In The Groove: New music from Tortoise, spaced out with Nala Sinephro, Mabe Fratti

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Man, we got pretty spaced out today with selections from Can, Nala Sinephro, new music from Tortoise, Mabe Fratti and more.

Plus, the final selections from the groove hotline of your favorite Aretha Franklin songs (although I’ll keep playing those forever — thanks to everyone that left a message!).

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 27, 2025

  • “Bugs” – Jamila Woods
  • “Wish I Didn’t Miss You” – Angie Stone
  • “Empire (feat. John Carroll Kirby)” – Eddie Chacon
  • “Royalty” – Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
  • “Soul” – James Alexander Bright
  • “Vitamin C” – Can
  • “Na Na” – Coke
  • “Dub Je Je” – Antibalas
  • “Late Night People” – Yazmin Lacey
  • “Hood Pass Intact” – Dam Funk
  • “The Thrill Is Gone” – Aretha Franklin
  • “Feels So Bad” – Junior Kimbrough
  • “Côte D’ivoire” – Yoni Mayraz
  • “100 Years Of Bill & Lil” – Joe Webb
  • “TNT” – Tortoise
  • “Oganesson” – Tortoise
  • “Heartbeat” – Wire
  • “Come See About Me” – Afghan Whigs
  • “Cough / Cool” – Misfits
  • “A Forest (Tree Mix)” – The Cure
  • “Androgynous” – The Replacements
  • “Muzzle of Bees” – Norah Jones & Jeff Tweedy
  • “Hurts To Be Alone” – Norah Jones
  • “Poinciana (Live at The Pershing, Chicago, 1958)” – Ahmad Jamal Trio
  • “Crushxd” – Crumb
  • “Continuum 5 / 6” – Nala Sinephro
  • “Be Reasonable – Somesurprises
  • “Kravitz” – Mabe Fratti
  • “Your House (feat. Astrid Sonne & Fine)” – Coined
  • “When I Was Younger” – Bonny Light Horseman
  • “Say You Love Me” – Astrid Sonne
  • “Ramble In The Rainbow” – TAMTAM
  • “We Are The People” – Work Money Death

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  • Ryan Patrick Hooper inside the WDET studio.
    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.