In The Groove: Music from Detroit Jazz Fest performer Nate Smith, Chiminyo, Tall Black Guy, Inner City + more

Listen to “In the Groove” with Ryan Patrick Hooper weekdays from noon-3 p.m. ET on 101.9 WDET.

"In The Groove" host Ryan Patrick Hooper in WDET's studios in Detroit.

Working through the week with new music from Tall Black Guy, a spotlight on drummer Nate Smith ahead of his performance at the 2024 Detroit Jazz Fest — plus new music from Shigeto, Sega Bodega, THUS LOVE, Chiminyo 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 Aug. 20, 2024

  • “Run To My Mother and Father” – Tall Black Guy x Nate Smith x Marvin Gaye
  • “Altitude (feat. Joel Ross & Michael Mayo)” – Nate Smith
  • “Insane” – Madison McFerrin
  • “Ready. Set. Flex.” – Shigeto, Zelooperz & Ian Maciak
  • “Fade Into You” – Sega Bodega & Eartheater
  • “Moon Over Marin” – Dead Kennedys
  • “Repetitioner” – THUS LOVE
  • “The Bed, The Room, The Rain and You” – Hinds
  • “Strange” – Galaxie 500
  • “Only A Shadow” – The Cleaners From Venus
  • “Lucifer On the Sofa (Adrian Sherwood Reconstruction)” – Spoon
  • “Inside Out” – Spoon
  • “Go Up Moses” – Roberta Flack
  • “Call My Name” – Joe Bataan
  • “Ezekiel’s Wheel” – Erick the Architect & George Clinton
  • “Liquid Love (feat. Sylvia Cox)” – Roy Ayers
  • “Melody Experiment” – Blonde Redhead
  • “Love in Constant Spectacle” – Jane Weaver
  • “Mambo Sun” – T. Rex
  • “Necessary Evil” – Unknown Mortal Orchestra
  • “TNT” – Tortoise
  • “Lost & Found (feat. Charlotte Dos Santos)” – Gotts Street Park
  • “Numb (teddy<3version)” Sylvan Esso & Teddy Geiger
  • “Saga (Pt. 2) [feat. Maria Chiara Argirò]” – Chiminyo, Pouya Ehsaei & Sam Warner
  • “Cortana” – Enola Gay
  • “Lonsdale Slipons” – Bug Club
  • “Got To Be Mine” – Vulfmon & Evangeline
  • “My Love” – Metronomy & Nourished by Time
  • “Good Life” – Inner City
  • “Musica” – Mildlife
  • “Rain Can’t Reach Us (feat. Tony Allen)” – Yannis & the Yaw
  • “Outside the Outside” – Helado Negro
  • “Be Reasonable” – somesurprises
  • “When The Night Is Over” – Lord Huron

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Author

  • Ryan Patrick Hooper
    Ryan Patrick Hooper is the award-winning host of "In the Groove" on 101.9 WDET-FM Detroit’s NPR station. Hooper has covered stories for the New York Times, NPR, Detroit Free Press, Hour Detroit, SPIN and Paste magazine.