New music from Yttling Jazz, Jill Scott, Kazdoura and more. Plus, a belated birthday party for Thin Lizzy front man Phil Lynott, which turns into a heated discussion of the greatest Irish band of all time, so we highlight The Pogues, SPRINTS and Fontaines D.C., 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 January 7, 2025

• “Fourty Days” – Billy Brooks
• “Beautiful People” – Jill Scott
• “Illegal Hit (Edit)” – Yttling Jazz, Joshua Idehen & Saturday, Monday
• “Falador Passa Mal” – Os Originais do Samba
• “Road To Nowhere” – Rogê
• “I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar” – Jonathan Richman
• “Where I’m From (Tom Misch Remix)” – Kiko Bun
• “Slow Down” – Skip Marley & H.E.R.
• “People Everywhere ii” – Khruangbin
• “and then? و بعدين؟” – Kazdoura
• “Nautilus” – Bob James
• “Outubro” – Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding
• “All Seeds” – Don Glori
• “Sanctified” – System Olympia & Working Men’s Club
• “Mercury” – Automatic
• “Moody (Spaced Out)” – ESG
• “Showdown” – Thin Lizzy
• “Yvonne (Helado Negro Remix)” – Foxwarren
• “Life Round Here” – James Blake
• “The Pair of Brown Eyes” – The Pogues
• “Favourite” – Fontaines D.C.
• “Better” – SPRINTS
• “It’s All Too Much” – Beatles
• “Let It Bleed” – Goat
• “Life’s A Gas” – T. Rex
• “A Well Respected Man” – The Kinks
• “Wild Horses” – Hudson Freeman
• “Wristwatch” – MJ Lenderman
• “Wah Wah” – George Harrison
• “I Think I’m In Love” – Spiritualized
• “Where’s My Brain???” – Lazy Eyes
• “Red Room” – Hiatus Kaiyote

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.

In this week’s episode of Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music, remembering the sweet voice of Raul Malo in 2 studio sessions from 2009 and 2010. He died this week at age 60.

Also, new music from the duo TOMORA, Daniel Caesar, and Mavis Staples. Then we take it back to December 1965 (which is still with us every day), a Parliament classic from December 1975 and more!

See the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music Playlist for December 13, 2025

HOUR ONE:

• “Ring The Alarm” – TOMORA
• “Conqueror” – Aurora
• “Florescence” – Big Gigantic & Lady Blackbird
• “If I Told You” – Lady Blackbird
• “The Gingerbread Monster” – Emma Guzman
  
• “Think For Yourself” – The Beatles (“Rubber Soul,” Dec. 1965)
• “Get Off Of Me Cloud” – The Rolling Stones (“December’s Children,” Dec. 1965)
• “My Generation” – The Who (“My Generation,” Dec. 1965)
• “Linus & Lucy” – Vince Guaraldi Trio (“A Charlie Brown Christmas,” Dec. 1965)
• “Call On Me” – Daniel Caesar
• “Satisfied Mind” – Mavis Staples
  
• “Poison In My Well” – Maggie Rose & Grace Potter
• “You Always Win” – Raul Malo (Acoustic Cafe performance, 2009)
  

• “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” – Ella Fitzgerald
  
• “Wonderful Christmastime” – The Accidentals
• “Who’s That” – Brother Wallace
• “What Good?” – Arkells
  
• “Giving Up” – Michigander
• “Give Up The Funk” – Parliament (“Mothership Connection,” Dec. 1975)
  
• “Screwdriver” – Prince (“Hit N Run Phase 2,” Dec. 2015)
• “Looking Out For #1” – B.T.O. (“Head On,” Dec. 1975)
• “Beck N Call” – waterbaby
• “In The Saddle” – Whitney
• “Ignorance Is Bliss” – Alice Merton
• “Living For Today” – Raul Malo (Acoustic Cafe performance, 2010)

Listen to Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music every Saturday from 2-4 p.m. ET on Detroit Public Radio 101.9 WDET and streaming on-demand at wdet.org