I got an email from a listener today. They wrote: “way to get a grown man to cry at work with this drake tune lol.”

What an honor! And no, it wasn’t Drake the Canadian rapper — it was Nick Drake, the reclusive, mysterious English musician who sadly died at the age of 26 but left behind some insanely good music, like “Northern Sky.”

There’s also a new Boy Harsher remix of Pet Shop Boys, Eddie Chacon’s killer collab with John Carroll Kirby and a spiritual jazz epic courtesy of Work Money Death. Then, we make a brief but important pit stop exploring the new Dark Entries Records release of Patrick Cowley’s From Behind on the anniversary of the pioneering musician’s death (another talent gone far too soon). Lots of reasons to cry today on In The Groove.

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 Nov. 12, 2024

• “ASR (feat. Jeff Parker)” – Meshell Ndegeocello
• “New London boy (Boy Harsher remix)” – Pet Shop Boys
• “Breathe” – Brighter Days Family
• “Lady Day and John Coltrane” – Gil Scott Heron
• “Impossible” – Andre Williams & Velvet Hammer
• “Empire (feat. John Carroll Kirby)” – Eddie Chacon
• “Respect Yourself” – Staple Singers
• “Home Is Where The Hatred Is” – Gil Scott Heron
• “Dreamin’” – Common & Pete Rock
• “In a Moment Divine” – Freak Heat Waves & Cindy Lee
• “Soldissimo – EDC Remix (with Air)” – Etienne de Crécy
• “New Star in the Sky (Demo 1)” – Air
• “Iko Iko” – Patrick Cowley
• “Gentle Persuasion” – Doug Hream Blunt
• “Green Fuzz” – Naked Giants
• “What Are You” – Pete Brandt’s Method
• “No Go (For Louis Macneice)” – The Cleaners From Venus
• “High Pressure Days (Todd Terje Remix)” – The Units
• “You Make No Sense” – ESG
• “The World and The Sun” – Moon Duo
• “Freedom as a Heartfelt Song” – Work Money Death
• “Count The Days (feat. Jenny Lewis)” – Swamp Dogg
• “Northern Shuffle” – Julian Lage
• “Meet Me In The City” – Junior Kimbrough
• “28-50” – Joe Webb
• “100 years of Bill & Lil” – Joe Webb
• “C + F” – Sam Prekop
• “Northern Sky” – Nick Drake
• “Blue Moon” – Beck
• “Sunrise Fool” – SHOLTO
• “Where’s My Brain???” – The Lazy Eyes

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