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Rescue operations are underway in the city of Tainan, on the southern end of Taiwan, after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake shook the area.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to film composer Justin Hurwitz, 29, about his first major movie score, for the movie Whiplash. Hurwitz talks about using music to heighten tension.

On the WBFO brief today, hear parts of a new podcast that Buffalo-based mental health counselor Karl Shallowhorn’s putting together to discuss the links between music and mental health. Also, the crisis in Canada where hospital ICU admissions have topped 800. And our PBS American Portrait spotlights Michael Nguyen, whose family started one of Buffalo’s first Vietnamese groceries.

Singer Vanessa Bley and former Sade collaborator Stuart Matthewman make up the new cocktail jazz band Twin Danger, which has been causing a scene with its self-titled debut and live shows.

The neo-soul singer, multi-instrumentalist, and Michigan native says Detroit's music scene has learned a lot from the city's auto industry.

Puzzle listener Kristal All plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster, Will Shortz, and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.

Carter had his first hit when he was just 9 years old. He went on to tour with his older brother's band, the Backstreet Boys, release four studio albums and appear on Dancing with the Stars.

In today’s WBFO Brief, we have a lot to share about Gov. Cuomo. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul has begun making calls to colleagues about a transition should the governor resign. They also have the latest on the resignation of top Cuomo Aide Melissa DeRosa, and WSJ Reporter Jimmy Vielkind talks about both today. Also, today, Albany Correspondent Karen DeWitt has more from the accusers, and Prof. Peter Galie, a Canisius College Professor Emeritus who is seen as the expert on the state constitution weighs in. Beyond that, hear about the re-opening of the Canadian border to US travelers, learn about the region’s first LGBTQ History marker in Buffalo, and get the latest on a push to change organ donation preferences on your NYS driver’s license.

The federal government is investing billions to bolster school safety and mental health resources to combat gun violence. But some sense a disconnect between those programs and what students need.

For 30 years (as of November 2022) Theater Talk has been appointment listening on WBFO, featuring the insights of theater critic and historian, Anthony Chase, who joins Peter Hall for a five-minute weekly broadcast at 6:45 and 8:45 Friday mornings on 88.7 WBFO with a podcast available on wbfo.org. As part of BTPM (Buffalo Toronto Public Media), their beat is primarily Buffalo theater, but Broadway, The Shaw Festival, and The Stratford Festival are covered as other relevant art forms are touched on, including ballet and opera.