In The Groove: New music from Brandee Younger, Mansur Brown, plus celebrating the late Lamont Dozier
A belated birthday party for the legendary Motown songwriter Lamont Dozier, who I had the chance to interview back in...
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.
Hooper grew up reading the Sunday paper with his dad. That’s where he learned the basics of writing while dreaming of one day writing the stories himself. At 16, he knocked on the door of his hometown paper and asked for a job as a reporter. Since then, he's written extensively for the Detroit Free Press -- the same paper he grew up reading.
Since joining WDET in 2017, Hooper has expanded the station’s arts and culture coverage and received numerous awards from the Michigan Association of Broadcasting along the way. Nationally, Hooper was awarded a 2020 RTDNA Regional Edward R. Murrow award for feature reporting for his story “Would You Rent a Stray Dog From the City of Detroit?“ In 2018, Hooper was named the Associated Press Michigan Editors Broadcast Rising Star in broadcast journalism. He received the prestigious Crain’s Detroit Business “20 In Their 20s” award in 2014. His commitment to volunteerism was recognized by the State of Michigan in 2007.
His juggalo-inspired I.C.Pizza costume was selected by the Huffington Post as one of the best Halloween costumes of 2014.
A belated birthday party for the legendary Motown songwriter Lamont Dozier, who I had the chance to interview back in...
Smashing into the work week with an upbeat musical punch to the face featuring fresh songs from Yazmin Lacey, Original...
Exploring music from Thandii, Chicano Batman, Cousin Kula, DJ Koze, Young Marble Giants, Bug Club and more. Check the playlist...
We look back at the life of Brian Wilson, plus fresh releases from Detroit including the excellent new single “Another...
Following the loss of musical genius Sly Stone, I asked for your voicemails to remember him and to share your...
Love the mix on the show today, where the new bounces up against the classics and we bridge the sonic...
Movement is right around the corner, and many in Detroit and beyond are getting ready to hit the dance floor...
Blowing out 75 birthday candles for Stevie Wonder today! That’s always a pleasure on this show. I make it clear...
There’s a new tribute album coming out to celebrate Broken Social Scene’s “You Forgot It In People” album, with contributions...
Three years ago, “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X” sold out shows at the Detroit Opera House for...
Kicking off the show with new music from BADBADNOTGOOD, who are coming to the Masonic Temple on May 13 with...
Lots of back-to-backs today, spotlighting new stuff and old stuff from artists and comparing the results/the growth/the whatever. That included...