In The Groove: New music from Black Country, New Road, a birthday party for Aretha Franklin + Madvillain anniversary

We’re going in on some Aretha Franklin today for her birthday, and really just turning the rest of the week into a celebration of her with your voicemails (those will start airing tomorrow). Plus, an anniversary of MF DOOM & Madlib making one of my favorite hip hop records of all time. New music from Black Country, New Road, Tall Black Guy, Cleo Sol, Cari Cari and lots 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 March 25, 2025

“Besties” – Black Country, New Road
“Too Many People” – Paul & Linda McCartney
“Dear Prudence” – Gabor Szabo
“Golden Age of Life” – 4hero
“Another Day (feat. Jill Scott)” – 4hero
“Just Can’t Get Enough” – Channel Tres
“I Can Say To You (Toribio Remix)” – Butcher Brown
“Just The Two Of Us” – Bill Withers & Grover Washington, Jr.
“I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)” – Hall & Oates
“Why Must It Be” – Tall Black Guy / Black Vandross
“Cards On The Table” – Nia Archives
“He Will Follow You With His Eyes” – Corinne Bailey Rae
“Unlikely” – Bel Cobain
“Jimtastic Blues” – Greentea Peng
“Didn’t Cha Know” – Erykah Badu
“Imazeghen N Adagh” – Tinariwen
“Go For Broke” – Bo Diddley
“Black Crow (Demo)” – Joni Mitchell
“Fear When You Fly” – Cleo Sol
“In The Air” – SAULT
“Best Kind Of Lost” – Joshua Idehen
“Accordion” – Madvillain
“Raid (feat. MED)” – Madvillain
“ALL CAPS” – Madvillain
“Summer Madness S.A.” – Karriem Riggins
“Day Dreaming” – Aretha Franklin
“Dreamin’” – Common & Pete Rock
“Rock Steady (Jammin Keys Edit)” – Aretha Franklin
“One More Trip Around The Sun” – Cari Cari
“Bangoro (Gitkin Remix)” – Bab L’ Bluz
“I Gotta Try You Girl” – Junior Kimbrough
“S.N.C.” – DARKSIDE
“Computer Love” – Kraftwerk
“Son Of A Preacher Man” – Aretha Franklin

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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.
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