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.
Latest Episode
Canadian Singer and Composer Patrick Watson Features Other Voices, While Recovering His Own (23.10.2025)
Previous Episodes
- The Antlers Consider Nature Under Siege in New Song Cycle, In-Studio
- Bell Jazz Award Winner Sullivan Fortner's Joyful Piano Adventures, In-Studio
- Spanish-born Pablopablo, Bending Latin Music Traditions
- The Sensational Blues Guitarist Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, At Last, In-Studio
- 47SOUL Brings the Shamstep Party With a Message (Archives)
- Revisiting The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble (From the Archives, 2019)
- Rumbo Tumba Crafts Argentinian Electro-Traditional Music, In-Studio
- Bill Frisell & Skúli Sverrisson Live at the 2025 New York Guitar Festival
- Homegrown Brooklyn Bluegrass From Cole Quest & The City Pickers
- Soundcheck Special – “Blues Is the Roots”
- Wry and Lyrical Balladeer Ron Sexsmith, Solo, In-Studio
- Songwriter Cass McCombs Addresses the Mundane and the Mythic
- Omar Sosa Trio Goes Outside the Box, In-Studio
- Plainspoken Texas Troubadour Rodney Crowell Lives for the Moment
- Guitarist Mary Halvorson and Drummer Tomas Fujiwara, From the 2025 New York Guitar Festival
- A Kind of Nordic Blues From Tord Gustavsen Trio (Archives)
- Adrian Quesada Revives Dramatic Vintage Latin Pop, With Guest Vocalists
- Anand Wilder's Sonic Adventures in Psych-Pop, In-Studio
- Inuk Singer-Songwriter Elisapie Transforms Her Heritage
- Guitar-Oriented Rock Band We Are Scientists' Twist on Nostalgia, In-Studio
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