In The Groove: Liquid Liquid, Talking Heads, Clairo + more

From the soulful drift of Willie Wright and The Lijadu Sisters to the sharp rhythms of Liquid Liquid, ESG, and Talking Heads, today’s mix moves through soul, post-punk and global grooves. Along the way are selections from Four Tet, Grace Jones, Labi Siffre, Laura Marling, Clairo, SPRINTS, and Happy Mondays. 

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 May 28, 2026 

• “I Want to Know (Part I & II)” – Adriano Celentano 

• “Fool’s Paradise” – The Sylvers 

• “Gurbet” – Özdemir Erdoğan 

• “Ansumana” – Susso 

• “Lush” – Four Tet 

• “Life’s Gone Down Low” – The Lijadu Sisters 

• “Temecula Sunrise” – Dirty Projectors 

• “Right On For the Darkness” – Willie Wright 

• “Miracles” – Johnnie Frierson 

• “Slave to the Rhythm (Hot Blooded Version)” – Grace Jones 

• “Easy Street” – Amanaz 

• “Oh Louisiana” – Chuck Berry 

• “Drume Negrita” – Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban 

• “Pipeline” – Bill Frisell, Greg Leisz, Tony Scherr & Kenny Wollesen 

• “Rise and Fall of Jimmy Stokes” – Link Wray 

• “Ride Me High” – J.J. Cale 

• “Bo’s Veranda” – Morphine 

• “Better” – SPRINTS 

• “Tart Tart (Remastered)” – Happy Mondays 

• “Optimo” – Liquid Liquid 

• “Life During Wartime (Live)” – Talking Heads 

• “Funky Stuff” – Lizzy Mercier Descloux 

• “Outubro” – Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding 

• “All Seeds” – Don Glori 

• “Sanctified” – System Olympia & Working Men’s Club 

• “Mercury” – Automatic 

• “Moody (Spaced Out)” – ESG 

• “Life Round Here” – James Blake 

• “Hypnotised (feat. Mel Uye-Parker)” – Matthew Herbert 

• “Patterns” – Laura Marling 

• “Cannock Chase” – Labi Siffre 

• “Add Up My Love” – Clairo 

• “Pride May Put Me To Rest” – Louise Walker 

Listen to In the Groove with host Ryan Patrick Hooper weekdays from noon-3 p.m. ET on 101.9 WDET or stream on-demand at wdet.org.