The main thing on the musical menu today is getting you ready for Sundance, the 3rd edition of Anthony Jasper and Scott Grooves’ end-of-summer dance party at the American Riad happening this Sunday, Sept. 14 from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.

The American Riad is a community space at the corner of Euclid & Oakland in Detroit’s North End neighborhood (you can’t miss it). It’s free, open to the public and an excellent example of dance and music bringing the city together. To preview the event, Anthony Jasper stopped by to chat and I played tracks from Grooves including “E2E4” and “So Glad.”

On top of all that, new music discovery from Deep Sea Diver, JuliaWhy?, spill tab, Cut Copy, Nightbus; a music spotlight on El Michels Affair and their excellent album “24 Hr Sports”; and a track from Andrew Bird’s “The Mysterious Production of Eggs,” which turns 20 this year and will get a special reissue.

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 September 10, 2025

• “Skin Is, My” – Andrew Bird
• “Small Stakes” – Spoon
• “Moonshake” – Can
• “Heaven’s Gonna Burn Your Eyes” – Thievery Corporation
• “C.T.F.O” – Jose Junior
• “What Do I Know” – Deep Sea Diver
• “Pale Blue Dot” – JuliaWhy?
• “A Fragile Thing (Mark Saunders Heartbroken Remix)” – The Cure
• “Assis” – spill tab
• “Carry Me Away” – El Michels Affair & Norah Jones
• “Shimmy Shimmy Ya” – El Michels Affair
• “C.R.E.A.M.” – El Michels Affair
• “Once Around the Block” – Badly Drawn Boy
• “Moving Forward (Cosmodelica Remix)” – Bryony Jarman-Pinto
• “How Can We Mend a Broken Heart” – Kahil El’Zabar
• “Step In” – Jeb Loy Nichols & Cold Diamond & Mink
• “5 On A Joyride” – Cody ChesnuTT
• “Cathode Ray” – Folk Bitch Trio
• “Dollar Store (feat. Waxahatchee)” – Ben Kweller
• “Does This Song Sound Familiar? (7″ Version)” – Pearl Charles
• “Afraid” – Flock of Dimes
• “If Only I Could Wait (feat. Danielle Haim)” – Bon Iver
• “Thinkin Bout You” – Frank Ocean
• “All Night” – Romare
• “I’m Doing Fine (feat. Amp Dog Knight)” – Moodymann
• “E2E4” – Scott Grooves
• “So Glad” – Scott Grooves
• “The Ones We Loved” – Georgie Sweet
• “Angles Mortz” – Nightbus
• “Belong To You” – Cut Copy & Kate Bollinger
• “Weak In Your Light” – Nation of Language
• “Evertyhing Is Simple” – Widowspeak
• “Thank You” – Bonnie Raitt
• “I Just Want To Talk To You” – Charles Brown & Sleepy Creek

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.

New music discovery from El Michels Affair & Rogê, Women In Jazz & Rosa Brunello, Girls of the Internet, Blood Orange, Dijon, Georgie Sweet 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 September 8, 2025

• “Super Strut” – Deodato
• “Mágica” – El Michels Affair & Rogê
• “Uno Bruno Uno” – Women In Jazz & Rosa Brunello
• “Carry Me Higher (Elite Mix) [10 Inch Version]” – The Blessed Madonna, Joy Anonymous & Danielle Ponder
• “Affirmations (feat. Anelisa Lamola) [Extended Mix]” – Girls of the Internet
• “Song For You (Mansionair Remix)” – Rhye
• “Mind Loaded (feat. Caroline Polachek, Lorde & Mustafa)” – Blood Orange
• “Vivid Light” – Blood Orange
• “YUKON” – Justin Bieber
• “Another Baby!” – Dijon
• “My Love” – Metronomy & Nourished by Time
• “Yeah Yeah” – Bubaza
• “Its My House (Special Disco Version)” – Risco Connection
• “La La La (Hard Version) Pt 1” – Segun Bucknor
• “Hard Times” – Baby Huey & The Baby Sitters
• “The Ones We Loved” – Georgie Sweet
• “Angles Mortz” – Nightbus
• “Sending All My Love Out” – Emerson
• “What Is Love” – Dee-Lite
• “Rearrange” – Sextile
• “Ankle Injuries” – Fujiya & Miyagi
• “Guess I’m Fallin In Love” – Spoon
• “Get Sun (feat. Arthur Verocai)” – Hiatus Kaiyote
• “Life Is Beautiful” – Larry June, 2 Chainz & The Alchemist
• “No Bad Vibes (feat. MARISA DARGAHI & Joe Webb)” – Bluewerks & DARGZ
• “Road To Nowhere” – Rogê
• “More Than A Woman (triple j Like A Version)” – Lazy Eyes
• “Constellation” – The Circling Sun
• “Rolling With A Planet (Vocal Mix)” – Ari Roze
• “Zannik” – Khaled Al Reigh
• “Illegal Hit” – Yttling Jazz
• “Ikuchi” – Jimi Tenor & Cold Diamond & Mink
• “Yègellé Tezeta” – Mulatu Astatke

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.