Several artists featured on today’s playlist are making their way to metro Detroit this summer and fall, including Cola, Bloc Party, Jack Johnson, Jack White, Big Thief, and Osees. If any of these shows are on your radar, be sure to grab your tickets before they’re gone. 

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 July 7, 2026 

• “Listen2me” – Foxwarren 

• “Haveluck Country” – Cola 

• “Mellow” – Deadbeat Beat 

• “Like Eating Glass” – Bloc Party 

• “Sweet Mary Jane” – The Desperados 

• “Sun Sinking Low” – Mr. Airplane Man 

• “Dollar Bill” – Jack White 

• “Marigold (B-Side)” – Nirvana 

• “Loud Bark” – Mannequin Pussy 

• “Make It Wit Chu” – Queens of the Stone Age 

• “Toe Cutter – Thumb Buster” – Thee Oh Sees 

• “Incomprehensible” – Big Thief 

• “Hold On To The Light” – Jack Johnson & Hermanos Gutiérrez 

• “Sound & Color” – Alabama Shakes 

• “Black Ego” – Digable Planets 

• “Four On Six (feat. Tommy Flanagan, Percy Heath & Albert Heath)” – Wes Montgomery 

• “Kilimanjaro” – Kelan Phil Cohran & Legacy 

• “Doom Mood” – Pearl & The Oysters 

• “O Samba da Minha Terra” – Novos Baianos 

• “Se Baila Así” – Mexican Institute of Sound 

• “Atatue Inu” – Chrissy Zebby Tembo & Ngozi Family 

• “For Oumou Sangaré” – The Kyle Shepherd Trio 

• “Kind of Latin Rhythm” – The Juju Orchestra 

• “Alegría” – Elia y Elizabeth 

• “Aonde Voce Vai” – Antonio Adolfo 

• “Olhos de Sá” – Joutro Mundo 

• “Nomalizo” – Letta Mbulu 

• “A Figure in the Surf” – Mount Kimbie 

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. 

I’m seeing more examples of indie bands (whatever that means today) finding their way to an audience by presenting a solid cover. Australian group Royel Otis is one that stands out, with their solid, true-to-form cover of the Cranberries’ “Linger.”

Chicago indie rockers Friko are another example, first arriving to my ears via their forceful cover of Radiohead’s “Weird Fishes,” which, admittedly, is a ballsy one to cover (but they nailed it).

It got me hooked enough that I started digging into the brand new sophomore album, “Something Worth Waiting For,” and have completely fallen in love with the title track.

It starts out like a blurry vision; like an acoustic guitar and a distant voice are just barely making their way out of a dusty vinyl groove off in the distance, before blossoming into this massive anthemic swell of waiting for the good thing even though you might not measure up yourself.

“So I’m waiting for something more
Something worth waiting for
I wanna see you and me
Waking up, glad to be
So I’m waiting for something more
Something worth waiting for”

This is exactly what you love to see from an artist on their sophomore release. More space, bigger sound, the growth they always dreamed up after praying that anyone would even care about the debut in the first place. Luckily for Friko, they’re continuing to carve out a space for themselves and their new stadium-ready sound.

For anyone looking to check them out in Detroit, they’ll be playing at The Loving Touch on Oct. 17.

This story was originally published by Midbrow.

This week, I’m excited to introduce more listeners to one of the four artists set to perform on Aug. 13 at Batch Brewing for our annual Sounds Like Detroit Showcase. KTCHN composes and performs transcendent and dreamily epic jazz-adjacent suites adorned with celestial vocals and enchanting melodic motifs with their piano at the center of it all.

KTCHN is otherwise known as Kazza, a Detroit-based interdisciplinary artist, musician. and educator. On the show, we talked about their experience working as a pianist, vocalist, composer, producer, and visual artist. We also spoke about Kazza’s key influences, including many prog-inclined artists like Hiatus Kaiyote and more, along with their formative experiences growing up in a musical family and what it inspired the song that won them a spot at Sounds Like Detroit, a 7-miute epic titled “Willow,” which featured a full ensemble.

Stay tuned to MI Local, because in the coming weeks I’ll be welcoming all of the artists on the lineup to the studio, including Aisha Ellis, Michelle Held, and Jubilee Jackson. Get your tickets now, and join me at Batch Brewing on Aug.13 to celebrate these talented local artists!

Also on the show this week, new groovy sounds from local indie-pop artist Jacob Sigman, and mystic-folk vibes coming out of Ann Arbor from Naomi Wolfe! We also belatedly spun a bit of a patriotic-themed ballad for America’s 250th, from the northwest Michigan based Americana maven, May Erlewine! All that, and a few updates on shows you can catch around the region.

Thanks for listening!

We’re spinning more of your “Belle Isle Bangers” to cool you off in this Detroit summer heat. Today’s listener selections include tracks from Smokey Robinson, Sylvan Esso, The Rascals, The Isley Brothers, and Wolf Alice. We also take a moment to say goodbye to Mexico’s World Cup run with Mercedes Sosa’s “Gracias a la Vida” after last night’s match. 

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 July 6, 2026 

• “Silently” – Tara Clerkin Trio 

• “After the Rain” – Cole Pulice 

• “Going Out” – Carla dal Forno 

• “Liars” – The Durutti Column 

• “Five Seconds” – Twin Shadow 

• “Kaputt” – Destroyer 

• “The One to Wait” – CCFX 

• “Coffee” – Sylvan Esso 

• “Gracias a la Vida” – Mercedes Sosa 

• “Cruisin’” – Smokey Robinson 

• “Island of Real” – The Rascals 

• “Fight the Power, Pts. 1 & 2” – The Isley Brothers 

• “Bloodline (Marla Kether Remix)” – Samantha Lindo 

• “Saturday Night Special” – Jazzanova 

• “BOSS TRIX (BENNY’S SONG)” – Nirosta Steel 

• “Don’t Delete the Kisses” – Wolf Alice 

• “The Call” – Broken Social Scene 

• “Combat Baby” – Metric 

• “MISK” – Roundabout 

• “DON’T LISTEN” – corto.alto 

• “Unfinished Sympathy (feat. Shara Nelson” – Massive Attack 

• “Somewhere Good” – Tara Clerkin Trio 

• “Desire” – Cleo Sol 

• “Far Cry” – Resavoir 

• “Uirapurú” – Fabiano do Nascimento & Vittor Santos e Orquestra 

• “Gadabout Season” – Brandee Younger 

• “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” – Dorothy Ashby 

• “Summertime” – Rosinha De Valença 

• “In a Hidden Nook Between Worlds I” – Cole Pulice 

• “Save It for Later (Live)” – Pete Townshend 

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. 

On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café,  we celebrate the July 4th holiday by jumping into our archives for uniquely American stories— cranks and crazies, family and faith, reservations, dreams and divisions— celebrating this strange nation that’s lasted 250 years!

See the playlist below and listen to the episodes on-demand for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

Acoustic Café Playlist for July 5, 2026

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
• “Reservation Road” – Bill Miller (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Yet To Be” – Rhiannon Giddens (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Detroit Made” – John Hiatt (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Cold Beer And Remote Control” – Indigo Girls (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “D.B Copper” – Todd Snider (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Thunder Road” – Matt Nathanson (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Tricksters, Hucksters & Scamps” – Amos Lee (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Workin’ Woman Blues” – Valerie June (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “A Working Man Can’t Get Nowhere Today” – Peter Case (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “My America” – Adeem The Artist (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “American Dream” – Ondara (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Family Is Family” – Kacey Musgrave (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Good Ol’ U.S.A.” – Billy Joe Shaver (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Kristine From The 7th Grade” – Ben Folds (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Preaching To The Choir” – Rodney Crowell (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “November 5th, 2008” – Ani Difranco (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “American Tune” – Darrell Scott (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “King Cotton” – Corey Harris (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “I Ain’t Got No Home” – Billy Bragg (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Union Town” – Tom Morello (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Like Jesus Would” – Crys Matthews (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “The long Surrender” – NEEDTOBREATHE (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Blacktop Train” – Ellis Paul (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “The Undiscovered Country” – Rosanne Cash (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “My Strange Nation” – Susan Werner (Acoustic Cafe performance)

Listen to Acoustic Café with host Rob Reinhart every Sunday from 1-3 p.m. ET on Detroit Public Radio 101.9 WDET and streaming on-demand at wdet.org

This week on Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music we play a bunch of Detroit Stories for the Fourth of July! No city has contributed more stories that have become America’s stories than the Motor City!

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 July 4, 2026

HOUR ONE:

• “Fingertips” – Little Stevie Wonder
• “Freeway Of Love” – Aretha Franklin
• “Ball Of Confusion” – The Temptations
• “Dancing In The Streets” – Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
• “Urge For Going (Detroit Demo)” – Joni Mitchell
• “Hotel Yorba” – White Stripes
• “Good Life” – Inner City
• “One Nation Under A Groove” – Funkadelic
• “Money” – Barrett Strong
• “What I Like About You” – The Romantics
• “Detroit, Michigan” – Andre Williams
• “1969” – The Stooges
• “Lose Yourself” – Eminem

HOUR TWO:

• “Boogie Chillen” – John Lee Hooker
• “Sunday Morning” – Thornetta Davis
• “I Wish” – Stevie Wonder
• “Jenny Take A Ride” – Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
• “Detroit Sunrise” – Dwele
• “Makin’ Thunderbirds” – Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
• “Strings Of Life” – Derrick May
• “Motor City” – The Satintones
• “Inner City Blues” – Marvin Gaye
• “Anti-American Graffiti” – J Dilla
• “Be My Lover” – Alice Cooper
• “Eastern Market” – Yusef Lateef

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

Celebrating Canada Day, today’s playlist is dedicated to Canadian artists, featuring music from Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Broken Social Scene, KAYTRANADA, The New Pornographers, Leonard Cohen, Feist, and more. We also revisit Feist’s special live performance of “Mushaboom,” recorded right here at WDET. 

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 July 1, 2026 

• “Champions of Red Wine” – The New Pornographers 

• “TRACK UNO” – KAYTRANADA 

• “Unconscious Melody” – Preoccupations 

• “Sweetest Kill” – Broken Social Scene 

• “BUS RIDE (feat. Karriem Riggins & River Tiber)” – KAYTRANADA 

• “The House That Heaven Built” – Japandroids 

• “Black Crow” – Joni Mitchell 

• “I Feel It All” – Feist 

• “Mushaboom (Live at WDET)” – Feist 

• “Strange (Dan the Automator Remix)” – Foxwarren 

• “Wasted on You” – Andy Shauf 

• “Bad Ones (feat. Tegan and Sara)” – Matthew Dear 

• “Helpless Sun (feat. Hayley Hutchinson)” – Tim Green 

• “Violent Shiver” – Benjamin Booker 

• “Defense” – Panda Bear 

• “Gut Feeling / (Slap Your Mammy)” – Devo 

• “Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) Artist: Neil Young 

• “7/4 (Shoreline)” – Broken Social Scene 

• “Incinerate” – Sonic Youth 

• “Mister Moonlight” – Clinic 

• “Suzanne” – Leonard Cohen 

• “Down by the River” – Neil Young & Crazy Horse 

• “Woodstock’s Dream” – Vince Guaraldi 

• “Stompin & Motorik’n” – Penza Penza 

• “Pata Pata (Stereo Version)” – Miriam Makeba 

• “Kodachrome” – Paul Simon 

• “Six O’Clock News” – Kathleen Edwards 

• “Problem with It” – Plains 

• “Love Is a Painting” – The Bug Club 

• “New Rose” – The Damned 

• “Tenderness” – Parquet Courts 

• “One Of These Things First” – Nick Drake 

• “This Time Tomorrow” – The Kinks 

• “Song for Ray” – Bronx River Parkway 

• “One with You” – RIO KOSTA 

• “Clothes Off” – Cousin Kula 

• “Gap in the Clouds” – Yellow Days 

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. 

This week on The Shake Out, it’s a spotlight on the legendary soul label Stax Records out of Memphis, Tennessee. Hear classics, deep cuts and stories, including some Detroit connections. Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, and Booker T and the MGs are included of course, plus artists sent to Stax by Atlantic and covers of Otis songs by Detroit artists.

Plus a preview of the Foxwarren show coming up in Windsor next week and more. All on vinyl with host Dave Lawson.

The Shake Out playlist for June 30, 2026

• “Eloise (Hang on In There)” – William Bell
• “Girl You Have My Heart Singing” – Ollie and the Nightingales
• “Green Onions” – Booker T and the MGs
• “‘Cause I Love You” – Rufus and Carla
• “I Take It to My Baby” – Carla Thomas
• “Hard to Handle” – Otis Redding
• “Soul Finger” – Bar-Kays
• “Respect (live in Paris)” – Aretha Franklin
• “Security” – Etta James
• “She Put the Hurt on Me” – Charles Mann
• “Boot-Leg” – Booker T and the MGs
• “Wrap It Up” – Sam and Dave
• “Iron Out the Rough Spots” – Don Covay
• “Hole in the Wall” – The Packers
• “Dancing Annie” – Ted Taylor
• “634-5789” – Wilson Pickett
• “In the Midnight Hour” – Billy Preston
• “In the Midnight Hour” – The Wanted
• “Bring It on Home to Me” – Eddie Floyd
• “Hungover” – Martini’s
• “Everything Apart” – Foxwarren
• “Elevature” – The Flashing Lights
• “Time is Tight” – Booker T and the MGs
• “Freedom Highway” – The Staple Singers

Before I tell you all about the special guests we had performing live in-studio during this week’s MI Local, I have to tell you about Sounds Like Detroit! 

WDET’s annual Sounds Like Detroit Showcase will be on Thursday, Aug. 13, at Batch Brewing, featuring KTCHN (jazz), Aisha Ellis (jazz/neo-soul), Jubilee Jackson (hip-hop/R&B), and Michelle Held (folk).

These are artists that WDET listeners selected by vote, based on their video submissions to NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest. Tickets are available now. Join me at Batch Brewing to see all four artists perform: let’s celebrate local music together! 

NOW, back to this week’s show! We heard new tracks from local artists like The Sad Hour (goth-rock), just in time for “Summerween,” as well as a new track from jazz composer/bandleader Austin Di Pietro. 

My in-studio guests included Carmel Liburdi, Mark Jewett, and the sister duo known as Jackamo.

Mark Jewett is a Plymouth based singer-songwriter who blends everything from tender folk to driving power-pop, while Jackamo lean toward Americana-rock sweetened with dazzling harmonies. Jewett will lead the group, The Strategic Advisors, on Thursday, July 9, at The Ark in Ann Arbor, with Jackamo opening. Both of these artists also performed live on the show this week!

Carmel Liburdi is a Detroit-based indie-folk singer-songwriter with a wide range of influences, including some DIY punk energy, but leaning toward sweet melodies with charming turns of phrase. Carmel released a new song this week and WDET listeners got to hear it for the first time last night! After we chatted with Carmel about their upcoming shows, we were also treated to a live performance.

Thanks for listening! And see you on Aug. 13 at Batch Brewing! 

I’m a sucker for a sweet sentiment wrapped up in a flannel-toned, 90’s alternative rock song that sounds like it could be the intro music for a family-friendly teen drama from 1995. 

If that sounds hyper-specific, know that it’s a subset of music that’s very popular right now, thanks to Waxahatchee, Kevin Morby, Kurt Vile , Courtney Barnett and others. It’s rooted in bands chasing that sound of Big Star and Lemonheads; of big guitars with a bit of fuzz and layers of jangle on top. It’s full but non-threatening. 

It’s music for soft, emotional lumberjacks. Or if you want to be boring about it, a contemporary take on college radio from 30 years ago.

No one is doing it better in my book than Widowspeak, the husband-and-wife duo of Molly Hamilton and Robert Earl Thomas. They’re now based in Brooklyn but originally from Washington. (You can hear that geography in their music.) They released their seventh album “Roses” on Captured Tracks on June 5.

Their excellent new single “If You Change” is everything I just described and more; a lovely little piece of dream pop with just a splash of alt-country. And the sentiment! Listen to these lyrics:

If you change, don’t change too much
‘Cause I really loved this one

It goes deeper than what I first suspected — a sweet little love song about liking someone as they are, even as they grow old together. According to vocalist-songwriter Molly Hamilton, it’s more than that, writing that she “thought about the fear of change, and when things (situations, objects) feel stuck in time because of a fear of ruining them. You always hear “mint condition” as though it is as an asset, but it also means that thing hasn’t been used, lived with, loved. It never gets to fulfill its destiny.”

Even without that lyrical depth, the song is an absolute banger that’s been stuck in my head for days.

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. 

This article was originally posted on Midbrow.

New music from Pigeon, Widowspeak, Marisa Anderson, Aldous Harding, Tara Clerkin Trio, and Ed O’Brien headline today’s mix. We also hear music from James Blake, Hermanos Gutiérrez, Jalen Ngonda, Gorillaz, Death Cab for Cutie, 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 June 30, 2026 

• “Mr. Train Conductor” – Jalen Ngonda 

• “Black James Dean” – Pigeon 

• “WRSW” – pôt-pot 

• “Life’s A Beach! (Prins Thomas Mix)” – Studio 

• “Straight Friends” – Deadbeat Beat 

• “Is It Real?” – Twisted Teens 

• “Matter of Taste” – Tyler Ballgame 

• “If You Change” – Widowspeak 

• “Hamd” – Marisa Anderson 

• “Canto Andino” – Hermanos Gutiérrez 

• “Another Fade (Sonic Boom Remix)” – Steve Gunn 

• “Lazy Daisy” – Tara Clerkin Trio 

• “Train on the Island” – Aldous Harding 

• “Love Story” – My New Band Believe 

• “Valsa” – Fabiano do Nascimento & Vittor Santos e Orquestra 

• “Blue Morpho” – Ed O’Brien 

• “Being Alive” – Cécile McLorin Salvant, Metropole Orkest & Jules Buckley 

• “Mellow Tony” – Joe Webb 

• “Prisoner of Love” – Gabrielle Cavassa 

• “Days Go By” – James Blake 

• “Opening Night” – Arctic Monkeys & War Child Records 

• “Like a Spark” – Rostam 

• “Riptides” – Death Cab for Cutie 

• “Douwannabwithastar” – GENA 

• “Japan Greatly (feat. Reek0 and S.I)” – IZCO 

• “Anyway, I’m Drowning” – Momoko Gill 

• “The Moon Cave (feat. Asha Puthli, Bobby Womack, David Jolicoeur, Jalen Ngonda & Black Thought)” – Gorillaz 

• “Pawa! (Boys’ Shorts Remix)” – Asha Puthli & Say She She 

• “Devotion (Boys’ Shorts Remix)” – Hot Chip 

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. 

This week on Visions, I play a lot of different selections. You hear new music from the Kris Davis Trio, Dominique Eade and Ran Blake, Patricia Brennan and Sylvie Courvoisier, Fuller Sound—which is sisters Tia Fuller and Shamie Royston— and a record called “FATHERS” coming out on Blue Note next month.

I have selections from Stanley Clarke, the Rashied Ali Quintet, Nicholas Payton, Brad Mehldau, and Jimi Hendrix. I also play classics from Ahmad Jamal, Julian Priester, Shirley Scott, John Coltrane, Nina Simone, and Charles Mingus.

Check out the playlist below and listen to the episode on-demand for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

Visions Playlist for June 29, 2026

• “I’ll Take Romance / My Funny Valentine (Live at the Blackhawk, San Francisco/1961)” – Ahmad Jamal
• “24-Hour Leave” – Julian Priester
• “Backlash Blues” – Nina Simone
• “Beatrice” – Tia Fuller, Shamie Royston & Fuller Sound
• “PEARL” – Nate Smith, Kiefer, CARRTOONS, Kenny Beats
• “Out Of This World” – Shirley Scott
• “After The Rain” – John Coltrane
• “Lost In Geneva (feat. Robert Hurst* & Johnathan Blake)” – Kris Davis Trio
• “Bass Folk Song” – Stanley Clarke
• “Let It Ride (feat. Esperanza Spalding & Karriem Riggins*)” – Nicholas Payton
• “Thing for Joe” – Rashied Ali Quintet
• “The Star Spangled Banner (Live)” – Jimi Hendrix
• “Track A – Solo Dancer” – Charles Mingus
• “Grey December” – Ran Blake and Dominique Eade
• “Coma Berenices” – Patricia Brennan & Sylvie Courvoisier
• “All the Things You Are (Live)” – Brad Mehldau

* indicates Detroit artist

After asking listeners to share their favorite summer tracks on the Groove Hotline, today’s playlist turns up the heat with picks from The Kinks, Frank Sinatra, Talking Heads, Beastie Boys and Leon Russell. We also hear music from Jarvis Cocker, Foxwarren, Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill, 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 June 29, 2026 

• “Black Magic” – Jarvis Cocker 

• “Only You Know” – Dion 

• “Back, Baby” – Jessica Pratt 

• “That Summer Feeling” – Jonathan Richman 

• “American Music” – Violent Femmes 

• “Strange Powers” – The Magnetic Fields 

• “Are You Glad to Be In America?” – James Blood Ulmer 

• “The Book I Read ( LP Version )” – Talking Heads 

• “Sycamore” – Bill Callahan 

• “Swingin Party” – The Replacements 

• “Sunny Afternoon” – The Kinks 

• “Kilimanjaro” – Kelan Phil Cohran & Legacy 

• “O Samba Da Minha Terra” – Tamba Trio 

• “Se Baila Así” – Mexican Institute of Sound 

• “Summer Wind” – Frank Sinatra 

• “Sabrosa” – Beastie Boys 

• “Nine Years” – Ticklah 

• “Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)” – Irma Thomas 

• “Holy Thursday” – David Axelrod 

• “Deadhead” – Foxwarren 

• “THE THING” – TOMORA, AURORA & Tom Rowlands 

• “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free” – Nina Simone 

• “The Thief That Stole My Sad Days (Ya Blessin Me)” – Moodymann 

• “Fallen Again” – Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill 

• “Out in the Woods” – Leon Russell 

• “Nobody Knows” – Pastor T.L. Barrett and The Youth for Christ Choir 

• “Easy Street” – Amanaz 

• “Oh Louisiana” – Chuck Berry 

• “Drume Negrita” – Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban 

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 week Big Sonic Heaven was full of new music out of the UK. From London, we heard a brand-new single from Night Tapes, new shoegaze from Velveteen, and sadplanet. We also heard indie dreampop band Swim Deep out of Birmingham and British shoegaze four-piece bdrmm. 

Back over on this side of the pond, we featured Milwaukee-based band SSAANN and our very own Bluhm out of Detroit.

Plus, we also heard some of your favorite shoegaze, dreampop, and post-punk classics.

Big Sonic Heaven playlist for June 21, 2026:

• “Varúð” – Sigur Rós
• “Fine Friend” – Pale Saints
• “Flowing” – Cigarettes for Breakfast
• “Monopoly” – Yndling
• “Pieces of You” – Swim Deep
• “Diamonds In The Sand” – State Of Grace
• “Swim” – Night Tapes
• “Shiver And Shake” – The Cure
• “A Fool’s Paradise” – Velveteen
• “Cotton Candy Clouds” – Ringo Deathstarr
• “Wish You Well” – Peel Dream Magazine
• “Blue Bell Knoll” – Cocteau Twins
• “Blue Ribbon” – deary
• “Spanish Air” – Slowdive
• “Goodbye to Love” – Doublespeak
• “Higher Love” – Depeche Mode
• “do you?” – sadplanet
• “Construction Site” – Postcards
• “Love Will Tear Us Apart” – Swans
• “Faceless Angel (feat. Alias Error)” – Now Always Fades
• “Lusty” – Lamb
• “Typical” – Frazier Chorus
• “Haunt You Still” – Softcult
• “Sat in the Heat” – bdrmm
• “New Dawn” – Tokyo Shoegazer
• “You Look So Fine” – Garbage
• “Dirty Soul” – Bluhm
• “All Fire” – The Bellwether Syndicate
• “Paradise” – New Order
• “Come and Go” – Bodywash
• “Under the Sun” – DIIV
• “Shining Road” – Cranes
• “Echo” – SSAANN
• “Surely I Can’t Wait” – Nation of Language
• “Post Traumatic Love” – ACTORS
• “Summertime” – The Sundays
• “No Motion” – Dif Juz

On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café,  we’re back to The Leon Loft for a visit with Australian 5-piece band The Paper Kites, playing songs old and new!

Also, in-studio archives from Detroit’s Joe Henry, Philly’s Jeffery Gaines and Jonathan Edwards (soon to turn 80).

See the playlist below and listen to the episodes on-demand for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

Acoustic Café Playlist for June 28, 2026

• “Million Dollar Intro” – Ani DiFranco
• “Mushaboom” – Feist
• “Canopies” – Bedouine
• “Full Of Stars” – Death Cab For Cutie
• “Remember Yourself” – Modest Mouse
• “Sunshine” – Jonathan Edwards (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “City Of New Orleans” – Allen Toussaint
• “Stormwall” – The Paper Kites (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guests)
• “Marietta” – The Paper Kites (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guests)
• “Hope Of Fools” – Brother Wallace
• “Michigan” – Margaret Glaspy
• “Keep Us In Song” – Joe Henry (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Good Good Love” – Jalen Ngonda
• “Idaho” – Jobi Riccio
• “Comes Around Again” – The Arcadian Wild
• “Life Can Be Hard” – Paul McCartney
• “Over And Over” – Jeffrey Gaines (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “The Fiddle & The Drum” – Renee Fleming & Bela Fleck
• “If I Could Speak To Leonard” – Rodney Crowell
• “Everybody Knows” – Dayna Kurtz (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Broken Record” – Good Old War (Acoustic Cafe performance)
• “Tennenbaum” – The Paper Kites (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guests)
• “Every Town” – The Paper Kites (Acoustic Cafe in-studio guests)

Listen to Acoustic Café with host Rob Reinhart every Sunday from 1-3 p.m. ET on Detroit Public Radio 101.9 WDET and streaming on-demand at wdet.org

This week on Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music we play all Canadian artists, as we do each year before the July 1 holiday! Some legends, some newcomers… from First Nations to Quebecois, honoring and thanking our neighbors to the north, east and south!

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 June 27, 2026

HOUR ONE:

• “The Canadian Dream” – The Sam Roberts Band
• “Aujourd’hui, ma vie c’est d’la marde” – Lisa LeBlanc
• “Ladida” – Rochelle Jordan
• “Spit It Out” – KAYTRANADA (ft. Rochelle Jordan)
• “Don’t Forget Me When I’m Gone” – Glass Tiger
• “All This Disaster” – Jesse Welles
• “Serpentine Fire” – Sarah McLachlan
• “Black Lavender” – Allison Russell
• “Here We Go Again” – Sloan
• “The Spirit Of Radio” – Rush
• “2112 Overture” – Canadian Brass
• “Music Always” – AV & The Inner City
• “Running Home” – Jade LeMac
• “You’ve Made Me So Very Happy” – Blood, Sweat & Tears (RIP David Clayton Thomas)

HOUR TWO:

• “Dearborn” – Bahamas
• “Woodward Ave.” – Elliott Brood
• “Ancestor NRG” – Handsome Tiger
• “Midnight Call” – Harkirat Sangha
• “Blonde In The Bleachers” – Joni Mitchell
• “Need You To Go” – Teagan Littlechief
• “You Wouldn’t Like Me” – Tegan & Sara
• “Little Miss Twain” – Shania Twain
• “Fifty-Mission Cap” – The Tragically Hip
• “Purple Gas” – Noeline Hafmann
• “Here With Me (eya ota ayaw)” – Tammy Rae
• “Crabbukit” – k-os
• “Superficial Love” – Ruth B
• “Summertime” – Oscar Peterson

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

After six years, Phoebe Bridgers returns with her first new solo album since 2020, previewing the record with the lead single “Lost Boys.” Today’s playlist also features new music from Palace, alongside artists including James Blake, Nilüfer Yanya, Radiohead, Sault, Julian Lage, Romare, and Dave Brubeck.  

In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for June 26, 2026 

• “Dream On” – Palace 

• “Ride Lonesome” – Beck & Sierra Ferrell 

• “I’d Have to Be Crazy” – Willie Nelson 

• “The Big Idea” – Lily Talmers 

• “I’LL BE YOUR FRIEND” – Ruti 

• “Soft Cover” – Widowspeak 

• “Mellow Tony” – Joe Webb 

• “Northern Shuffle” – Julian Lage 

• “SAME KIND OF LONELY” – Benjamin Booker 

• “OSAKA” – Athletic Progression 

• “Rising Son” – Takuya Kuroda 

• “Kneel Artist” – Nilüfer Yanya 

• “There, There” – Radiohead 

• “Midnight Sun (king krule Remix)” – Nilüfer Yanya & King Krule 

• “Like Swimwear (part one) [feat. Anna Butterss, Jay Bellerose & Josh Johnson]” – Jeff Parker & ETA IVtet 

• “Show Me (Thabo Tonick Remix)” – Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill 

• “Breathe” – Romare 

• “Freaks” – Joshwa 

• “Douha (Mali Mali) [Edit]” – Disclosure & Fatoumata Diawara 

• “Yambú (feat. Daymé Arocena) [Sacred Rhythm Mix]” – Joe Claussell” 

• “Make Something Up” – James Blake 

• “Lost Boys” – Phoebe Bridgers 

• “The Tower (feat. William Brittelle) [Variation]” – Wye Oak, Metropolis Ensemble & Paul Wiancko 

• “Spinning” – Julia Holter 

• “Fear No One” – Sault 

• “Take Five” – Dave Brubeck 

• “Rose Rouge” – St Germain 

• “So Nice (Summer Samba) [Azari & III Remix]” – Astrud Gilberto & Walter Wanderley Trio 

• “The Devil & Mister Jones” – Spoon 

• “Big Beat Bam (Remix)” – Sister Nancy 

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. 

When Sylvia Moy auditioned for Motown as a singer it opened a lane for her as a songwriter. But she would eventually discover that that lane would be littered with barriers.

Moy persevered, building a career at Motown as a songwriter and producer on some of the label’s biggest tracks. She also played a role in developing Stevie Wonder’s career as he began to notch multiple hit songs.

Moy, however, was not given credit for her efforts, and for many years, the scale of her impact remained unknown.

Dr. Margena Christian wrote about Moy’s career in her new book  “It’s No Wonder: The Life and Times of Motown’s Legendary Songwriter Sylvia Moy.” In it, she chronicles Moy’s early life, and her struggle to receive credit for her contributions to Motown and music history.

Hear the full conversation using the media player above.

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Today’s playlist takes a trip around the world, blending jazz, soul, Latin rhythms, funk, rock, and disco with Ryan Porter, Grace Jones, D’Angelo, Bad Bunny, Willie Colón, Seu Jorge, Black Sabbath, and Talking Heads. 

Check the playlist below and listen to the show above for up to two weeks before it expires.

In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for June 25, 2026 

• “Déjà Vu” – Ryan Porter 

• “Bunny” – Ashley Henry & The RE: Ensemble 

• “La Vie En Rose” – Grace Jones 

• “Sugah Daddy” – D’Angelo and The Vanguard 

• “Get Yourself Together” – Jay-u Experience 

• “Disco Dancer” – Kiki Gyan 

• “Pedro Navaja” – Willie Colón & Ruben Blades 

• “DtMF” – Bad Bunny 

• “El diablo” – Gabriel Rios 

• “Changes” – Seu Jorge 

• “Bread (butter version)” – SOFI TUKKER & Seu Jorge 

• “Favela” – Ike Quebec 

• “Fried Neck Bones and Some Homefries” – Willie Bobo 

• “Spellbinder” – Gabor Szabo 

• “Tandem Jump” – Jonathan Richman 

• “Overlander” – The Budos Band 

• “Hand of Doom” – Black Sabbath 

• “Nothin’ in the World Can Stop Me Worryin’ ‘Bout That Girl” – The Kinks 

• “Street Fighting Man” – The Rolling Stones 

• “The Last Time” – Andrew Oldham Orchestra 

• “Baby I Got News for You” – Kelley Stoltz 

• “Baby Drugs” – Tristen 

• “Nothing To Me” – Minna 

• “Skin Is, My” – Andrew Bird 

• “Ghost of Stephen Foster” – Squirrel Nut Zippers 

• “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 

• “The Great Beyond” – R.E.M. 

• “Heaven” – Talking Heads 

• “Love Is The Drug (Todd Terje Disco Dub)” – Roxy Music 

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.