In The Groove: Sade releases new solo single, “Young Lion,” plus new music from Laura Marling, Rosie Lowe

I’ll take any excuse to play Sade Adu. 

When she releases her first solo track in nearly seven years, you get a damn near 30-minute mixtape of Sade mixing solo stuff, edits, remixes and more. You can see all of that below.

New music from Sade is courtesy of Red Hot Organization, who have spent years using music and culture to draw attention to a variety of causes including AIDS awareness. On a massive new compilation called Transa, they are focused on a “spiritual journey celebrating trans people.” Sade’s contribution is “Young Lion,” which is dedicated to her son, Izaak, a trans man.

The compilation, out Nov. 22, also features Fleet Foxes, Yaeji, Perfume Genius, L’Rain, Adrianne Lenker, Sam Smith, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, and Clairo, among many others.

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 Oct. 25, 2024:

• “i no u no” – James Tillman
• “FromHere (feat. Snoop Dogg & October London)” – NxWorries
• “Insecure” – Tom Misch
• “Northern Shuffle” – Julian Lage
• “That’s How I’m Feeling” – Jack White
• “I’m Still In Love With You” – Marcia Aitken
• “Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City” – Bobby “Blue” Bland
• “Methods” – Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf
• “Dove” – Cymande
• “We Almost Lost Detroit” – Gil Scott Heron & Brian Jackson
• “The People” – Common
• “Patterns” – Laura Marling
• “There Goes The Light” – Rosie Lowe
• “(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano” – Sampha
• “Rebel Soul” – Michael Kiwanuka
• “Arrow Through Me” – Wings
• “Them Changes” – Thundercat
• “Young Lion” – Sade Adu
• “Sade Like a Tattoo (Skep’s Jungle Edit)” – Skep
• “AIR” – MF Doom x Sade
• “I Love Luv You More” – Sade Adu x Donny Hathaway x Tall Black Guy
• “Paradise (feat. Thalma De Freitas)” – DJ Center & Sly5thAve
• “Red Eye” – Sade
• “Hang On To Your Love” – Sade
• “Wild Man” – Whatitdo Archive Group
• “Amagents Ayaphanda” – Spoek Mathambo
• “Paper Trails” – Darkside
• “It’s Only” – Herbert
• “The End of the World” – Sharon Van Etten
• “Afterlife” – Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory
• “Covet” – Basement
• “Jungle” – IDLES
• “Going Down” – Freddie King

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.