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.

"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.

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.

Laurie Anderson is on the Talk Art podcast to talk with hosts Russell Tovey and Robert Diament about her music and art. "She's just constantly inspired and constantly experimenting and expressing all these things throughout her work—beauty, time, reality, memory," says Tovey. "She does that constantly, and that is why I think she's such an important, critical artist." You can hear their conversation here.

Jeremy Denk is on 30 Bach: The Goldberg Variations Podcast. Denk, who recorded the Goldberg Variations for Nonesuch in 2013, takes part in a discussion of the episode's focus, Variation 25, led by host Lowry Yankwich, who says: “Amidst the exuberance, love, and joy of the final variations, Variation 25 is what makes the Goldbergs honest. It’s the dark center of the piece, the 'black pearl.'" The episode closes with Denk performing the variation. You can hear it here. Denk recently performed Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, in a Cal Performances livestream; it's available to watch again through July 14.