Man, we got pretty spaced out today with selections from Can, Nala Sinephro, new music from Tortoise, Mabe Fratti and more.

Plus, the final selections from the groove hotline of your favorite Aretha Franklin songs (although I’ll keep playing those forever — thanks to everyone that left a message!).

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 March 27, 2025

• “Bugs” – Jamila Woods
• “Wish I Didn’t Miss You” – Angie Stone
• “Empire (feat. John Carroll Kirby)” – Eddie Chacon
• “Royalty” – Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
• “Soul” – James Alexander Bright
• “Vitamin C” – Can
• “Na Na” – Coke
• “Dub Je Je” – Antibalas
• “Late Night People” – Yazmin Lacey
• “Hood Pass Intact” – Dam Funk
• “The Thrill Is Gone” – Aretha Franklin
• “Feels So Bad” – Junior Kimbrough
• “Côte D’ivoire” – Yoni Mayraz
• “100 Years Of Bill & Lil” – Joe Webb
• “TNT” – Tortoise
• “Oganesson” – Tortoise
• “Heartbeat” – Wire
• “Come See About Me” – Afghan Whigs
• “Cough / Cool” – Misfits
• “A Forest (Tree Mix)” – The Cure
• “Androgynous” – The Replacements
• “Muzzle of Bees” – Norah Jones & Jeff Tweedy
• “Hurts To Be Alone” – Norah Jones
• “Poinciana (Live at The Pershing, Chicago, 1958)” – Ahmad Jamal Trio
• “Crushxd” – Crumb
• “Continuum 5 / 6” – Nala Sinephro
• “Be Reasonable – Somesurprises
• “Kravitz” – Mabe Fratti
• “Your House (feat. Astrid Sonne & Fine)” – Coined
• “When I Was Younger” – Bonny Light Horseman
• “Say You Love Me” – Astrid Sonne
• “Ramble In The Rainbow” – TAMTAM
• “We Are The People” – Work Money Death

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 love being able to bring Spiritualized and The Rolling Stones together, plus a bunch of fresh releases from SHY FX, Lady Wray, Hannah Cohen, Nightmares on Wax, Moses Sumney and many more. That’s the pleasure of public radio! Genre doesn’t matter — good music does!

Plus, a bunch of your voicemails celebrating Aretha Franklin, who would’ve been 83 this week. Why not just turn it into Aretha Week on In The Groove? With your voicemails?! I’ve still got space for a few more — feel free to drop me a line on the groove hotline at 313-577-3414, and I’ll play it on air!

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 March 26, 2025

• “Risk It All (feat. Maverick Sabre) [Acoustic]” – SHY FX
• “High Tide or Low Tide (B is for Bob Mix)” – Bob Marley & The Wailers
• “Best For Us” – Lady Wray
• “Dusty” – Hannah Cohen
• “Typical (feat. Jordan Rakei) [Little Dragon’s Rick Ride Remix]” – Nightmares On Wax
• “You’re All I Need to Get By (Take 2)” – Aretha Franklin
• “Spirit In the Dark (Live February 7, 1971)” – Aretha Franklin
• “Spirit In the Dark (Reprise with Ray Charles) [Live February 7, 1971]” – Aretha Franklin
• “Miss Perfumado (4 Hero Remix)” – Cesária Evora
• “American Cars (Africanz on Marz West Coast Drive Rework)” – Sam
• “Hey Girl(s)” – Moses Sumney, Syd & Meshell Ndegeocello
• “The Other Lover” – Little Dragon & Moses Sumney
• “Retold” – Nate Smith
• “Liquid Sunshine” – John Cameron
• “I Say A Little Prayer” – Aretha Franklin
• “Inertia” – Samora Pinderhughes
• “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” – Rolling Stones
• “I Think I’m in Love” – Spirtualized
• “Jealous Boy” – The Bug Club (In The Groove Pick of the Week)
• “It’s Amazing To Be Young” – Fontaines D.C.
• “Sonny The Strong” – Gaz Coombes
• “West Side” – Studio
• “Untitled” – Interpol
• “Plainsong” – Seefeel
• “Boxing Feat. King Krule (DJ Python Remix)” – Mount Kimbie
• “Spacelab” – Kraftwerk
• “Clear (Jose “Animal” Diaz Remix)” – Cybotron
• “Sharivari” – Dirtbombs
• “L.O.V.E. and You and I (Madlib Remix)” – Jazzanova

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.

We’re going in on some Aretha Franklin today for her birthday, and really just turning the rest of the week into a celebration of her with your voicemails (those will start airing tomorrow). Plus, an anniversary of MF DOOM & Madlib making one of my favorite hip hop records of all time. New music from Black Country, New Road, Tall Black Guy, Cleo Sol, Cari Cari and lots 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 March 25, 2025

• “Besties” – Black Country, New Road
• “Too Many People” – Paul & Linda McCartney
• “Dear Prudence” – Gabor Szabo
• “Golden Age of Life” – 4hero
• “Another Day (feat. Jill Scott)” – 4hero
• “Just Can’t Get Enough” – Channel Tres
• “I Can Say To You (Toribio Remix)” – Butcher Brown
• “Just The Two Of Us” – Bill Withers & Grover Washington, Jr.
• “I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)” – Hall & Oates
• “Why Must It Be” – Tall Black Guy / Black Vandross
• “Cards On The Table” – Nia Archives
• “He Will Follow You With His Eyes” – Corinne Bailey Rae
• “Unlikely” – Bel Cobain
• “Jimtastic Blues” – Greentea Peng
• “Didn’t Cha Know” – Erykah Badu
• “Imazeghen N Adagh” – Tinariwen
• “Go For Broke” – Bo Diddley
• “Black Crow (Demo)” – Joni Mitchell
• “Fear When You Fly” – Cleo Sol
• “In The Air” – SAULT
• “Best Kind Of Lost” – Joshua Idehen
• “Accordion” – Madvillain
• “Raid (feat. MED)” – Madvillain
• “ALL CAPS” – Madvillain
• “Summer Madness S.A.” – Karriem Riggins
• “Day Dreaming” – Aretha Franklin
• “Dreamin’” – Common & Pete Rock
• “Rock Steady (Jammin Keys Edit)” – Aretha Franklin
• “One More Trip Around The Sun” – Cari Cari
• “Bangoro (Gitkin Remix)” – Bab L’ Bluz
• “I Gotta Try You Girl” – Junior Kimbrough
• “S.N.C.” – DARKSIDE
• “Computer Love” – Kraftwerk
• “Son Of A Preacher Man” – Aretha Franklin

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.