Celebrating the birthday of Detroit jazz legend Dr. Donald Byrd, plus the 60th anniversary of “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” which gave us the greatest Christmas music of all time via Vince Guaraldi Trio (really loved this article giving background to how this special came together, thanks to Cola-Cola and sparse jazz). On top of all that, new music from Momoko Gill, Georgie Sweet, Gerald Clayton, Adrian Sherwood, SOYUZ and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for December 9, 2025

• “2close2farr” – Momoko Gill
• “All That We Were” – Georgie Sweet
• “Into Harmony (feat. Julia Biel)” – Hector Plimmer
• “Cast Your Fate to the Wind” – Vince Guaraldi Trio
• “Linus and Lucy” – Vince Guaraldi Trio
• “Cinnamon Sugar” – Gerald Clayton
• “Garden of Inspiration” – Adrian Sherwood, African Head Charge & Speakers Corner Quartet
• “Coltrane (Crooked Man Remix)” – Cymande
• “Not Dead Yet” – Lord Huron
• “I’d Have To Be Crazy” – Willie Nelson
• “A Bowl And A Pudding” – Wilco
• “Across The Universe” – Fiona Apple
• “Foolish Fool” – Dee Dee Warrick
• “Tomorrow (feat. Raheem DeVaughn)” – The Roots
• “17 Days (Piano & a Microphone 1983 Version)” – Prince
• “Alien (Hold On to Your Dreams)” – Gil Scott Heron
• “Billy Jack” – Curtis Mayfield
• “Someone I Know” – Margo Guryan
• “So Nice (Summer Samba) [Azari & III Remix]” – Astrud Gilberto & Walter Wanderley Trio
• “Roller Coaster” – Brijean
• “Closer” – Maria Chiara Argirò
• “Road To Self (KO)” – Kamasi Washington
• “Cristo Redentor” – Donald Byrd
• “Wind Parade” – Donald Byrd
• “Black Byrd” – Donald Byrd
• “P7 Blues” – SOYUZ
• “Plasty” – LL Burns
• “Canopy” – Resavoir & Matt Gold
• “I Couldn’t Love You More (Jam Master’s Deep Rework)” – Sade
• “Rush” – Gerald Clayton
• “Xoxoxo” – corto.alto
• “My Little Drum” – Vince Guaraldi Trio
• “Skating” – Vince Guaraldi Trio

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Sliding back into the workweek with a high energy show that starts with Atlanta punk darlings Upchuck, puts a spotlight on Momoko Gill ahead of her upcoming debut solo album due out in February from Strut Records and closing down the show with music from Hot Chip and Robyn for a dose of “Dopamine.” 

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for December 1, 2025

• “New Case” – Upchuck
• “Softly” – Mannequin Pussy
• “I Don’t Know You” – Mannequin Pussy
• “S.N.C.” – DARKSIDE
• “Tuesday” – Mary In The Junkyard
• “Number One Fan” – Rocket
• “Sonny The Strong” – Gaz Coombes
• “Cinnamon Sugar” – Gerald Clayton
• “Garden of Inspiration” – Adrian Sherwood, African Head Charge & Speakers Corner Quartet
• “Its My House (Special Disco Version)” – Risco Connection
• “Stand on the Word (1982 Version)” – Joubert Singers
• “Spaced Outta Place Pt. 1” – Sundown
• “TOUCH” – Sparklmami & Les Sons Du Cosmos
• “People Everywhere ii” – Khruangbin
• “Walking In The Dark” – Stefano Torossi
• “BIG FISH” – Nate Smith & säje
• “No Others” – Momoko Gill
• 2close2farr” – Momoko Gill
• “Need To Run” – Matthew Herbert + Momoko Gill
• “One Thing” – Lola Young
• “Market” – Chronixx
• “The Payback” – James Brown
• “Protection” – Massive Attack
• “Underwater Love” – Smoke City
• “Alleys Of Your Mind” – Cybotron
• “Run Free (Nite Version)” – Soul Wax
• “New Body Rhumba” – LCD Soundsystem
• “Devotion (Boys’ Shorts Remix)” – Hot Chip
• “Dopamine” – Robyn

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 second annual In The Groove Throwback Thursday Turkey Fun Time Holiday Show—all with comfort classics! Starting with Sam Cooke, plenty of Nina Simone, John Coltrane, Roberta Flack, Ten Years After, Albert King and many, many more. Enjoy!

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for November 27, 2025

• “A Change Is Gonna Come” – Sam Cooke
• “Better Days” – Graham Nash
• “Whatever I Am” – Nina Simone
• “Saturday Night Special” – Jazzanova
• “Equinox” – John Coltrane
• “Compared To What” – Roberta Flack
• “Lady Day and John Coltrane” – Gil Scott Heron
• “Backlash Blues” – Nina Simone
• “Cadillac Assembly Line” – Albert King
• “Down By The River” – Buddy Miles
• “Come Together” – Ike & Tina Turner
• “California Soul” – Marlena Shaw
• “Soul Vibrations” – Dorothy Ashby
• “Twenty Five Miles” – Edwin Starr
• “Magalenha” – Sergio Mendes
• “Funkier Than A Mosquito’s Tweeter” – Nina Simone
• “Bra” – Cymande
• “Hand Clapping Song” – Meters
• “Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone” – Temptations
• “Superfly” – Curtis Mayfield
• “Rebel Rebel” – Seu Jorge
• “Can You Get To That” – Funkadelic
• “Let ‘Em In” – Wings
• “This Must Be The Place” – Talking Heads
• “Muizenberg” – John Wizards
• “Les La Bas” – Henri Texier
• “This Love Is Here To Stay” – Thomas Dybdahl
• “Open Your Eyes” – Bobby Caldwell
• “Love And Happiness” – Monty Alexander
• “I Dig Love” – George Harrison
• “I’d Love To Change The World” – Ten Years After
• “Fried Neckbones and Some Homefries” – Willie Bobo
• “The Wind Cries Mary” – Jimi Hendrix
• “Wooden Ships” – Crosby, Stills & Nash
• “Sympathy For The Devil” – The Rolling Stones

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 Yin Yin, Automatic, Dry Cleaning, Soulwax, plus your songs of gratitude and thanks with selections from Massive Attack, Big Star, The Cure and Donald Byrd.

Comedian T. Barb stops by to talk about the music that influenced her throughout her career ahead of her big hometown show at the Detroit House of Comedy this Friday. 

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for November 26, 2025

• “Spirit Adapter” – Yin Yin
• “Mq9” – Automatic
• “Hit My Head All Day” – Dry Cleaning
• “Angles Mortz” – Nightbus
• “Run Free (Nite Version)” – Soulwax
• “Maybe I Got It Wrong” – Ruti
• “Last Forever” – Patchwork Inc. & Wyatt Waddell
• “Nancy From Now On” – Father John Misty
• “Clover” – Billie Marten
• “Guns of Brixton (feat. Camille)” – Nouvelle Vague
• “The Harder They Come” – Jimmy Cliff
• “High Tide or Low Tide (B is for Bob Mix)” – Bob Marley
• “You Got It” – Thandii
• “Free” – Sault
• “La Ceiba” – Antibalas
• “Blue Lines” – Massive Attack
• “Be Thankful For What You’ve Got” – Massive Attack
• “The Lovecats” – The Cure
• “Thank You Friends” – Big Star
• “Can’t Hardly Wait (Cello Version)” – The Replacements
• “Power Of The Moon” – Ezra Furman
• “Rock & Roll” – Velvet Underground
• “Veni Vidi Vici” – The Black Lips
• “Paper Tiger” – Spoon
• “I Love Your Smile (In The Groove with Detroit Comedian T. Barb)” – Shanice
• “#1 Stunna (In The Groove with Detroit Comedian T. Barb)” – Big Tymers
• “Big Pimpin’ (feat. UGK) [Edited] (In The Groove with Detroit Comedian T. Barb)” – Jay-Z
• “Ice Me Out (In The Groove with Detroit Comedian T. Barb)” – Kash Doll
• “5pm” – Otis Junior & Dr. Dundiff
• “The Light” – Jordan Rakei
• “Wind Parade” – Donald Byrd
• “Ainda é Verão” – Alulu Paranhos & Bruno Berle
• “Tenderly” – Luiz Bonfá
• “Dumb Feeling” – Mei Semones

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Diving into new music from Gabriel Jacoby, Charlotte Day Wilson, Patchwork Inc., Gerald Clayton and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for November 25, 2025

• “Canopy” – Resavoir & Matt Gold
• “I Couldn’t Love You More (Jam Master’s Deep Rework)” – Sade
• “Hold On” – Allysha Joy
• “Lost My Love (DJ Amir & Re.Decay Jazz Re.Imagined Remix)” – Kenny Cox
• “Baby” – Gabriel Jacoby
• “It Always Was” – Joshua Idehen
• “Selfish” – Charlotte Day Wilson
• “Herbs & Wine (feat. Ivar)” – Kraak & Smaak
• “On And On” – Patchwork Inc. & Rhea the Second
• “Phoenix” – Rhye
• “Let it Happen (Soulwax Remix)” – Tame Impala
• “Rush” – Gerald Clayton
• “Diane Charlemagne (Iman Houssein Remix)” – LEFTO EARLY BIRD
• “Xoxoxo” – corto.alto
• “Great Pumpkin Waltz” – Vince Guaraldi Trio
• “Mirror” – Jeff Tweedy
• “I’ll Do It For Your Love” – Paul Simon
• “Astrønne” – Psycho Killer
• “Radio Silence” – James Blake
• “Limit To Your Love” – James Blake
• “Disparate Youth” – Santigold
• “Y Control” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• “Pokemon” – Wet Leg
• “Highway” – Lewis OfMan & Empress Of
• “Tokyo Midnight” – Sababa 5 & Yurika Hanashima
• “Siesta Freestyle” – Lewis OfMan & Alicia te quiero
• “Looking For You” – Nino Ferrer
• “DEATH COMES FROM THE SKY” – Unknown Mortal Orchestra
• “Summoning the Monkey God” – The Sorcerers
• “Bright Moments” – Admin
• “Constellation” – The Circling Sun
• “Cristo Redentor” – Donald Byrd
• “Chants” – Donald Byrd

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One of the busiest shows… ever?

I didn’t want to start the week with a major death, but Jimmy Cliff—the crooner who brought the sound of reggae from Jamaica to the world—died at the age of 81. So, of course, a tribute to him and artists carrying that sound forward, like Chronixx. Plus, celebrating The Pharcyde’s excellent debut album released on this very day back in 1992; new music from Boko Yout, Charlotte Day Wilson, Khraungbin and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for November 24, 2025

• “Track 28” – J Dilla
• “Selfish” – Charlotte Day Wilson
• “Career Climbing” – Yukimi & Little Dragon
• “The Harder They Come” – Jimmy Cliff
• “54-46 Was My Number” – Toots & the Maytals
• “Vietnam” – Jimmy Cliff
• “OSAKA” – Athletic Progression
• “One O’Clock Last Morning, 20th April 1970” – Rosinha De Valença
• “White Gloves ii” – Khruangbin
• “Bliss (Part 2)” – The Circling Sun
• “Flight Time” – Donald Byrd
• “BOYFRIEND” – Boko Yout
• “Wah-Wah (2014 Remaster)” – George Harrison
• “Loose Cannon” – Puzzle
• “Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf)” – Pixies
• “Hit My Head All Day” – Dry Cleaning
• “Underwater Love” – Smoke City
• “Run Free (Nite Version)” – Soulwax
• “new body rhumba (from the film White Noise)” – LCD Soundsystem
• “The World’s Biggest Paving Slab (Daniel Avery Remix)” – English Teacher & Daniel Avery
• “It’s A Mirror” – Perfume Genius
• “..THUS IS WHY ( I DON’T SPRING 4 LOVE )” – Saya Gray
• “Words” – Big Thief
• “Ferry Lady” – Panda Bear
• “Paradis” – Donna Blue
• “Survivor” – Chronixx
• “In A Dream (Live)” – Misha Panfilov
• “No One’s Watching Me (feat. Olivia Dean)” – Ezra Collective
• “A Couple Minutes (A COLORS SHOW)” – Olivia Dean’
• “Water Me Down (Pamcy Remix)” – Vagabon
• “Soul Flower Remix” – Pharcyde
• “Passin’ Me By” – Pharcyde

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A moody mix to match the weather with a ton of throwbacks, starting with James Brown, Massive Attack, Deftones covering the Cars and lots of moody morsels in between. Plus, giving our flowers to Stone Roses bass player Gary “Mani” Mounfield, who has died at the age of 63.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for November 20, 2025

• “The Payback” – James Brown
• “Protection” – Massive Attack
• “Drive” – Deftones
• “Ritual Union (Maya Jane Coles Remix)” – Little Dragon
• “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul” – Gnarls Barkley
• “Kiss Me On The Neck” – Erykah Badu
• “Uno Punto Uno” – Women In Jazz & Rosa Brunello
• “Underwater Love” – Smoke City
• “The Truth (feat. Roisin & J-Live)” – Handsome Boy Modeling School
• “Pride May Put Me To Rest” – Louise Walker
• “Speak To Me” – Julian Lage
• “Fall Again (feat. Lil Silva)” – Duval Timothy & Melanie Faye
• “Africa” – Bill Laurance & Michael League
• “Baltimore” – Nina Simone
• “Hey Now (When I Give You All My Lovin’)” – Romare
• “I Can’t Hardly Stand It” – The Cramps
• “No News Is Good News” – Pops Staples
• “I Walk On Guilded Splinters” – Dr. John
• “Exuma, The Obeah Man” – Exuma
• “Carried Away” – H.E.R.
• “T.I.B.W.F.” – The Budos Band
• “Lo Life” – Antibalas
• “Let Go” – NewDad
• “2020” – SUUNS
• “The Equalizer” – Clinic
• “Lebanese Blonde” – Thievery Corporation
• “Dream Of You” – Lionlimb, Angel Olsen
• “Brown Paper Bag” – DIIV
• “Weird Fishes/ Arpeggi” – Friko
• “I Am the Resurrection” – The Stone Roses
• “Fools Gold” – The Stone Roses

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A very busy show today! Diving into a world of new music with Mac DeMarco, pôt-pot, Smerz, Glyders and more. 

We spent some time with Acoustic Cafe’s Rob Reinhart, who had the honor of interviewing Todd Snider over the years. The late singer-songwriter died on November 15 at the age of 59.

Plus, Detroit-based artist Via Mardot stops by to talk about her show at the Lager House on Friday. We play a handful of tracks from her album “Higher Higher Burning Fire,” which you can buy directly from the artist via Bandcamp.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for November 19, 2025

• “Moving Forward” – Bryony Jarman-Pinto
• “Day Dreaming” – Aretha Franklin
• “Cruisin’” – Smokey Robinson
• “I Want You” – Marvin Gaye
• “Parabéns (feat. Marcos Valle) [Quarantine Sessions]” – Tom Misch
• “Be Thankful For What You’ve Got (Live)” – Orgone
• “Holy” – Mac DeMarco
• “Hot Scene” – pôt-pot
• “One Tiny Flower” – Jeff Tweedy
• “Easy (Astrid Sonne EDIT)” – Smerz
• “Sleeping Without You Is a Dragg (feat. Justin Vernon & Jenny Lewis)” – Swamp Dogg
• “Count The Days (feat. Jenny Lewis)” – Swamp Dogg
• “Elderberry Wine” – Wednesday
• “Meet Me In The City” – Junior Kimbrough
• “How Can I Lose” – Shirley Ann Lee
• “Avant Gardener” – Courtney Barnett
• “Conservative, Christian, Right Wing Republican, Straight, White, American Males” – Todd Snider
• “Better Than Ever Blues (Acoustic Cafe Session)” – Todd Snider
• “When I Get To Heaven” – John Prine
• “In Spite of Ourselves (feat. Amy Taylor)” – Viagra Boys
• “Got You” – Amyl and The Sniffers
• “This Is Who I Am” – Celeste
• “Pining” – Via Mardot
• “Flea” – St. Vincent
• “Crosseyed and Painless (feat. Money Mark)” – Chicano Batman
• “Once In A Lifetime” – WITCH
• “Queenless King” – WITCH
• “Stone Shadow” – Glyders
• “Mother’s Son” – Curtis Mayfield

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

New music discovery from corto.alto, Olive Jones, Celeste, Moses Sumney, Clairo and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for November 18, 2025

• “Towers” – Hundred Waters
• “It Always Was” – Joshua Idehen
• “The Divine Chord (feat. MGMT & Johnny Marr)” – The Avalanches
• “So Easy” – Röyksopp
• “Juna” – Clairo
• “Time” – Ni Maxine
• “APRIL (feat. anaiis)” – corto.alto
• “End Of Time” – Olive Jones
• “This Is Who I Am” – Celeste
• “O Mistress Mine” – Michael Thurber, Moses Sumney & Twelfth Night Cast
• “Squares” – Beta Band
• “What’s Done In the Dark (Will One Day Come to Light)” – Jackie Wilson
• “No One’s Gonna Love You” – Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators
• “Côte D’ivoire” – Yoni Mayraz
• “Herbs & Wine (feat. Ivar)” – Kraak & Smaak
• “You Ain’t Gotta Lie (Momma Said)” – Kendrick Lamar
• “Backline” – Butcher Brown
• “Are You Even Real” – Teddy Swims & GIVĒON
• “The Line” – D’Angelo
• “Song for My Father” – Tenderlonious
• “Monotropa” – MRKT
• “Amants Ennemis” – Domenique Dumont
• “Big People Music (feat. Theo Croker)” – Reuben James
• “Dumpalltheguns (Jitwam Remix)” – Adi Oasis
• “Ethiopean Sunshower” – Brian Jackson, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad
• “SPIDERS” – Lola Young
• “Drains” – mary in the junkyard
• “Better” – SPRINTS
• “The World’s Biggest Paving Slab (Daniel Avery Remix)” – English Teacher & Daniel Avery
• “Heaven Scent (feat. Chloe Sevigny)” – Soulwax
• “Gemini” – Angélica Garcia
• “I Don’t See It That Way” – Spoek Mathambo
• “Too Poor” – Σtella
• “I’m Not Ready For The Chance” – Nation of Language
• “Just Like Honey” – The Jesus and Mary Chain
• “Golden Gate (On And On)” – Madison Cunningham
• “Cruel” – St. Vincent
• “Nightclubbing” – Iggy Pop

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New week, new music from Perfume Genius, Lady Wray, Chronixx, Morgan Nadler and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for November 17, 2025

• “It’s A Mirror” – Perfume Genius
• “..THUS IS WHY ( I DON’T SPRING 4 LOVE )” – Saya Gray
• “Words” – Big Thief
• “Ferry Lady” – Panda Bear
• “Paradis” – Donna Blue
• “Survivor” – Chronixx
• “D’Evils” – SiR
• “Teach Me” – SiR
• “Devil’s Pie (Tall Black Guy Edit)” – D’Angelo
• “I Want To Thank You” – Alicia Myers
• “Les Fleurs” – Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band
• “Be A Witness” – Lady Wray
• “Tonight You Might (feat. Lady Wray)” – Synthia
• “Switch Over” – Horsegirl
• “Vertigo” – Shadow Show
• “Radiant Hue” – Shadow Show
• “13th Century Metal” – Brittany Howard
• “Mi Mujer” – Nicolas Jaar
• “Hanan” – Adiga House Band 
• “Hold On To The Light” – Jack Johnson & Hermanos Gutiérrez
• “Gumshoe (Dracula From Arkansas)” – Youth Lagoon
• “Before You Gotta Go” – Courtney Barnett
• “Diving Woman” – Japanese Breakfast
• “Cradle The Pain” – Morgan Nadler
• “I Set My Face To The Hillside” – Tortoise
• “Give It To Me Baby” – Jarina De Marco
• “Baby Forgive Me (Young Marco Remix)” – Robyn
• “Dopamine” – Robyn
• “Satan In Love” – La Bellini
• “Estrelar” – Marcos Valle
• “Olhos Coloridos” – Sandra de Sá
• “Nomalizo” – Letta Mbulu
• “Space Oddity” – Seu Jorge
• “Hurricane” – Chronixx
• “Hold Me” – Sault
• “I Want You (John Morales M+M Pianopella Mix)” – Marvin Gaye

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Scoping out new music from Glyders, a psyched-out trio from Chicago on Drag City, plus Yellow Days is back with fresh cut “Sharon” and Celeste might be my favorite singer in the world right now.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for November 14, 2025

• “The Seize” – Jordan Rakei
• “Dispose Of Me” – Omar Apollo
• “Road To Nowhere” – Roge
• “Waves” – Ista
• “Believer” – Annahstasia
• “Left For Tomorrow” – Perfume Genius
• “Comin’ Through” – War On Drugs
• “I Found The F” – Broadcast
• “É Preciso Dar Um Jeito, Meu Amigo” – Erasmo Carlos
• “Stone Shadow” – Glyders
• “Gap In The Clouds” – Yellow Days
• “Sharon” – Yellow Days
• “I Love You Too Much” – Stevie Wonder
• “People Always Change” – Celeste
• “Melodies” Girls Of The Internet & Sio
• “Why Don’t You” – Cleo Sol
• “17 Days (Piano & a Microphone 1983 Version)” – Prince
• “How Big Is The Rainbow” – Tune-Yards
• “If You Only Knew” – Gabriels
• “Roy” – IDLES
• “Man Made Of Meat” – Viagra Boys
• “A Vineyard For The North” – Yard Act
• “Mind’s A Lie” – High Vis
• “Love Like Blood” – Killing Joke
• “Circlesz” – GENA, Liv.e & Karriem Riggins
• “Opal (feat. John Medeski, Jorge Roeder & Kenny Wollesen)” – Julian Lage
• “TNT” – Tortoise
• “Ritual Union (Maya Jane Coles Remix)” – Little Dragon
• “What They Say” – Maya Jane Coles
• “Garden” – Maria Somerville
• “Alone (Four Tet Remix)” – The Cure
• “I Shimmer” – Jadu Heart
• “Penthouse Samba” – Marina Zispin
• “Deadly Valentine (Soulwax Remix)” – Charlotte Gainsbourg

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Started off with a pair of fresh selects from Ni Maxine and corto.alto before diving into a bunch of throwback Thursday tracks by Nino Ferrer, John Lee Hooker, Bobbie Gentry, and Nick Drake.

Plus, the bartenders behind BOP OR SWAP at Last Chance Saloon stop by. The idea is simple. You bring a record. They play the full A side. The crowd votes. Is this a BOP (we love it—let’s play the other side!) or a SWAP (it’s terrible—onto the next record!). It’s one of my favorite music-related events in the city, every Thursday starting at 7 p.m. at Last Chance. Tell ‘em In The Groove sent ya—and have your bops ready!

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for November 13, 2025

• “Time” – Ni Maxine
• “APRIL (feat. anaiis)” – corto.alto
• “Uno Punto Uno” – Women In Jazz & Rosa Brunello
• “There, There” – Radiohead
• “Get Dressed” – Jeff Parker
• “Looking For You” – Nino Ferrer
• “Roll Your Daddy Right” – John Lee Hooker
• “Luv N’ Haight” – Sly & the Family Stone
• “Dancin People (Part 1 & 2)” – Stars
• “Jingo (Luke Una’s Dancing in Outer Space Edit)” – Manu Dibango, King Sunny Ade & Luke Una
• “Lo Life” – Antibalas
• “Seasons Come, Seasons Go” – Bobbie Gentry
• “One of These Things First” – Nick Drake
• “I Dig Love” – George Harrison
• “Afraid” – Flock of Dimes
• “Another Life” – Alabama Shakes
• “Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City (feat. Kameron Whalum)” – Zeshan B\
• “Summertime” – Rosinha De Valença
• “Alemania” – Twin Shadow
• “Works And Days” – Tortoise
• “I’ll Bet You” – Funkadelic
• “Yes We Can” – Lee Dorsey
• “Slow Down” – Loose Ends
• “I Can’t Help It” – Michael Jackson
• “Big Time Sensuality” – Björk
• “Angles Mortz” – Nightbus
• “Судно (Борис Рижий)” – Molchat Doma
• “Vampiro” – French Police
• “Hit My Head All Day” – Dry Cleaning
• “Carry Me Higher (Elite Mix) [10 Inch Version]” – The Blessed Madonna, Joy Anonymous & Danielle Ponder
• “Neverender (Kaytranada Remix)” – Justice, Tame Impala

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Huge thank you to listener Dean for reminding me that today is Neil Young’s 80th birthday! Would’ve slipped right through my fingers otherwise, so a few Neil Young songs of course plus an excellent Pixies cover of “Winterlong” (a big time favorite around here). Plus new music from Joshua Idehen, Detroit’s own MRKT, Smerz and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for November 12, 2025

• “It Always Was” – Joshua Idehen
• “Goatnoggin” – Goat & human language
• “Monotropa” – MRKT
• “Easy (Astrid Sonne EDIT)” – Smerz
• “Tie You Down” – HAIM & Bon Iver
• “Elderberry Wine” – Wednesday
• “Take It All” – Say She She
• “Love Hangover (12”)” – Diana Ross
• “Baby I’m Scared Of You” – Womack & Womack
• “Maureen” – Sade
• “Place in My Heart (feat. RYAT)” – Taylor McFerrin
• “Ibiza” – Butcher Brown
• “Wreck” – Neko Case
• “I Wish I Was The Moon” – Neko Case
• “Train Song” – Vashti Bunyan
• “My Love Mine All Mine” – Mitski
• “All Mirrors” – Angel Olsen
• “Transmission” – Joy Division
• “The Chills” – Peter Bjorn & John
• “Just Like Honey” – The Jesus and Mary Chain
• “All I Wanna Do” – Beach Boys
• “Play The Game” – Beach House
• “It Might Have To Be You” – Vulfmon & Evangeline
• “Hurts To Be Alone” – Norah Jones
• “Harvest Moon” – Neil Young
• “Winterlong” – Pixies
• “The Fool” – Steven Bamidele & Sly5thAve
• “Different Places” – Amber Mark & John The Blind
• “Nervous System” – Candi Carpenter
• “Good Ol’ Days” – Hayley Williams
• “Nice To Each Other” – Olivia Dean
• “The Ones We Loved” – Georgie Sweet
• “Constellation” – The Circling Sun
• “Sympathy Magic” – Florence + the Machine
• “Down By The River” – Neil Young & Crazy Horse
• “Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)” – Neil Young

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 Jack Jackson and Hermanos Gutiérrez, a duo of guitar-playing brothers who grew up as fans of Johnson and now get to collaborate and tour with him this summer—including a stop at Pine Knob!

Plus, Khraungbin celebrate a decade since releasing their debut album by remixing their own work and releasing new versions of it. Spoiler alert: they might be better than the originals without losing that initial magic!

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 10, 2025

• “Lltb (feat. Wet)” – Jam City
• “You got time and I got money” – Smerz
• “Parasite (feat. Kindelan)” – Sean Khan & The Modern Jazz & Folk Ensemble
• “The Atlantiques (feat. Anaïs Maviel, Jeff Parker & Josh Johnson)” – Meshell Ndegeocello
• “Telepatía” – Kali Uchis
• “DNM” – Mk.gee
• “A Forest (Tree Mix)” – The Cure
• “Paper Trails” – Darkside
• “Sonido Cósmico” – Hermanos Gutiérrez
• “Hold On To The Light” – Jack Johnson & Hermanos Gutiérrez
• “Moanin’ and Groanin’” – Bill Withers
• “I Feel for You (Acoustic Demo)” – Prince & the Revolution
• “Cannock Chase” – Labi Siffre
• “Mercury” – Automatic
• “It’s Starting” – RIO KOSTA
• “Kelly Watch The Stars (Extended)” – AIR
• “Sad Makeup” – Yukimi
• “Selenge” – Céline Dessberg
• “Blueberry Beads” – John Carroll Kirby
• “Burnin’ Coal” – Les McCann
• “The Thrill Is Gone (From Yesterday’s Kiss)” – Aretha Franklin
• “Rewind / Remind” – Momoko Gill
• “I Can See The Change” – Celeste
• “How Can We Mend a Broken Heart” – Kahil El’Zabar
• “Last Forever” – Patchwork Inc. & Wyatt Waddell
• “Intimate Friends” – Eddie Kendricks
• “Ankle Injuries” – Fujiya & Miyagi
• “Adventures In Success” – Will Powers
• “Surfside Sex” – Patrick Cowley
• “Flutes” – Hot Chip
• “Sympathy Magic” – Florence + the Machine
• “People Everywhere II” – Khraungbin
• “Open This Wall” – Berlioz

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 Yukimi of Little Dragon, a selection from Jordan Rakei’s new live album, Madison Cunningham is about to be a superstar and lots more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for November 11, 2025

• “All over Me” – Yukimi & Little Dragon
• “Lost My Love (DJ Amir & Re.Decay Jazz Re.Imagined Remix)” – Kenny Cox
• “White Gloves ii” – Khraungbin
• “Mind’s Eye (Live From The Royal Albert Hall)” – Jordan Rakei
• “Witches” – Alice Phoebe Lou
• “Shut Up Kiss Me” – Angel Olsen
• “The Juice” – Causa Sui
• “Diving Woman” – Japanese Breakfast
• “Sin Dones” – Juana Molina
• “Golden Gate (On And On)” – Madison Cunningham
• “Who” – David Byrne & St. Vincent
• “Motorway” – Goat Girl
• “Sad Cowboy” – Goat Girl
• “New York, Let’s Do Nothing” – King Hannah
• “The World’s Biggest Paving Slab (Daniel Avery Remix)” – English Teacher & Daniel Avery
• “Radio Free Europe (Jacknife Lee Remix / 2025)” – R.E.M.
• “One Of The Greats” – Florence + the Machine
• “Elegantly Wasted (feat. Leon Bridges)” – Hermanos Gutiérrez
• “The Revolution Will Not Be Telefonin’” – Tonico 70
• “Groove” – Beans
• “Magica” – El Michels Affair & Rogê
• “Pinball Number Count (feat. Dames Brown & Nicholas Payton)” – Brandon Williams
• “I Can Say To You (Toribio Remix)” – Butcher Brown
• “Brian” – Alfa Mist
• “Dog It” – Digable Planets
• “SPOTTIEOTTIEDOPALISCIOUS” – Kassa Overall
• “Nothing Without You” – Uma
• “Girl Like Me (Kaytranada Remix)” – PinkPantheress
• “Maybe I Got It Wrong” – Ruti
• “Planet Caravan (feat. David Jimenez)” – Brownout & Brown Sabbath
• “A Melhor Saída” – Dora Morelenbaum
• “Sorry Sorry (Francois K Remix)” – Femi Kuti
• “Coltrane (Crooked Man Remix)” – Cymande
• “We Live in Brooklyn, Baby” – Roy Ayers Ubiquity

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 heavy dose of throwback Thursday tracks with Kate Bush, Johnny Jenkins, Paul Simon and others. Plus a sprinkling of new music discovery with Khraungbin, English Teacher, Dry Cleaning, Night Bus and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for November 6, 2025

• “Baby I’m Scared Of You” – Womack & Womack
• “Nightcall (Breakbot Remix)” – Kavinsky
• “Queen (Dan Kye Remix)” – Muzi
• “People Everywhere ii” – Khraungbin
• “Melhor Se Acostumar (Tour-Maubourg Remix)” – Pedro Mizutani
• Flor De Real” – Sessa
• “Free Fall” – Berlioz
• “Army Dreamers” – Kate Bush
• “Sleeping Volcanoes” – Cass McCombs
• “I Walk On Guilded Splinters” – Johnny Jenkins
• “Ritual Union (Maya Jane Coles Remix)” – Little Dragon
• “The World’s Biggest Paving Slab (Daniel Avery Remix)” – English Teacher
• “Hit My Head All Day” – Dry Cleaning
• “Angles Mortz” – Nightbus
• “N.I.T.A.” – Young Marble Giants
• “Mirror” – Jeff Tweedy
• “One of These Things First” – Nick Drake
• “Josh Tillman and the Accidental Dose” – Father John Misty
• “Kashmir” – Led Zeppelin
• “Once In A Lifetime” – WITCH
• “Heaven’s On Fire” – Radio Dept.
• “I’d Do It For Your Love” – Paul Simon
• “Psycho Killer” – Astrønne
• “Radio Silence” – James Blake
• “The Escape Engine” – Burning Airlines
• “Come On Let’s Go” – Broadcast
• “7 AM” – Jacqueline Taïeb
• “How Can I Lose” – Shirley Ann Lee
• “Half Full Glass Of Wine” – Tame Impala
• “All Along The Watertower” – Jimi Hendrix
• “Love Is a Hurtin’ Thing (12″ Version)” – Gloria Ann Taylor
• “Skindo Le-Le (S.U.M.O. Rebounce)” – A Bossa Elétrica

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 heavy dose of new music discovery from Chronixx, Don Was, Butcher Brown, Lawne, Detroit’s own MRKT, Momoko Gill and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for November 5, 2025

• “8 Ball” – Underworld
• “Roscoe (Beyond the Wizard’s Sleeve Remix)” – Midlake
• “Visions (Ela Minus Remix)” – José González
• “Futures (feat. José González)” – Zero 7
• “The Magician” – Andy Shauf
• “Jump Into The Fire” – Harry Nilsson
• “Hold You in My Arms (20th Anniversary Remaster)” – Ray LaMontagne
• “Genesis” – Chronixx
• “Hold Me” – Sault
• “Beyond” – Leon Bridges
• “For You (Many Selves Version)” – Kadhja Bonet
• “Ritual Union” – Little Dragon
• “African Rumble” – Timo Lassy
• “Nubian Lady” – Don Was
• “Colors of Autumn” – Nujabes
• “N8 Medley (Live at Audio Gold)” – Lawne
• “Survivor” – Chronixx
• “Espionage (feat. Charlie Hunter)” – Butcher Brown
• “Flex FM” – Joy Orbinson
• “Bodysnatchers” – Radiohead
• “Kenya” – Os Ipanemas
• “Monotropa” – MRKT
• “Babystar (Momoko Gill Remix)” – Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill
• “HOURS:AFTER” – Butcher Brown
• “BIG POPPA” – Kassa Overall
• “I Can’t Help It” – Michael Jackson
• “I Love You Too Much” – Stevie Wonder
• “Messages From The Stars” – The RAH Band
• “The Darkness That You Fear” – The Chemical Brothers
• “Dream Of You” – Lionlimb & Angel Olsen
• “Get Me Back In the Game” – LL Burns

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.”

Another busy show today with quite a few focus changes. I started off with some protest anthems for election day in Detroit, because voting is a great act of protest!

Selections from Todd Snider, Pops Staples, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, plus new music from Celeste, Olivia Dean, Melody’s Echo Chamber. And we bring it all home with two albums pulled from musical time capsules, including Sade’s sophomore release “Promise” (released on this day back in 1985) and Sly & the Family Stone’s “There’s A Riot Goin’ On” (released on Nov. 1 back in 1971). These albums have more in common sonically than you might realize and Sly allows us to sneak in some D’Angelo, too. 

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, 2025

• “Conservative, Christian, Right Wing Republican, Straight, White, American Males” – Todd Snider
• “I Pity The Country” – Willie Dunn
• “No News Is Good News” – Pops Staples
• “You Haven’t Done Nothin’” – Stevie Wonder
• “Whitey on the Moon” – Gil-Scott Heron
• “Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)” – Marvin Gaye
• “For What It’s Worth” – Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66
• “Welfare City” – Eugene McDaniels
• “Compared to What (Remix) [feat. Terri Lyne Carrington, Angela Davis and Kassa Overall]” – Roberta Flack
• “Why Am I Treated So Bad (feat. Christian McBride)” – Norah Jones & Questlove
• “Why? (The King of Love Is Dead) [Live]” – Nina Simone
• “Collblanc” – Joe Webb
• “Diane Charlemagne (Iman Houssein Remix)” – LEFTO EARLY BIRD
• “Maneiras (feat. Zeca Pagodinho e Marcelo D2)” – Arlindo Cruz & Rogê
• “Can We Pretend” – Bill Withers
• “Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise” – Andrew Bird, Alan Hampton & Ted Poor
• “A Couple Minutes (A COLORS SHOW)” – Olivia Dean
• “Woman Of Faces” – Celeste
• “Get Used To It” – Mei Semones
• “Fujiyama” – The Dave Brubeck Quartet
• “Solace” – Antibalas
• “Eyes Closed” – Melody’s Echo Chamber
• “Love Heart Cheat Code” – Hiatus Kaiyote
• “Rush” – Gerald Clayton
• “2 Sentimental” – Kassa Overall
• “Xoxoxo” – corto.alto
• “The Sweetest Taboo” – Sade
• “Family Affair” – Sly & the Family Stone
• “Thank You for Talkin’ to Me, Africa” – Sly & the Family Stone
• “Sugah Daddy” – D’Angelo & the Vanguard
• “Patience” – Odeal
• “Tar Baby” – Sade
• “Maureen” – Sade

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 busy splash back into the week! New releases from Snocaps, English Teacher, Big Thief, Dry Cleaning and a special spotlight on “Naive Melodies”—a “visionary tribute album reimagining Talking Heads through the lens of Black musical innovation” courtesy of BBE Music.

Plus Kaleigh Wilder stops by to talk about her return as host to Visions on WDET. If you haven’t listened yet, DO YOURSELF A FAVOR! Hope you enjoy!

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for November 3, 2025

• “Coast” – Snocaps
• “Dollar Store (feat. Waxahatchee)” – Ben Kweller
• “The World’s Biggest Paving Slab (Daniel Avery Remix)” – English Teacher
• “Incomprehensible” – Big Thief
• “Fractals” – Beth Orton
• “Once In A Lifetime” – WITCH
• “Hit My Head All Day” – Dry Cleaning
• “(Nothing But) Flowers” – Talking Heads
• “This Is a Photograph (The Salvation Choir Version)” – The Salvation Choir
• “Solace” – Antibalas
• “Black Iris” – Sven Wunder
• “Harlem River After Hours Dub (Peaking Lights Remix)” – Kevin Morby
• “The Quarterdrawing of the Dog” – Siouxsie & The Banshees
• “Every Little Counts” – New Order
• “Psycho Killer” – Astrønne
• “Under a Rainbow (feat. Elle Músa)” – SFJ
• “Survivor” – Chronixx
• “Tear It Down” – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
• “Try A Little Tenderness” – Otis Redding
• “As” – Stevie Wonder
• “Solid Air” – John Martyn
• “All Seeds” – Don Glori
• “Caravan” – Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
• “Spanning (Live)” – Charles Tolliver & Music Inc.
• “Circles (feat. Val Jeanty)” – Milena Casado
• “Fallen (feat. Momoko Gill)” – Matthew Herbert

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.