Another busy show today with quite a few focus changes. I started off with some protest anthems for election day in Detroit, because voting is a great act of protest!

Selections from Todd Snider, Pops Staples, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, plus new music from Celeste, Olivia Dean, Melody’s Echo Chamber. And we bring it all home with two albums pulled from musical time capsules, including Sade’s sophomore release “Promise” (released on this day back in 1985) and Sly & the Family Stone’s “There’s A Riot Goin’ On” (released on Nov. 1 back in 1971). These albums have more in common sonically than you might realize and Sly allows us to sneak in some D’Angelo, too. 

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 November 4, 2025

• “Conservative, Christian, Right Wing Republican, Straight, White, American Males” – Todd Snider
• “I Pity The Country” – Willie Dunn
• “No News Is Good News” – Pops Staples
• “You Haven’t Done Nothin’” – Stevie Wonder
• “Whitey on the Moon” – Gil-Scott Heron
• “Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)” – Marvin Gaye
• “For What It’s Worth” – Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66
• “Welfare City” – Eugene McDaniels
• “Compared to What (Remix) [feat. Terri Lyne Carrington, Angela Davis and Kassa Overall]” – Roberta Flack
• “Why Am I Treated So Bad (feat. Christian McBride)” – Norah Jones & Questlove
• “Why? (The King of Love Is Dead) [Live]” – Nina Simone
• “Collblanc” – Joe Webb
• “Diane Charlemagne (Iman Houssein Remix)” – LEFTO EARLY BIRD
• “Maneiras (feat. Zeca Pagodinho e Marcelo D2)” – Arlindo Cruz & Rogê
• “Can We Pretend” – Bill Withers
• “Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise” – Andrew Bird, Alan Hampton & Ted Poor
• “A Couple Minutes (A COLORS SHOW)” – Olivia Dean
• “Woman Of Faces” – Celeste
• “Get Used To It” – Mei Semones
• “Fujiyama” – The Dave Brubeck Quartet
• “Solace” – Antibalas
• “Eyes Closed” – Melody’s Echo Chamber
• “Love Heart Cheat Code” – Hiatus Kaiyote
• “Rush” – Gerald Clayton
• “2 Sentimental” – Kassa Overall
• “Xoxoxo” – corto.alto
• “The Sweetest Taboo” – Sade
• “Family Affair” – Sly & the Family Stone
• “Thank You for Talkin’ to Me, Africa” – Sly & the Family Stone
• “Sugah Daddy” – D’Angelo & the Vanguard
• “Patience” – Odeal
• “Tar Baby” – Sade
• “Maureen” – Sade

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.