – Feist
• “Tenderly” – Luiz Bonfá
• “Zarigani” – Mei Semones
• “Slip Away (feat. Menahan Street Band)” – Charles Bradley
• “Consulate Case” – Surprise Chef
• “Bangoro (Gitkin Remix)” – Bab L’ Bluz
• “Since I’ve Been Loving You” – Led Zeppelin
• “How Blue Can You Get? (Live In Cook County Jail/1970)” – B.B. King
• “Dark Blue” – George Freeman & Chico Freeman
• “Can’t Say Nothin’” – Curtis Mayfield
• “Night Bus” – The Flying Hats
• “Marmalade Toast” – Marcel Borrack
• “Red Clay” – Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Joe Henderson & Lenny White
• “Blue Moon” – Billie Holiday
• “Glory Box” – Portishead
• “Penthouse Samba” – Marina Zispin
• “Deadly Valentine (Soulwax Remix)” – Charlotte Gainsbourg
• “Love Is the Drug (Todd Terje Disco Dub)” – Roxy Music
• “Straight to Hell (Extended Unedited Version)” – The Clash

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.

A madly eclectic mix from some of my favorites, including Shigeto & Kesswa, Claude Fontaine, Karriem Riggins, Cousin Kula, Thandii and more, plus deep dives into Sonya Spence, George Benson, T. Rex 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 April 3, 2025

• “The Punch!” – Shigeto & Kesswa
• “This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) [Live]” – Talking Heads
• “Small Hours” – Claude Fontaine
• “Talk Love” – Sonya Spence
• “Affectionate Overture” – Karriem Riggins
• “Everything Is Everything” – Lauryn Hill
• “Zealots” – Fugees
• “Dirty Money” – Antibalas
• “Summer’s Comin’ Bébé” – Cousin Kula
• “Ozan Koukle (Remastered)” – Lafayette Afro Rock Band
• “It Only Takes 2” – Thandii
• “Burn” – Afriqua
• “Color My Life” – Chicano Batman
• “Take Five” – George Benson
• “Dance For You” – Dirty Projectors
• “Jewel” – T. Rex
• “Impossible Weight (feat. Sharon Van Etten)” – Deep Sea Diver
• “Nobody’s” – Touché Amoré
• “Heavy” – SPRINTS
• “Holiday Destination” – Nadine Shah
• “Damaged Goods” – Gang of Four
• “Helicopter” – Bloc Party
• “Pieces of the People We Love” – The Rapture
• “Bruce Willis (Noon Garden Remix)” – Japanese Television
• “Banana Heater” – Yam Yam
• “The Difference (Vocal Mix)” – Logic
• “Another Day” – Los Hermanos & Soul Saver
• “Liminal (feat. Tapiwa Svosve)” – Ahya Simone
• “Odessa” – Caribou
• “Cos-Ber-Zam Ne Noya (Daphni Mix)” – Daphni

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.

Lots of throwbacks today led by birthday candles for Gil Scott Heron and Marvin Gaye, alongside Jimi Hendrix, Wes Montgomery, a fond farewell for Chicago guitarist George Freeman, Bob Marley and more… enjoy!

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 2, 2025

• “We Almost Lost Detroit” – Gil Scott Heron
• “Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)” – Marvin Gaye
• “Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)” – Marvin Gaye
• “Puaj” – Salin
• “Traveling With (LIVE ON WDET session)” – Daniel Villarreal (hear the full session here)
• “Sunset Cliffs (LIVE ON WDET session)” – Daniel Villarreal (hear the full session here)
• “Bumpin’” – Wes Montgomery
• “Be Honest (feat. Madison McFerrin)” – A Song For You
• “Supernatural (Extended Mix)” – We Are KING
• “Ode To The Year 9125” – Tall Black Guy
• “Award Tour (feat. Trugoy the Dove)” – A Tribe Called Quest
• “Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)” – Digable Planets
• “Eye Know (feat. Otis Redding)” – De La Soul
• “Castles Made of Sand” – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
• “Confirmed Truth” – George Freeman
• “High Tide or Low Tide (B is for Bob Mix)” – Bob Marley & the Wailers
• “Tom Drunk (feat. U-Roy)” – Hopeton Lewis
• “Lady Day and John Coltrane” – Gil Scott Heron
• “Home Is Where the Hatred Is” – Gil Scott Heron
• “Hot Sun” – Wilco
• “Midnight Sun” – Nilüfer Yanya
• “! MAVIS BEACON” – Saya Gray
• “Motorcycle” – Remi Wolf
• “Future Lover” – Thee Sacred Souls
• “I Want You (John Morales M+M Pianopella Mix)” – Marvin Gaye
• “Ha Ya! (Eternal Life) [feat. Natalie Greffel]” – musclecars
• “Patience (Maurice Fulton Remix)” – Tame Impala
• “Do Yourself A Favor” – Stevie Wonder
• “BACK ON” – SBTRKT
• “Just Can’t Get Enough” – Channel Tres

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 no April Fools here! Just a serious love of music — all music, from all genres, brought together through common vibe and feel. New music from High Vis, Bab L’ Bluz, Beth Gibbons (in town on April 7 at Masonic Cathedral Theatre), Lizzo, Orions Belte, Sparklmami and more.

The big thing on the musical menu is revisiting the Garden State soundtrack 20 years later, including selections from The Shins, Nick Drake, Thievery Corporation and Frou Frou.

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 1, 2025

• “Sexy To Someone” – Clairo
• “All I Want” – Broken Social Scene
• “Image” – Magdalena Bay
• “Mind’s A Lie” – High Vis
• “Wave To Anchor” – Hundred Waters
• “Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five” – Paul McCartney & Wings
• “Elevate” – St. Lucia
• “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’” – Michael Jackson
• “Mahlalela” – Hugh Masekela & Letta Mbulu
• “Only Good for Conversation” – Rodriguez
• “Bangoro (Gitkin Remix)” – Bab L’ Bluz
• “On The Road” – Rattlesnake Milk
• “New Slang” – The Shins
• “One of These Things First” – Nick Drake
• “Drinkin’ on a Tuesday” – Sarah Mary Chadwick
• “Let Go” – Frou Frou
• “Lebanese Blonde” – Thievery Corporation
• “Reaching Out” – Beth Gibbons
• “Glory Box (Live / Remastered 2023)” – Portishead
• “All Mine” – Portishead
• “Black Coffee” – Sarah Vaughn
• “20 Feet Tall” – Erykah Badu
• “Run Outs” – Alfa Mist
• “Nite” – Gossip
• “South (feat. Lex Amor)” – Wu-Lu
• “TOUCH” – Sparklmami & Les Sons Du Cosmos
• “The Carneddau” – Orions Belte
• “Still Bad” – Lizzo
• “Begin Again (Joe Goddard Remix)” – Jessie Ware
• “Gentle Thoughts” – Herbie Hancock
• “Dangerous” – Surprise Chef
• “Hangin’ on Your Lips” – Cousin Kula
• “Red Room” – Hiatus Kaiyote
• “Mammone (feat. SHOLTO & David Bardon)” – Rachel Kitchlew & SFJ
• “Loso Na Madesu (feat. Natanya) [Lewis OfMan Remix]” – Brian Nasty

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.

Diving back into the week with new music from Σtella, Los Piranas, Celine Dessberg, Okonski, José Junior and more, plus a belated birthday party for George Benson and look ahead to an upcoming concert from Leon Bridges.

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 March 31, 2025

• “Ribbon in the Sky (1982 Musiquarium Version)” – Stevie Wonder
• “Timeless (feat. Lianne La Havas)” – Oscar Jerome
• “Take Five” – George Benson
• “Adagio” – Σtella
• “Una Mañana” – Caramelo Haze
• “Despectiva caridad” – Los Piranas
• “Projections” – José Junior
• “Tomorrow Never Knows” – Beatles
• “Selenge” – Céline Dessberg
• “October” – Okonski
• “Burnin’ Coal” – Les McCann
• “N.I.T.A.” – Young Marble Giants
• “Heartbeat” – Wire
• “That’s Entertainment” – The Jam
• “Colores Del Mar” – Helado Negro
• “Motorway” – Goat Girl
• “In My Head” – Rosie Lowe
• “Deep Dark Cosmos” – Holly Walker
• “Charlie Loves Gracia” – Penza Penza
• “Lonsdale Slipons” – Bug Club
• “Violence” – Parquet Courts
• “Before the Water Gets Too High” – Parquet Courts
• “Half The Truth” – Sūn Byrd
• “Bad Bad News” – Leon Bridges
• “Morning (Peanut Butter Wolf Remix)” – Azymuth
• “Blue Ridge Mountains” – Fleet Foxes
• “Let Go” – NewDad
• “2020” – SUUNS
• “Saturator” – Kiln
• “The Equalizer” – Clinic
• “Speak To Me” – Julian Lage
• “Guns of Brixton (feat. Yan Jun) [L’été Chinois]” – Dub Mentor
• “The Killing Moon” – Nouvelle Vague
• “I Am Trying To Break Your Heart” – Wilco
• “New York, Let’s Do Nothing” – King Hannah
• “Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings” – Father John Misty
• “The Turning Ground” – Tara Clerkin Trio
• “Mixo World” – Time Wharp

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.

What a dream to have percussionist and bandleader Daniel Villarreal live on WDET during In The Groove.

I was first introduced to Villarreal’s music via a friend in Chicago, where Villarreal and his band call home. After popping on my headphones, going for a long walk and listening to Villarreal’s excellent ‘Panamá 77’ album, I was hooked. The plot on how I could get him to Detroit to perform began!

Thankfully, our friends at Moondog Café solved that issue, booking Villarreal for a live set at their new venue.

And ahead of that performance in Detroit, Villarreal brought the band by the studio to perform a handful of tracks, including “Traveling With” (from his 2023 effort ‘Lados B’), the unreleased song “Bakers Dozen,” “Sunset Cliffs” (another ‘Lados B’ cut) plus “I Didn’t Expect That” from ‘Panamá 77.’

You’ll also hear an interview with Villarreal about his time playing in punk bands in Panama and how that translates to the abstract jazz he plays today.

Hear the performance and interview using the audio player above.

Keep up with Villarreal’s music at danielvillarrealmusic.com.

Listen to In the Groove with host Ryan Patrick Hooper weekdays from noon-3 p.m. ET on Detroit Public Radio 101.9 WDET or stream on-demand at wdet.org.

Man, we got pretty spaced out today with selections from Can, Nala Sinephro, new music from Tortoise, Mabe Fratti and more.

Plus, the final selections from the groove hotline of your favorite Aretha Franklin songs (although I’ll keep playing those forever — thanks to everyone that left a message!).

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 March 27, 2025

• “Bugs” – Jamila Woods
• “Wish I Didn’t Miss You” – Angie Stone
• “Empire (feat. John Carroll Kirby)” – Eddie Chacon
• “Royalty” – Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
• “Soul” – James Alexander Bright
• “Vitamin C” – Can
• “Na Na” – Coke
• “Dub Je Je” – Antibalas
• “Late Night People” – Yazmin Lacey
• “Hood Pass Intact” – Dam Funk
• “The Thrill Is Gone” – Aretha Franklin
• “Feels So Bad” – Junior Kimbrough
• “Côte D’ivoire” – Yoni Mayraz
• “100 Years Of Bill & Lil” – Joe Webb
• “TNT” – Tortoise
• “Oganesson” – Tortoise
• “Heartbeat” – Wire
• “Come See About Me” – Afghan Whigs
• “Cough / Cool” – Misfits
• “A Forest (Tree Mix)” – The Cure
• “Androgynous” – The Replacements
• “Muzzle of Bees” – Norah Jones & Jeff Tweedy
• “Hurts To Be Alone” – Norah Jones
• “Poinciana (Live at The Pershing, Chicago, 1958)” – Ahmad Jamal Trio
• “Crushxd” – Crumb
• “Continuum 5 / 6” – Nala Sinephro
• “Be Reasonable – Somesurprises
• “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

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.

Since I first heard The Bug Club not too long ago, I’ve been completely in love with their fast-and-loose sense of humor paired with great songwriting and guitar riffs (like, way above average tasty wasters — they used to be a blues group, so it makes sense).

They’ve got a new album coming out this year called “Very Human Features” on Sub Pop. And on our first taste of it — the single “Jealous Boy”— it’s very human stuff. Definitely a bit more mature and honest and from the heart than some of their other stuff, which doesn’t take anything away from previous works (like last year’s excellent “On The Intricate Inner Workings Of The System,” also via Sub Pop) but is certainly exciting to listen to some evolution from the duo.

On “Jealous Boy,” guitarist Sam Willmett and bassist Tilly Harris go back-to-back on vocals, and it makes for a splendid earworm. 

Listen to the In The Groove song of the week below. Bug Club’s new album, “Very Human Features,” will be out this June via Sub Pop.

I love being able to bring Spiritualized and The Rolling Stones together, plus a bunch of fresh releases from SHY FX, Lady Wray, Hannah Cohen, Nightmares on Wax, Moses Sumney and many more. That’s the pleasure of public radio! Genre doesn’t matter — good music does!

Plus, a bunch of your voicemails celebrating Aretha Franklin, who would’ve been 83 this week. Why not just turn it into Aretha Week on In The Groove? With your voicemails?! I’ve still got space for a few more — feel free to drop me a line on the groove hotline at 313-577-3414, and I’ll play it on air!

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 March 26, 2025

• “Risk It All (feat. Maverick Sabre) [Acoustic]” – SHY FX
• “High Tide or Low Tide (B is for Bob Mix)” – Bob Marley & The Wailers
• “Best For Us” – Lady Wray
• “Dusty” – Hannah Cohen
• “Typical (feat. Jordan Rakei) [Little Dragon’s Rick Ride Remix]” – Nightmares On Wax
• “You’re All I Need to Get By (Take 2)” – Aretha Franklin
• “Spirit In the Dark (Live February 7, 1971)” – Aretha Franklin
• “Spirit In the Dark (Reprise with Ray Charles) [Live February 7, 1971]” – Aretha Franklin
• “Miss Perfumado (4 Hero Remix)” – Cesária Evora
• “American Cars (Africanz on Marz West Coast Drive Rework)” – Sam
• “Hey Girl(s)” – Moses Sumney, Syd & Meshell Ndegeocello
• “The Other Lover” – Little Dragon & Moses Sumney
• “Retold” – Nate Smith
• “Liquid Sunshine” – John Cameron
• “I Say A Little Prayer” – Aretha Franklin
• “Inertia” – Samora Pinderhughes
• “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” – Rolling Stones
• “I Think I’m in Love” – Spirtualized
• “Jealous Boy” – The Bug Club (In The Groove Pick of the Week)
• “It’s Amazing To Be Young” – Fontaines D.C.
• “Sonny The Strong” – Gaz Coombes
• “West Side” – Studio
• “Untitled” – Interpol
• “Plainsong” – Seefeel
• “Boxing Feat. King Krule (DJ Python Remix)” – Mount Kimbie
• “Spacelab” – Kraftwerk
• “Clear (Jose “Animal” Diaz Remix)” – Cybotron
• “Sharivari” – Dirtbombs
• “L.O.V.E. and You and I (Madlib Remix)” – Jazzanova

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 going in on some Aretha Franklin today for her birthday, and really just turning the rest of the week into a celebration of her with your voicemails (those will start airing tomorrow). Plus, an anniversary of MF DOOM & Madlib making one of my favorite hip hop records of all time. New music from Black Country, New Road, Tall Black Guy, Cleo Sol, Cari Cari and lots 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 March 25, 2025

• “Besties” – Black Country, New Road
• “Too Many People” – Paul & Linda McCartney
• “Dear Prudence” – Gabor Szabo
• “Golden Age of Life” – 4hero
• “Another Day (feat. Jill Scott)” – 4hero
• “Just Can’t Get Enough” – Channel Tres
• “I Can Say To You (Toribio Remix)” – Butcher Brown
• “Just The Two Of Us” – Bill Withers & Grover Washington, Jr.
• “I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)” – Hall & Oates
• “Why Must It Be” – Tall Black Guy / Black Vandross
• “Cards On The Table” – Nia Archives
• “He Will Follow You With His Eyes” – Corinne Bailey Rae
• “Unlikely” – Bel Cobain
• “Jimtastic Blues” – Greentea Peng
• “Didn’t Cha Know” – Erykah Badu
• “Imazeghen N Adagh” – Tinariwen
• “Go For Broke” – Bo Diddley
• “Black Crow (Demo)” – Joni Mitchell
• “Fear When You Fly” – Cleo Sol
• “In The Air” – SAULT
• “Best Kind Of Lost” – Joshua Idehen
• “Accordion” – Madvillain
• “Raid (feat. MED)” – Madvillain
• “ALL CAPS” – Madvillain
• “Summer Madness S.A.” – Karriem Riggins
• “Day Dreaming” – Aretha Franklin
• “Dreamin’” – Common & Pete Rock
• “Rock Steady (Jammin Keys Edit)” – Aretha Franklin
• “One More Trip Around The Sun” – Cari Cari
• “Bangoro (Gitkin Remix)” – Bab L’ Bluz
• “I Gotta Try You Girl” – Junior Kimbrough
• “S.N.C.” – DARKSIDE
• “Computer Love” – Kraftwerk
• “Son Of A Preacher 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.