The "Lonely Interviews"—a series of live online video interviews featuring Ben Folds chatting with fans and fellow artists about anything and everything—kicked off last week with two fan-hosted talks and one with Bob Saget. The series, titled after Folds's forthcoming album collaboration with Nick Hornby, Lonely Avenue, continues this week with three consecutive days of interviews, all taking place at benfolds.com/chat.

This week's "Lonely Interviews" begin today at 6 PM ET, with author Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer, whose 2008 solo debut album, Who Killed Amanda Palmer, was produced by Folds. Up next, today at 7 PM ET, is singer/songwriter Michelle Branch. After soliciting questions from her Twitter followers, Branch promises to get an update on the stolen black t-shirt at the heart of Ben Folds Five's classic "Song for the Dumped."

The fans take over for the next set of interviews, tomorrow, August 26, at 6:30 PM ET and 7 PM ET, with Corey Young and Nina Jankowicz, respectively.

On Friday, young UK video blogger extraordinaire Charlie McDonnell will be leading the chat from London, starting at 4 PM ET / 9 PM GMT.

And that's all taking place at benfolds.com/chat.

Check back for news on more "Lonely Interviews" to come in the weeks leading up to the September 28 release of Lonely Avenue. The album is available for pre-order now on vinyl, CD, and in the deluxe edition in the Nonesuch Store. Pre-orders include a limited-edition Folds/Hornby-penned manuscript score from the album track "Picture Window," a number of which will be signed by Ben and Nick.