A whole bunch of throwbacks from Sandra Wright, Harry Nilsson, Jan Hammer Group, Irma Thomas and more. Plus new music from Arctic Monkeys—the band’s first new release in four years which appears on a new benefit compilation for War Child—Jill Scott and Flea.

Spoon will be in town on June 26 at the Fillmore Detroit, co-headlining with the Beths out of New Zealand, so we will go heavy on their back catalog. Check it out!

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 January 22, 2026

• “Everything Hits At Once” – Spoon
• “Opening Night” – Arctic Monkeys & War Child Records
• “Inside and Out” – Feist
• “Midnight Affair” – Sandra Wright
• “Beautiful People” – Jill Scott
• “Traffic Lights (feat. Thom Yorke)” – Flea
• “The Fool” – Brigid Dawson and The Mothers Network
• “Anemone” – The Brian Jonestown Massacre
• “Otis” – The Durutti Column
• “I Go (DJ Koze Remix)” – Peggy Gou
• “Operator (DJ Koze’s Disco Edit)” – Låpsley
• “Wi Ing Wi Ing” – HYUKOH
• “Paper Tiger” – Spoon
• “Early In The Morning” – Harry Nilsson
• “Don’t You Know” – Jan Hammer Group
• “Sexy Boy (Vegyn Version)” – AIR
• “Making Planets (featuring Mr. Lif)” – Edan
• “Time Outt (Segue)” – Edan
• “Black Power” – Peace
• “I’m So Green” – Can
• “Planted A Thought” – Arthur Russell
• “Wild Horses” – Leon Russell
• “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever” – The Peddlers
• “Forge Your Own Chains” – D.R. HOOKER
• “Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)” – Irma Thomas
• “Day Dreaming” – Aretha Franklin
• “This Is How We Walk On the Moon” – Arthur Russell
• “If I Had a Tail” – Queens of the Stone Age
• “Hand of Doom” – Black Sabbath
• “Baby” – Donnie & Joe Emerson
• “Maps” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs

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.