In The Groove: Best of 2025 with Ann Delisi

Ann’s picks reflect a career spent listening closely, asking questions, and shaping how this city hears music.

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Few voices are as deeply woven into Detroit’s musical fabric as Ann Delisi’s. A trusted presence in Detroit radio for decades, Ann brings her unmatched perspective and curiosity to In the Groove with her Best of 2025 selections.

As a longtime champion of artists across genres and generations — from Detroit innovators to global icons — Ann’s picks reflect a career spent listening closely, asking questions, and shaping how this city hears music. Her Best of 2025 continues that legacy, highlighting the records and artists that resonated most with her this year.

Check out Ann Delisi’s full Best of 2025 playlist below, and listen to In the Groove to hear her selections and insights from one of Detroit radio’s most essential voices.

  • “Midnight Marauders” – Don Was
  • “Stealing A Kiss” – The War and Treaty
  • “Gunslinger” – Natalie Bergman
  • “No Rain, No Flowers” – The Black Keys
  • “Flower Moon” – Durand Jones & The Indications & Aaron Frazer
  • “The New Normal” – Sheryl Crow
  • “Rollin’ B-Side Blues” – The Muggs
  • “Midnight (feat. Keezy)” – Brother Thunder
  • “Sober” – Bartees Strange

Tune in Friday, Dec. 12 – Friday Dec. 19 on 101.9 WDET FM, stream anytime at wdet.org — and follow along online for daily Best Of playlists and reflections from our music hosts.

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Authors

  • WDET Staff
  • Ann Delisi
    Ann Delisi hosts Essential Music, the Essential Conversations podcast series and the Essential Cooking broadcast and podcast. Born and raised in the Motor City, Ann is a broadcaster, interviewer, producer, music host, storyteller and proud Detroiter.