On this episode of Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music, some of our favorites who picked up Grammy Awards last week…

Plus, new tunes from Detroit’s Kalysta, The Cure and a Cure cover, getting ready for the Anti-Valentine’s Day Show and much more.

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 Feb. 8, 2025

HOUR ONE:

• “Broken Man” – St. Vincent (Grammy winner)
• “Saturn” – SZA (Grammy winner)
• “It Takes A Woman” – Chris Stapleton (Grammy winner)
• “The Architect” – Kacey Musgraves (Grammy winner)
• “II Most Wanted” – Beyonce + Miley Cyrus (Grammy winner)
• “Good News” – Shaboozey
  
• “Gold Rush” – Lucius
• “Rumor And Lies” – Kalysta
• “All I Ever Am” – The Cure
• “Breathe” – J Mascis
• “Casual Drug Use” – Katie Gavin (Acoustic Cafe in-studio performance)
• “Silk Chiffon” – MUNA
  
• “The Love I Lost” – Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (preview of next week’s show)

• “Now & Then” – The Beatles (Grammy winner)
• “Live By The Sword” – The Rolling Stones (Grammy winner)
• “Warm In December” – Samara Joy (Grammy winner)
• “Running” – Norah Jones (Grammy winner)
• “See When I See You” – Ruthie Foster (Grammy winner)
• “Who Believes In Angels” – Elton John & Brandi Carlile
• “Joy Joy” – Valerie June
• “Old Time Love” – Adam Plomaritas
• “Bull In A China Shop” – Barenaked Ladies
• “No letter” – Sierra Ferrell (Grammy winner)
• “Just For Fun” – Beyonce (Grammy winner)
• “Hurt Me Tomorrow” – K’Naan (preview of next week’s show)
  

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.

Did you watch the Grammy Awards this year? I know it’s not for everyone, but I’m a dork for them.

It’s a barometer, for better or worse, of what’s over-the-top mainstream at the moment, with some great performances thrown in and, as of late, a host that has the personality of a log. But it’s the categories that don’t get broadcast and the artists that didn’t win that often catch my ear the most. Today’s show includes some big-time winners like SZA and Doechii, plus new discoveries like Avery*Sunshine, Tank and the Bangas, Rapsody, Keyon Harrold and much 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 Feb. 4, 2025

• “Burnin’ Coal” – Les McCann
• “Lifted Up” – Avery*Sunshine *In The Groove x Grammys Review*
• “Saturn” – SZA  *In The Groove x Grammys Review*
• “Supermodel” – SZA
• “Loved” – Four Tet  *In The Groove x Grammys Review*
• “Remember (feat. Samara Joy & Robert Glasper)” – Tank and the Bangas  *In The Groove x Grammys Review*
• “Bugs” – Jamila Woods  *In The Groove x Grammys Review*
• “3:AM (feat. Erykah Badu)” – Rapsody  *In The Groove x Grammys Review*
• “Lemon” – Still Woozy  *In The Groove x Grammys Review*
• “Outubro” – Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding  *In The Groove x Grammys Review*
• “Foreverland (feat. Laura Mvula)” – Keyon Harrold  *In The Groove x Grammys Review*
• “Patterns of the Heart” – Na Bonsai
• “Omission” – Julian Lage  *In The Groove x Grammys Review*
• “Staring at the Wall” – Norah Jones  *In The Groove x Grammys Review*
• “American Dreaming” – Sierra Ferrell  *In The Groove x Grammys Review*
• “All in Good Time” – Iron & Wine & Fiona Apple  *In The Groove x Grammys Review*
• “Mud” – Waxahatchee 
• “Bored” – Waxahatchee  *In The Groove x Grammys Review*
• “Dream Police” – Mk.gee
• “Frio” – Ambar Lucid
• “Keep On Running” – Gabriel Garzón-Montano
• “i ain’t scared of no devil (feat. dj godfrey ho)” – Jitwam
• “New York is Killing Me” – Gil Scott-Heron & Makaya McCraven
• “Pass the Salt (feat. Vince Staples)” – Joy Crookes
• “DENIAL IS A RIVER” – Doechii  *In The Groove x Grammys Review*
• “Misdemeanor” – Foster Sylvers
• “Devil’s Pie” – Tall Black Guy x D’Angelo
• “Someone To Love You” – SAULT
• “Signs” – SAULT
• “PUAJ” – Salin
• “Go As You Are” – Curtis Harding
• “Black Hole (feat. Reggie Watts)” – Emma-Jean Thackray
• “Love Hangover” – Diana Ross
• “Neverender” – Justice & Tame Impala  *In The Groove x Grammys Review*
• “Where I Go (feat. H.E.R.)” – NxWorries & H.E.R.  *In The Groove x Grammys Review*
• “Why Don’t You (Radu Guran Edit)” – Cleo Sol

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.