Daily Schedule

Your morning companion from NPR and the WNYC Newsroom, with world news, local features, and weather updates.

A NYC Board of Elections Commissioner talks about what to expect at the polls on Tuesday. Plus: what’s up for a vote on the back of the ballot; a critical look at the new ballot des...

In America, few musical genres are as iconic as the blues. Today, we speak with septuagenarian guitar hero Buddy Guy — the man credited with (literally) distorting the blues. He'll tell us how he went from being a young boy in rural Louisiana to become one of the genre's most influential guitarists. Also: San Francisco chamber group Tin Hat draws heavily from Southern blues and bluegrass. They join us for a live performance in the Soundcheck studio. Plus: Our cd picks of the week.

A wrap-up of the day’s news, with features and interviews about the latest developments in New York City and around the world, from NPR and the WNYC newsroom.

A wrap-up of the day’s news, with features and interviews about the latest developments in New York City and around the world, from NPR and the WNYC newsroom.

Tell Me More focuses on the way we live, intersect and collide in a culturally diverse world. Capturing the headlines, issues and pleasures relevant to multicultural life in America, the daily one-hour series is hosted by award-winning journalist Michel Martin. Tell Me More marks Martin's first role in hosting a daily program. She views it as an opportunity to focus on the stories, experiences, ideas and people important in contemporary life but often not heard.

For this new sounds, listen to some of the self-dubbed “ritual groove” of Pianist Nik Bärtsch's Ronin, a chamber jazz outfit who mix minimalism and James Brown liberally.  We’ll hear from the latest album “Llyria,” named after a luminous sea creature.