Exploring new music from Maurice Louca, who will be at Moondog Cafe later this month, plus selections from David Byrne, Menahan Street Band, and deep grooves from Fela Kuti and Celine Dessberg. We also take a quick trip to the moon in honor of the astronauts on Artemis II, with Norwegian space disco from Todd Terje and a bunch of Pink Floyd.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for April 6, 2026

• “Snoopy and Woodstock (Easter Beagle Edition)” – Vince Guaraldi
• “Juana La Cubana” – LA LOM
• “Jolly Papa (Ife cover)” – Cardinal Rex Jim Lawson
• “Polaris” – Maurice Louca
• “The Winner Is… (DeVotchKa Version)” – DeVotchKa
• “Transliterator” – DeVotchKa
• “We’ve Been Had” – Walkmen
• “Primos” – Adrian Quesada & Hermanos Gutiérrez
• “Together” – Misha Panfilov Sound Combo
• “Glass, Concrete and Stone” – David Byrne
• “Home Again” – Menahan Street Band
• “Selenge” – Céline Dessberg
• “Are You with Me Now?” – Cate Le Bon
• “If I Leave” – Mitski
• “Opposite People” – Fela Kuti
• “Inner City Blues” – Zara McFarlane
• “Bad Bad News (feat. Terrace Martin) [Ricky’s Vibe Tape]” – Leon Bridges
• “Beware The Stranger (Chris Seefried’s Ambient Excursion) [feat. Trombone Shorty]” – Lady Blackbird
• “untitled 03 l 05.28.2013.” – Kendrick Lamar
• “untitled 06 l 06.30.2014.” – Kendrick Lamar
• “She Raised Us in Sunset Park” – musclecars
• “Breathe (In the Air)” – Pink Floyd
• “On The Run” – Pink Floyd
• “Delorean Dynamite” – Todd Terje
• “Time” – Pink Floyd
• “Hard Time Killing Floor Blues” – Skip James
• “Blue Nile” – Alice Coltrane
• “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” – Dorothy Ashby
• “Lonely Girl” – Dorothy Ashby
• “Hot Water (Sly5thAve Remix)” – Adesuwa

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Today’s show moves from classics to deep cuts and new releases. We spin favorites from Tears for Fears, Dr. Dog, and The Strokes, plus tracks from Jessie Ware, Beach House, Flying Lotus, Madlib, and Four Tet. We also highlight Okonski, including his upcoming track “Easy,” alongside music from Meshell Ndegeocello, Donald Byrd, and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for February 24, 2026

•  “Midnight (Acoustic)” – Jessie Ware
• “Count To Five” – Rhye
• “Ive Brussel (JKriv Rework)” – Jkriv
• “Who” – David Byrne & St. Vincent
• “California Dreamin’ (Live) – Bobby Womack
• “Easy” – Okonski
• “We Will Not Make It (Not Without You)” – Twin Peaks
• “Where’d All the Time Go?” – Dr. Dog
• “Take It or Leave It” – The Strokes
• “Believer” – Annahstasia
• “Goodbye Horses” – Q Lazzarus
• “Gap in the Clouds” – Yellow Days
• “Balloon” – Crumb
• “S.N.C” – DARKSIDE
• “PUDDLE ( OF ME ) – Saya Gray
• “ASR (feat. Jeff Parker) – Meshell Ndegeocello
• “Norway” – Beach House
• “A Gente Acaba (Vento Em Rosa) – Alabaster DePlume
• “Cristo Redentor” – Donald Byrd
• “How Can We Mend a Broken Heart” – Kahil El’Zabar
• “Dark Moon” – Okonski
• “Spooky” – Dusty Springfield
• “Summer Madness S.A.” – Karriem Riggins
• “Hey (Extended Mix)” – We Are KING
• “20 Feet Tall (Remix) [feat. Erykah Badu & Rapsody]” – 9th Wonder
• “Everybody Wants To Rule the World” – Tears for Fears
• “I Don’t See It That Way” – Spoek Mathambo
• “Tea Leaf Dancers” – Flying Lotus
• “Jasmine (Demo)” – Jai Paul
• “Road of the Lonely Ones” – Madlib
• “You Are Mine” – Jay Robinson
• “Say I Wanna Know” – Nick Waterhouse
• “Ansumana” – Suss
• “Locked” – Four Tet

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