Gliding back into the week with everything from the Cramps, Pops Staples, Romare, a listener request for French icon Alain Bashung 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 October 19, 2026

• “Baby I Got News For You” – Kelly Stoltz 
• “Baby Drugs” – Tristen 
• “Nothing To Me” – Minna 
• “Skin Is, My” – Andrew Bird 
• “Pride May Put Me To Rest” – Louise Walker 
• “Speak To Me” – Julian Lage 
• “Fall Again” – Duval Timothy, Lil Silva & Melanie Faye 
• “Madam Reve” – Alain Bashung 
• “Bonnie & Clyde” – Brigette Bardot & Serge Gainsbourg 
• “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 
• “Fire and Brimstone” – Link Wray 
• “grand cru (jazz version)” – aupinard 
• “Little Sunflower” – Dorothy Ashby 
• “Rio e Siempre Rio” – Salvador Trio 
• “Another Country” – Demon Fuzz 
• “Africa” – D’Angelo 
• “I’ll Stay” – Funkadelic 
• “Hand of Doom” – Black Sabbath 
• “Planet Caravan (feat. David Jimenez)” – Brown Sabbath & Brownout 
• “Hotel California (Spanish Mix)” – Gypsy Kings 
• “I Say a Little Prayer” – Aretha Franklin 
• “Heavy”- Momoko Gill 
• “100 Years of Bill and Lil” – Joe Webb 
• “Like Swimwear (part two) [feat. Anna Butterss, Jay Bellerose & Josh Johnson]” – Jeff Parker & ETA IVtet 
• “Somewhere Good” – Tara Clerkin Trio 
• “I Believe To My Soul” – Farhad Mehrad 
• “Burnin’ Coal” – Les McCann 
• “Call Me Your Lover” – Mary Afi Usuah 
• “Astral Traveling” – Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes 
• “Not Around Anymore” – Broken Social Scene 

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

State and local leaders announced a new waterway cleanup project in Detroit. The “Reclaim the Rivers” initiative will put close to $90 million toward removing toxic sediment, restoring fish habitat and public works projects along the Detroit and Kalamazoo rivers.

The money comes from settlements with polluters. It could attract federal and private funding. Detroit City Councilman Scott Benson says some of the cleanup has already started. He says the extra funding will help make more of the river usable.

“Now that we have our federal and state partners coming in with the resources to be able to help, you can see what the results are and how families are flocking. As we clean up and expose more spaces to recreational uses, it allows more families to come down and enjoy our riverfront.”

Both the Detroit and Kalamazoo rivers are listed as federal areas of concern for the Great Lakes region.

Additional Headlines for Friday, Oct. 2, 2026

Wayne County commissioners unanimously support Google data center initiatives 

Wayne County commissioners are unanimously supporting a package of community benefits and tax incentive for a proposed Google data center in Van Buren Township.

Wayne County Executive Warren Evans had vetoed the incentives arguing Google proposing the massive date center gave officials too little time to analyze impact on the environment. Equal Opportunity Housing Commissioner Allen Wilson voted for the tax breaks in part, he says, to show “solidarity among his fellow members.”

“No disrespect to Chief Executive Evans. I think he does a great job for the county. At the end of the day, we have got to make a determination. We have to stand strong as a commission. If we don’t stand strong as a commission, folks (will) keep stepping on you.”

For his part, County Executive Evans says he will work with the commission on the data center plan going forward. Van Buren Township officials are scheduled to consider the final site plan for the center in about two weeks.

The Detroit Lions Sunday Night Football

The Detroit Lions have a nationally broadcast Sunday night game on NBC. They match up against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The 2-1 Lions will try to build off of their last win against the 1-2 Panthers. Kickoff is at 8:20 p.m.

Hijinks at the UniverSoul Circus happening at the Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre

If you have the chance this weekend, check out the UniverSoul Circus at the Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre.

You’ll be able to see Detroit’s own Fresh the Clownsss who brings a blend of Detroit Jit dancing and high-energy clowning. The show starts tonight at 7 p.m.

Additional performances taking place in October can be found here.

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