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Over 100 million viewers are expected to tune in for Super Bowl 44 on Sunday night. For an inside perspective on the event we're joined by Don Mischer, a veteran director and producer of live television events including several Super Bowl Halftime Shows. He's the winner of 13 Emmy Awards.

Lampooned and celebrated in equal measure, Super Bowl halftime shows are a lightning rod. Some of the biggest stars in music take the stage -- but not without controversy. Performances can be underwhelming, predictable and even censored. (Or not, in the case of Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction in 2004.) As ...

Chopin might be Garrick Ohlsson's destiny. In 1970, Ohlsson was the first American to win the International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition. He has recorded the complete Chopin piano works -- twice. Now, Ohlsson is celebrating Chopin's bicentennial as part of a Lincoln Center series. He talks about the celebrated "poet ...

Soundcheck wants to know what you think of the Super Bowl halftime shows in recent years? Getting better with age or just getting old?

Cale is one of New York's most promising young folk artists. Stream his recent set from our partner venue Zebulon here.

Everyone's a photographer these days. Click here to see the week that was in live music, courtesy of music fans like you, including shots of Beach House, Matthew Shipp and Les Savy Fav (that guy →).

Djarara, a raucous Haitian drum band, bring festival-sized music to the small stage at Zebulon for an earthquake benefit tonight. Download their song, "Medley 1," here.

Download the surreal track, "Rest For Now."

Download Adam Levy's tranquil track, "Broken Spoke."