For today’s Throwback Thursday, we move across soul, rock, jazz, and global sounds, opening with Jorge Ben Jor and playing selections from Joni Mitchell, Bruce Springsteen, Gipsy Kings, Death, Crumb, Sylvan Esso, and Kokoroko, along with a few special picks from Bridget Everett. Additional highlights include classics from The Stooges, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, B.B. King, Elton John, and Wye Oak, 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 February 26, 2026 

• “O Telefone Tocou Novamente (feat. Trio Mocotó)” – Jorge Ben Jor 

• “All of Your Life” – Shirley Nanette 

• “Betty Lou” – Group Climate 

• “Your Time” – Chiminyo 

• “Stomping Gamay” – Karriem Riggins, Madlib & Jahari Massamba Unit 

• “Politicians In My Eyes” – Death 

• “1969” – The Stooges 

• “Groove” – Beans 

• “Waves” – Ista 

• “Locket” – Crumb 

• “Right Down the Line” – Gerry Rafferty 

• “Tropical Man” – Menahan Street Band & Rogê 

• “Black Crow” – Joni Mitchell 

• “Collage (Greg Foat Remix)” – Lady Blackbird 

• “Not Your Man (feat. Annahstasia)” – A Song For You 

• “Knocks Me Off My Feet (Olivia Dean Cover)” – Stevie Wonder 

• “Chains and Things” – B.B. King 

• “The Thrill is Gone (From Yesterday’s Kiss)” – Aretha Franklin 

• “Burnin’ Coal” – Les McCann 

• “Born to Run” – Bruce Springsteen 

• “Crimson and Clover” – Joan Jett & The Blackhearts 

• “Someone Saved My Life Tonight” – Elton John 

• “Three Piece Suit (feat. Azekel” – Kokoroko 

• “Hotel California (Spanish Mix)” – Gipsy Kings 

• “Un Tabaco Para Elegua” – Orquesta Akokán 

• “Coffee” – Sylvan Esso 

• “Logic of Color” – Wye Oak 

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