Ben Folds will release a new album, What Matters Most, on June 2 via New West Records. It’s his first album in eight years, and he made it in Nashville with producer Joe Pisapia (K.D. Lang, Guster); ...

Writing an autobiographical song can turn into a problematic experience. Worrying about recounting everything that happened might rob a song of anything that makes it relatable to the audience. Ben ...

Ben Folds first made an impact as the leader of the Ben Folds Five, an indie band that found a niche as a melodic alternative in the grunge-filled 1990s. After just three albums together, the band ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Seconds pass slowly, and years go flying by,” a twenty-something Ben Folds sings on “Jackson Cannery,” the opening track of his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Get ready to rock with acclaimed singer-songwriter Ben Folds as he embarks on his 2025 tour this spring. His just-announced tour ...

The National Symphony Orchestra is caught in the middle of President Trump's muddled meddling in the Kennedy Center - here's ...

Ben Folds lugged a baby grand around the country in a van, has been a judge on NBC’s The Sing-Off, and was named the first-ever artistic advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy ...

Ben Folds is widely regarded as one of the major music influencers of our generation. The Emmy-nominated singer-songwriter-composer has created an enormous body of genre-bending music that includes ...

Ben Folds’ pop confections are sweet and tart, a recipe that makes him popular with both boomers and college students. He’s a master melodist and sly satirist, a sentimental cynic and piano pounder ...

The Ben Folds Five was a trio, a “bad math joke,” as the namesake singer-pianist-leader once put it. They were an anomaly in the late ‘90s, a piano band in a guitar universe, playing six-chord songs ...

Recently, Finneas revealed that he and his sister Billie Eilish are in songwriting mode for the latter’s upcoming third album. As good work takes time, it may be awhile before we hear what they’ve ...

“As satisfying and safe as it can feel to have mastered a craft, it also can be a sign that it’s time to learn a new trick,” the musician writes. “Your dad’s tired-ass rock music fuckin’ sucks!” an ...