Soundcheck covers music of all genres and styles and features interviews with performers, composers, authors and critics as well as frequent call-in segments.
The show covers the latest music industry news, trends and ideas and is notable for its frequent in-studio performance segments.
Guests have included singer-songwriters such as Norah Jones, M. Ward and Suzanne Vega; rock and pop musicians such as Robert Plant, David Byrne, and Moby; classical artists like cellist Yo-Yo Ma and violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter; world music performers like Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Youssou N'Dour; and jazz artists such as Wynton Marsalis and Ornette Coleman.
The show has also presented remote broadcasts from music venues around New York City and from Tanglewood in Massachusetts.
Since 1991 he has produced and hosted WNYC's programs of classical performances, both in studio and in various concert halls.