Soundcheck

WNYC, New York Public Radio, brings you Soundcheck, the arts and culture program hosted by John Schaefer, who engages guests and listeners in lively, inquisitive conversations with established and rising figures in New York City's creative arts scene. Guests come from all disciplines, including pop, indie rock, jazz, urban, world and classical music, technology, cultural affairs, TV and film. Recent episodes have included features on Michael Jackson,Crosby Stills & Nash, the Assad Brothers, Rackett, The Replacements, and James Brown.

September 5, 2008What's the Next Story, Morning Glory?
September 5, 2008The Bonesetter's Daughter
September 5, 2008The Rise of Rodriguez
September 4, 2008Viral Music Lessons
September 4, 2008Joan Baez
September 3, 2008Lila Downs on Mexican Pride
September 3, 2008A Delicate Dance of Music and Politics
September 2, 2008Land of 10,000 Bands
September 2, 2008The Story of Fela, in Song
September 1, 2008The Story of Sonic Youth
September 1, 2008T Bone Burnett
August 29, 2008Blue Crescent
August 29, 2008Avishai Cohen
August 29, 2008Blue Crescent
August 28, 2008Gabriel Kahane
August 28, 2008Summer's Last Strains
August 28, 2008McCarren Pool's Swan Song
August 27, 2008CD Picks of the Week
August 27, 2008The Hold Steady
August 27, 2008The End of Liner Notes
August 26, 2008Smackdown: Music Leaks
August 26, 2008Burning Spear
August 25, 2008Just what was on Michael Phelps' iPod anyway?
August 25, 2008Greta Gertler
August 25, 2008A Denver Music Primer
August 22, 2008Irma Thomas
August 22, 2008The Next Big Things
August 21, 2008Vibrato: A No Go?
August 21, 2008Spottiswoode & His Enemies
August 20, 2008Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky
August 20, 2008The Jupiter String Quartet
August 19, 2008"Six Song" Theory
August 18, 2008CD Picks of the Week
August 18, 2008Ra Ra Riot
August 18, 2008The Puccini 'Brand'
August 15, 2008Gustavo Santaolalla
August 15, 2008Rockin' Casinos
August 14, 2008On and Off the Charts
August 14, 2008The Dow Jones of Pop
August 14, 2008The Fiery Furnaces
August 13, 2008Rock and Roll Hall of Fame moves in, classical guru moves out
August 13, 2008Detour Albums
August 13, 2008The Ahn Trio
August 12, 2008Soundcheck Smackdown: Aces of Bass
August 12, 2008Regina Spektor
August 11, 2008Zhiyi Wang
August 11, 2008From Handel to Headbangers
August 11, 2008Olympian Musical Feats
August 8, 2008Pet Sounds
August 8, 2008Irvin Mayfield
August 7, 2008Placido Domingo
August 7, 2008Night Life on the Sea Shore
August 7, 2008Gyan Riley
August 6, 2008Musical Late Bloomers Shed Anxiety
August 6, 2008Mike Doughty
August 5, 2008Matana Roberts
August 5, 2008Soundcheck Smackdown: Baby Boomers vs. Generation X
August 4, 2008Dirty Music Secrets
August 4, 2008Ana Moura
August 1, 200888 musicians to gather on 8/8/08
August 1, 2008Roy Hargrove
August 1, 2008From the prison cell to the top of the charts
July 31, 2008Music Heroes Inspire Super Ones
July 31, 2008Hans Zimmer
July 31, 2008Summer of Heroes
July 30, 2008Soundcheck's CD Picks of the Week
July 30, 2008Bon Iver
July 30, 2008Dissecting The Music of Joni Mitchell
July 29, 2008iPhone Smackdown
July 29, 2008Old Chaplin, New Music
July 28, 2008Musical Wallpaper
July 28, 2008Dan Zanes and Friends
July 25, 2008Brendan James Live
July 25, 2008Soundcheck's Summer Song Poll
July 24, 2008Your Baby's Brain on Music
July 24, 2008Camp Appeal
July 23, 2008Great Lawn – or Great Lie?
July 23, 2008Ambulance LTD
July 23, 2008Straight to Video Games
July 22, 2008Soundcheck Smackdown: When Contemporary Met Classical
July 22, 2008Grupo Afroperuano Caracumbe
July 21, 2008The Boss and Me
July 21, 2008Datarock Live
July 21, 2008Soundcheck's CD Picks of the Week
July 18, 2008Hip Hop's Haters at the Gates
July 18, 2008Lionel Loueke
July 17, 2008Music to the Extreme
July 17, 2008Brendan Canning of Broken Social Scene
July 16, 2008Rite of Spring: Remixed
July 16, 2008The Magic of Shea Stadium
July 15, 2008The
July 15, 2008Lang Lang
July 14, 2008Testing the Limits of Music
July 14, 2008CD Picks of the Week
July 14, 2008Colin McGrath
July 11, 2008Kim and Kelley Deal
July 11, 2008China Aims for Gold in Classical
July 11, 2008Pain at the Pump impacts concert business
July 3, 2008Think Globally, Dance Locally
July 3, 2008Soundcheck Smackdown: Coldplay
July 3, 2008Twyla Tharp
July 2, 2008New York's Club Shuffle
July 2, 2008CD Picks of the Week
July 2, 2008Vinicio Capossela
July 1, 2008Going Out With a Bang
July 1, 2008The Arabesque Music Ensemble
June 30, 2008Lucy Wainwright Roche
June 30, 2008I'm With the Brand
June 27, 2008Omer Klein Trio Live
June 27, 2008Changing Concert Behavior
June 27, 2008Virtuoso
June 26, 2008Save the Whales
June 26, 2008CD Picks of the Week
June 26, 2008James Ehnes
June 25, 2008Music Therapy - Healing or Hoax?
June 25, 2008Orchestra Baobab
June 25, 2008Viva La Coldplay
June 24, 2008Ry Cooder
June 24, 2008A Symphony for Space Invaders
June 23, 2008Jeffrey Lewis
June 23, 2008Sturm and Twang
June 20, 2008Liz Phair
June 20, 2008CD Picks of the Week
June 20, 2008Tatum's Ghost in the Machine
June 19, 2008The Art of Mixtapes
June 19, 2008Rosanne Cash and Mark O'Connor
June 18, 2008Brian Blade
June 18, 2008O.G.'s Down With the I.S.O.
June 18, 2008Shearwater
June 17, 2008Mobile Madness
June 17, 2008Simone Dinnerstein
June 16, 2008Black Cab Sessions
June 16, 2008The Tonys Roundup
June 16, 2008Maceo Parker
June 13, 2008Rock Is the New Black
June 13, 2008A Sunny Day In Glasgow
June 13, 2008Sergio Mendes
June 12, 2008The Road Ahead at City Opera
June 12, 2008Martha Wainwright
June 11, 2008Mason Jennings
June 11, 2008Grandmaster Flash on the Secret of his Success
June 11, 2008CD Picks of the Week
June 10, 2008Soundcheck Smackdown: Lil' Wayne
June 10, 2008Jakob Dylan
June 9, 2008The Story of Sonic Youth
June 9, 2008T Bone Burnett
June 6, 2008The Right Music for the Right Wine
June 6, 2008Ballet Mecanique, Performed by...Robots