In The Groove: Jordan Rakei and Jalen Ngonda team up for a retro-soul classic

Kicking off the show with new music from Jordan Rakei & Jalen Ngonda, plus Wednesday, Jeff Tweedy, Circling Sun 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 December 10, 2025

• “What It Gave Me” – Jordan Rakei & Jalen Ngonda
• “Bliss (Part 2)” – Circling Sun
• “Come Together” – Ike & Tina Turner
• “Wah Wah” – George Harrison
• “Mansize Rooster” – Supergrass
• “Somebody Made For Me” – Emit Rhodes
• “Everybody’s Stalking” – Badly Drawn Boy
• “Ballad of Big Nothing” – Elliott Smith
• “Townies” – Wednesday
• “Cross The Breeze” – Sonic Youth
• “Lou Reed Was My Babysitter” – Jeff Tweedy
• “Flea” – St. Vincent
• “Once In A Lifetime” – WITCH
• “Rabbit Run (Interpol Remix)” – IDLES
• “The Ghost of Tom Joad” – Rage Against The Machine
• “Times” – Wu-Lu
• “Kneel” – Nilufer Yanya
• “Towers” – Hundred Waters
• “Juna” – Clairo
• “Time” – Ni Maxine
• “O Mistress Mine” – Michael Thurber, Moses Sumney & Twelfth Night Cast
• “This Is Who I Am” – Celeste
• “Summertime” – Rosinha De Valença
• “Love and Happiness” – Monty Alexander
• “Figs And Gorgonzola” – Papooz
• “Gotta Get Up” – Harry Nilsson
• “Aht Uh Mi Hed” – Shuggie Otis
• “Hey” – Nilufer Yanya
• “Green Eyed Love (Classixx Remix)” – Mayer Hawthorne
• “Go Down The Mountain” – TAMTAM
• “Black Cow” – Steely Dan
• “Eu Sou Mais Eu” – Ana Mazzotti
• “Electric Fish” – Ana Frango Elétrico
• “Mercury Avenue” – Maxim Ludwig & Angel Olsen
• “Heroes” – David Bowie

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