Punch Brothers guitarist Chris "Critter" Eldridge is on the podcast Inside the Musician's Brain to talk with host Chris Pandolfi of The Infamous Stringdusters from the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, where Punch Brothers, a mainstay of the festival, returned to perform last month. "Critter is really an astounding acoustic guitar player," says Pandolfi. "I've always loved his playing." You can hear their conversation here.

Lake Street Dive's Rachael Price and Mike Calabrese are the guests on the latest episode of the Your Last Meal podcast. The talk with host Rachel Belle about how they met in college, the dive-bar origin of the group's name, and, of course, per the show's title, the meal they would choose as their last. You can hear their surprising choices and join Belle in going down the rabbit holes to which they lead in the episode here.

Rhiannon Giddens spoke with WNYC's Radiolab for its miniseries The Vanishing of Harry Pace and with NPR's Radio Diaries for its feature "The Rise and Fall of Black Swan Records," both about the groundbreaking life of Pace, who, a century ago, founded Black Swan Records, the first major Black-owned record company, and launched the careers of Ethel Waters and Louis Armstrong, and what happened next. "This period—basically between emancipation and the Harlem Renaissance—it is the key to our American character," Giddens says.

In honor of Juneteenth and Black Music Month, Rhiannon Giddens is the guest on the latest episode of Topsify's BLK in America podcast. She talks with host Dr. Maurice Stinnett about growing up Black in America and shares some songs that inspire her. "It was my discovery of the music of North Carolina and what sort of became my life's mission that helped me figure out my identity." You can watch their conversation and listen to a playlist Giddens put together for the discussion here.

Riz Ahmed, star of the Academy Award–winning film Sound of Metal, is the guest on the latest episode of percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie's podcast. He talks with Glennie about the film, in which he plays a punk-metal drummer who begins to unravel when he suddenly loses his hearing and identity. Glennie performs on the film's soundtrack, featuring a score by Abraham Marder and Nicolas Becker, which was released on Nonesuch Records in April. You can hear their conversation here.

David Byrne talks with hip-hop artist Open Mike Eagle on Fuse, a podcast from Bomb magazine. "Your music has been in my life for a very long time," Eagle says. "One of my earliest musical memories, when I was like five or six years old ... I think it’s like the second song I ever remember hearing was 'Burning Down the House' ... And, you know, 'Once in a Lifetime' is literally one of my favorite songs ever. Like if I were to make an objective top ten list, that song would be on there." You can hear their conversation here.

Laurie Anderson is the host of Awaken, a new podcast from the Rubin Museum of Art in NYC about the path to enlightenment and what it means to "wake up." The series' ten episodes dive into the personal stories of guests who share how they’ve experienced a shift in their awareness, and as a result, their perspective on life. You can hear the first two episodes here.

Chris Thile was on WNYC's All of It with Alison Stewart on Friday, the release day for his new solo album, Laysongs, to share some songs from the album and the stories behind them for an All of It Listening Party. You can hear their conversation here. Laysongs is Thile's first truly solo album: just Thile, his voice, and his mandolin, on new recordings of six original songs and three covers, all of which contextualize and banter with his ideas about spirituality.

k.d. lang is on CKUA's Hidden Track podcast to discuss her new album of classic dance remixes, makeover. "The album explores a stunning collection of dance remixes dating from 1992 to 2000," says host Grant Stovel. "It's a collection that invites us to re-assess k.d.’s one-of-a-kind journey and body of work all over again—but this time, on the dance floor!" Also on the episode is "k.d. lang superfan" Tegan Quin, of Tegan & Sara, with an appreciation of lang's work and role as an LGBTQ+ trailblazer. You can hear it here.

"With a mind as sharp as an encyclopedia but as free as the wind, David Byrne delves into the music and poetry that inspired him to re-imagine the Top 40, launching his iconoclastic career," says Are We on Air? podcast host Arman Naféei of his guest. "As original as thinkers come, jumping into Byrne’s world pushes boundaries, questions structures, and does it all with Byrnian flare: perfectly synchronous with eclectically mesmerizing style." You can hear the conversation here.

"I write from a cultural point of view, from other people's point of view," Rhiannon Giddens tells Bruce Headlam on the Broken Record podcast, "trying to highlight black and mostly female voices that I feel like need to be highlighted. And a lot of times they come through as real spiritual kind of events." They also discuss her new album with Francesco Turrisi, They're Calling Me Home, which features mostly old-time songs she didn't write but which the two expats found themselves drawn to by during the COVID-19 lockdown in Ireland. You can hear the episode here.

David Byrne is the guest on the latest episode of the new podcast The Fader Uncovered with host Mark Ronson. "Today I'm talking to one of my heroes," Ronson says. "Byrne is still on the cutting edge of music and culture. His incredible concert performance American Utopia was one of the most visceral, incredible-sounding musicals I've ever experienced." You can hear their conversation here.