After asking listeners to share their favorite summer tracks on the Groove Hotline, today’s playlist turns up the heat with picks from The Kinks, Frank Sinatra, Talking Heads, Beastie Boys and Leon Russell. We also hear music from Jarvis Cocker, Foxwarren, Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill, 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 June 29, 2026 

• “Black Magic” – Jarvis Cocker 

• “Only You Know” – Dion 

• “Back, Baby” – Jessica Pratt 

• “That Summer Feeling” – Jonathan Richman 

• “American Music” – Violent Femmes 

• “Strange Powers” – The Magnetic Fields 

• “Are You Glad to Be In America?” – James Blood Ulmer 

• “The Book I Read ( LP Version )” – Talking Heads 

• “Sycamore” – Bill Callahan 

• “Swingin Party” – The Replacements 

• “Sunny Afternoon” – The Kinks 

• “Kilimanjaro” – Kelan Phil Cohran & Legacy 

• “O Samba Da Minha Terra” – Tamba Trio 

• “Se Baila Así” – Mexican Institute of Sound 

• “Summer Wind” – Frank Sinatra 

• “Sabrosa” – Beastie Boys 

• “Nine Years” – Ticklah 

• “Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)” – Irma Thomas 

• “Holy Thursday” – David Axelrod 

• “Deadhead” – Foxwarren 

• “THE THING” – TOMORA, AURORA & Tom Rowlands 

• “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free” – Nina Simone 

• “The Thief That Stole My Sad Days (Ya Blessin Me)” – Moodymann 

• “Fallen Again” – Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill 

• “Out in the Woods” – Leon Russell 

• “Nobody Knows” – Pastor T.L. Barrett and The Youth for Christ Choir 

• “Easy Street” – Amanaz 

• “Oh Louisiana” – Chuck Berry 

• “Drume Negrita” – Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban 

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.