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The Emmy-nominated singer-songwriter-composer has created an enormous body of genre-bending music that includes pop albums with Ben Folds Five, multiple solo albums, and numerous collaborative records.
His latest album What Matters Most was released this summer to rave reviews – MOJO Magazine called it “near flawless; a whole semester of song-craft in 40 minutes,” Clash Magazine declared “Ben Folds just released what may well be the best songwriting record of the year..a tour de force.”
He is currently on a global tour to promote it across the US, UK and Europe this year. For the past three decades, he’s toured as a pop artist, while also performing with some of the world’s greatest symphony orchestras.
A New York Times Best Selling author and podcast host, Ben is also working on new compositions for film, tv and theatre. He frequently guest stars in films and TV, and serves as the first Artistic Advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.
In 2022, Ben launched a music education charitable initiative in his native state of North Carolina entitled “Keys For Keys,” which provides funds and keyboards to existing nonprofits that provide free or affordable music lessons to interested school-age children. And he continually advocates for improving public policies for the arts and arts education on the national level as a member of Americans For The Arts and the Arts Action Fund.
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Ben Folds On Stage with North Carolina Symphony, March 22-23
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Arthur Ryel-Lindsey
Next week, alt favorite Ben Folds rocks out in Raleigh in a two-night return to the North Carolina Symphony. The North Carolina native and pop music guru on the hit reality television show The Sing-Off joins the Symphony and Associate Conductor Sarah Hicks for two different concert programs on Thursday and Friday, March 22-23. Folds, along with the orchestra, puts an epic twist on selections from his 15-year career on the cutting edge of rock music. The concerts take place ...
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Mountain Jam 2012: Winwood, Mule, Franti, Roots, Ben Folds Five
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JamBase
STEVE WINWOOD, GOV'T MULE TO HEADLINE 8TH ANNUAL MOUNTAIN JAM FESTIVAL MAY 31-JUNE 3, 2012 Radio Woodstock and world-renowned guitarist Warren Haynes (Gov't Mule, Allman Brothers Band, The Dead) present the 8th annual Mountain Jam Festival at Hunter Mountain, NY from Thursday, May 31 through Sunday, June 3, 2012. Mountain Jam will welcome its strongest lineup of talent yet with approximately 50 bands on 4 stages over the course of the 4-day Festival. Discounted early-bird VIP, 3-Day, 4-Day, and Camping ...
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Ben Folds - Speed Graphic (2003)
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Something Else!
By Tom Johnson Ben Folds opened this EP (Speed Graphic refers to the camera seen on the sleeve) with the Cure's “In Between Days." While staying true to the Cure's sound, he managed to inject an extra little dose of his hopeful optimism into the song: It's just a quality of his soft, youthful voice that he always sounds optimistic, even in the most dismal of surroundings. And dismal was what followed “In Between Days," in the form of “Give ...
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Ben Folds: Midwest Tour
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JamBase
LONELY AVENUE AVAILABLE NOW Next month, Ben Folds plays six shows in the Midwest in support of his new collaboration with eminent English novelist Nick Hornby, Lonely Avenue, out now on Nonesuch Records. See below for all dates. Tour Dates:
December 14 Beacon Theatre New York, NY January 23 First Avenue Minneapolis, MN January 25 Assembly Hall at Univ. of Illinois Champaign, IL January 26 Memorial Auditorium at Ohio Univ. Athens, OH January 27 Overture Center Madison, WI January 28 ...
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Ben Folds: New Album and Tour
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JamBase
THIRTEEN DATE TOUR STARTS NOVEMBER 5 IN CHICAGO Ben Folds is set to tour the U.S. throughout November in support of Lonely Avenue, a collaboration between him and bestselling English novelist Nick Hornby, due September 28 on Nonesuch Records. Folds' 13 tour dates feature performances at a number of beloved venues including Chicago's Riviera and Atlanta's Tabernacle. The tour concludes with a Thanksgiving weekend homecoming performance at Nashville's Tennessee Performing Arts Center to benefit the Nashville Symphony. Members of the ...
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Ben Folds New Album: 9/30
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All About Jazz
BEN FOLDS TO RELEASE NEW RECORD, WAY TO NORMAL, SEPTEMBER 30
Ben Folds Epic Records is proud to announce the release of the much-anticipated new album from Ben Folds, Way To Normal, on September 30, 2008. The album, Folds' third as a solo artist since the break up of the Ben Folds Five in 2000, was mostly recorded at his studio in Nashville and produced by Dennis Herring (Elvis Costello, Modest Mouse, The Hives). Featuring Folds on vocals and piano, ...
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