Blowing out 75 birthday candles for Stevie Wonder today! That’s always a pleasure on this show. I make it clear that there are just a few artists you can always play and Stevie Wonder is someone you simply can’t exhaust — at least in my mind. Hope you agree! I’ll be playing your Stevie picks for the rest of the week… looking forward to that!

Plus new music from Ezra Furman, Elkka, Yannis & the Yaw 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 May 13, 2025

• “Power of the Moon” – Ezra Furman
• “Rock & Roll” – Velvet Underground
• “Veni Vidi Vici” – Black Lips
• “South of the River” – Tom Misch
• “5pm” – Otis Junior & Dr. Dundiff
• “The Light” – Jordan Rakei
• “No Room for Doubt (feat. Willy Mason)” – Lianne La Havas
• “Golden Lady” – José Feliciano
• “All I Do” – Stevie Wonder
• “In My Life” – Doug Riley
• “Living For The City” – Stevie Wonder
• “I Wanna Be Where You Are” – Michael Jackson
• “We Can Work It Out” – Stevie Wonder
• “Love Having You Around (Live at the Keystone Korner)” – Abbey Lincoln
• “Voodoo Woman” – Koko Taylor
• “Bonnie And Clyde” – Brigitte Bardot & Serge Gainsbourg
• “7 AM” – Jacqueline Taïeb
• “The Call Up” – The Clash
• “Rain Can’t Reach Us (feat. Tony Allen)” – Yannis & the Yaw
• “Song Of Hope” – Nicolas Jaar
• “Cécile” – Edouard Ferlet
• “Stay Gold (feat. Gregoire Maret)” – Alicia Olatuja
• “Let it Happen (Soulwax Remix)” – Tame Impala
• “Sudden Weight (feat. Allysha Joy)” – First Beige
• “I Just Want To Love You” – Elkka
• “S.N.C.” – Darkside
• “SP12 Beat” – Mount Kimbie
• “Water Me Down” – Vagabon
• “Death & Romance” – Magdalena Bay
• “Starfish And Coffee” – Prince
• “I Like the Way You Do It to Me” – Roy Ayers
• “As” – Stevie Wonder

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