To celebrate Stevie Wonder turning 76, we asked for your picks and you came through with some incredible selections. Stevie is a once-in-a-lifetime artist, and Detroit is always proud to celebrate another year of his existence and legacy. Today’s show is a full-on birthday party for one of the greatest to ever do it. Let’s honor a catalog that only gets richer with time and still never gets old. 

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, 2026 

• “Shy Dub” – Hollie Cook 

• “Girl I Love You” – Massive Attack 

• “Maria También” – Khruangbin 

• “Pretty Girls” – Honeyglaze 

• “Pipeline” – Bill Frisell, Greg Leisz, Tony Scherr & Kenny Wollesen 

• “Wave of Mutilation” – Pixies 

• “Train Song” – Benjamin Gibbard & Feist 

• “Sleeping Ute (Nicolas Jaar Remix)” – Grizzly Bear & Nicolas Jaar 

• “Paper Trails” – DARKSIDE 

• “Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues” – Skip James 

• “You and Me” – Penny & The Quarters 

• “Black Coffee” – Sarah Vaughan 

• “10:03” – Doves 

• “Otis” – The Durutti Column 

• “Baby” – Donnie & Joe Emerson 

• “The Seize” – Jordan Rakei 

• “O Tempo (Foi O Meu Mestre)” – Fabiano do Nascimento & Vittor Santos e Orquestra 

• “Olhos de Sá” – Joutro Mundo 

• “I Only Have Eyes For You” – Sunny & The Sunliners 

• “Life Is” – Jessica Pratt 

• “One Stop” – Aldous Harding 

• “Train on the Island” – Aldous Harding 

• “Jesus Children of America” – Stevie Wonder 

• “Too High (Pimpin Willie Deep Soul Regroove)” – Stevie Wonder 

• “All I Do” – Stevie Wonder 

• “He’s Misstra Know-It-All” – Stevie Wonder 

• “Ribbon In The Sky” – Stevie Wonder 

• “Knocks Me Off My Feet (Olivia Dean Cover)” – Stevie Wonder 

• “Livin’ for the City” – The Dirtbombs 

• “Another Star” – Stevie Wonder 

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. 

Warm weather outside today sets the tone for a playlist built on warm sounds from James Blake, Olivia Dean, Jessie Ware, and Sade, along with Latin classics from Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, and Thievery Corporation, plus a throwback from the Beastie Boys.

We also talk with Sky Jetta about her Detroit sound and the music that shapes her work, highlighting Stevie Wonder, DJ Assault, MotorKam, and DJ Holographic. She’ll be DJing at MOCAD’s reopening show on April 24. 

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 April 23, 2026 

• “I Want More” – Can 

• “Once In A Lifetime” – WITCH 

• “Never Be Another You” – Lee Fields & The Expressions 

• “Wednesday Morning Atonement” – Curtis Harding 

• “I Had a Dream She Took My Hand” – James Blake 

• “A Couple Minutes (A COLORS SHOW)” – Olivia Dean & Colors 

• “Please Forgive My Heart” – Bobby Womack 

• “..THUS IS WHY ( I DON’T SPRING 4 LOVE )” – Saya Gray 

• “It’s a Mirror” – Perfume Genius 

• “Bow (feat. Michael Kiwanuka)” – Sault 

• “Sabotage” – Beastie Boys 

• “Excursions” – A Tribe Called Quest 

• “Norfside (feat. Tierra Whack)” – Jill Scott 

• “Ain’t Got the Love (Of One Girl On My Mind)” – Ambassadors 

• “Vale a Pena” – Sessa 

• “Oye Cómo Va” – Tito Puente & Celia Cruz 

• “Yo Viviré (I Will Survive)” – Celia Cruz 

• “Begin Again (Joe Goddard Remix)” – Jessie Ware 

• “Maureen” – Sade 

• “On a Better Day I’m Dreaming (Tall Black Guy Remix)” – Colman Brothers 

• “Nautilus (Mawtilus)” – Nuyorican Soul 

• “Can’t Be Friends” – SKY JETTA 

• “Check Stub” – DJ Assault 

• “Sex Rain” – MotorKam 

• “Taurus” – DJ Holographic 

• “Para Sempre (feat. Elin Melgarejo)” – Thievery Corporation 

• “Paradise (feat. Thalma De Freitas)” – DJ Center & Sly5thAve 

• “I Love You Too Much” – Stevie Wonder 

• “Preben Goes to Acapulco” – Todd Terje 

• “Sáré Kon Kon” – Antibalas 

• “Sun Goddess” – Ramsey Lewis 

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.