In The Groove: Today is Amp Fiddler Day in Detroit, so let’s celebrate a musical genius

Detroit City Council declared May 15 as Amp Fiddler Day, so you better believe I did the same thing on In The Groove today.

If you don’t know Amp, his New York Times obituary lovingly written by Mike Rubin is a good place to start.

I’m extremely proud the city made the move to honor one of the greatest musical geniuses to ever come from Detroit. I hope it’s the start of Detroit officials taking the arts and culture of the greatest music city on the planet a bit more seriously — and honoring folks from here before they die.

You’ll hear plenty of deep cut Amp tracks today, plus his collabs with Will Sessions, Moodymann, J Dilla and more.

There’s a lot of new stuff mixed in too, and some classics for throwback Thursday. Check the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the media player at the top.

In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper Playlist for May 16, 2024

• “Hold On” (feat. Tendai) – T. Williams
• “Le Depart” – Adi Oasis
• “I Only Have Eyes For You” – Sunny & the Sunliners
• “You Can’t Blame Me” – Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum & Durr
• “Lost Without You” (feat. Dames Brown) – Will Sessions & Amp Fiddler
• “Ain’t Gonna Cry” – Universal Togetherness Band
• “Con Altura” – Orquesta Akokán
• “Forget Me Not” – Say She She
• “Mellifous Manner” – Setwun
• “Song Of My Life” – Excursion (young Amp Fiddler on the keys)
• “Through Your Soul” (feat. Bubz Fiddler & J Dilla) – Amp Fiddler
• “I’m Doing Fine” (feat. Amp Fiddler) – Moodymann
• “Tujunga” (Brennan Green’s Disco Acido) – Ikebe Shakedown
• “Burning Down The House” (LNTG Mix) – TVLKING HEDVITS
• “Cycles of Existential Rhyme” – Chicano Batman
• “Re-Ignition” – Bad Brains
• “Nubya’s Side of Town” (feat. Nubya Garcia) – Joe Armon-Jones
• “Ghost Town” – The Specials
• “Juanita” – Angélica Garcia
• “Grace” – Idles
• “Pull Back the Bolt” – Minimal Man
• “Cicciolina” – Majesty Crush
• “Requiem” – Killing Joke
• “Seven Mile” (feat. Dames Brown) – Will Sessions & Amp Fiddler
• “Want it” (feat. Amp Fiddler & Dames Brown) [Jon’s 6 Mile Edit] – Jon Dixon
• “Afronaught” (Ron Trent remix) – Ash Walker, Amp Fiddler
• “Spaced Outta Place Pt. 2” – Sundown
• “Enchantment” (Amp Fiddler remix) – Corinne Bailey Rae
• “Floating” – Maria Chiara Argirò
• “Someone Great” – LCD Soundsystem
• “Got Me Coming Back Rite Now” (feat. Amp Fiddler) – Moodymann

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.