Rhiannon Giddens is a brilliant fiddle and banjo player who’s one of the few musicians alive today trained in the centuries-old black string band tradition.

In 2005 singer Bonnie "Prince" Billy and guitarist Matt Sweeney released the Superwolf album, which has developed a cult following that includes Rick Rubin who absolutely fell in love with the project—Now, 16 years later, they’re back with the follow-up, Superwolves.

The Bomber Mafia is the new audiobook by Revisionist History host (and Pushkin co-founder) Malcolm Gladwell.

Justin Richmond talks to Peter Frampton about his new album, Frampton Forgets The Words, and how the songs he chose provide insight into his expansive 50-year career.

System of a Down’s classic Rick Rubin-produced album, Toxicity, turns 20 this year—released in 2001 one week before 9/11, the politically charged and wildly bizarre album provided the perfect soundtrack for a world descending into chaos.

Andrew Bird and Jimbo Mathus discuss their new album, These 13, inspired by the opposing ways the two create music and the Southern scenery of Jimbo's home-state of Mississippi.

Few bands have experienced such extreme highs and lows as the Bee Gees—throughout their decades-long career, the band of brothers managed to be both grossly underrated and one of the best-selling acts of all time.

Merry Clayton is a legendary backup singer who has managed to consistently steal the spotlight.

Marianne Faithfull has been many things throughout her half a century in music—a close confidant of the Rolling Stones, a pop star, a homeless drug addict and a critically acclaimed comeback artist.

Valerie June has helped widen the scope of contemporary Ameicana music, she’s one of few African American women in the category and her unique combination of gospel and Appalachian folk is a shimmering example of what's possible in the roots-music tradition.

Ziggy Marley talks with Malcolm Gladwell about memories of his dad and Jamaica spurred by images in the photo book he recently curated, "Bob Marley: Portrait of the Legend."

Since forming in 1996, Linkin Park has sold over 100 million records worldwide. Their enormous success mixing genres like hip-hop, metal and anthemic pop was spearheaded by the band’s ultra-talented founder, Mike Shinoda.

Kenny Beats explains how for the first time in the history of hip-hop, an American sub-genre made its way across the pond to the UK, only to come back to the States in an updated form that is now influencing American rappers.

Rick Rubin and Kenny Beats discuss the regional sounds of Hip Hop

Rick Rubin talks to the great Joan Baez about her long career as a singer and activist.

Most people know Rivers Cuomo as Weezer’s brilliant, quirky lead singer. But one thing people may not know, is that several years ago, a bizarre conspiracy theory made its way around the Web that Rivers was actually Kurt Cobain.

Rick Rubin connected with Earth, Wind & Fire's Verdine White to talk about the early days of the band and about their producer, Charles Stepney, who Verdine calls their George Martin and Rick reads to Verdine a poignant note from the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea about what makes Verdine’s bass playing so special.

Fresh off his 14th Grammy nomination, this time for his latest release, King's Disease, Nas connects Rick Rubin to talk about his earliest experiences with rap in Queens, how recording his last album with Kanye West in Wyoming almost took him out of his zone and how early beef with Jay Z made them both stronger rappers.

Legendary Music Journalist Lisa Robinson

Ben Folds tells Bruce Headlam the origins of his biggest hit, "Brick," the time Kesha dove into a pool fully clothed to rescue his phone, and the time he unknowingly destroyed a priceless Steinway piano on Australian TV, plus other anecdotes from his memoir, A Dream About Lightning Bugs.

Malcolm Gladwell speaks with co-founder and chairman of the JackTrip Foundation and the creator of Virtual Studio, Mike Dickey.

Nashville producer Dave Cobb has earned six Grammys for his standout work with artists like Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile and Chris Stapleton. Over the past 15 years Dave's managed to inject some much-needed soul into country music.

Jim James talks about and performs some songs off My Morning Jacket's The Waterfall 2.

James Blake speaks with Rick Rubin about his new Covers EP — and plays too.

Rick Rubin connected with Pharrell Williams over Zoom recently to talk through and listen to some of the biggest hits from Pharrell’s illustrious career.