Piano pop guru Ben Folds has finally released the details of his new orchestra album that will feature collaborations with yMusic and the Nashville Symphony.
North Carolina's native son Ben Folds recently announced a new album recorded and arranged in collaboration with New York-based sextet yMusic. The duo will hit the road next month, with the tour kicking off right here in the Triangle.
It's shaping up to be a busy year for Ben Folds. He's in the studio through March with bandmates Robert Sledge and Darren Jessee working on a new Ben Folds Five album, due out as early as this spring with a tour to follow. But before that, the piano meister is returning to the Triangle for a pair of dates with the North Carolina Symphony.
Legendary Chapel Hill piano rock band Ben Folds Five have officially started to work on their first new album since 1999's The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner.
Piano pop geek Ben Folds has a strong following in Japan which dates back to the Ben Folds Five days. He is also known for his irreverent covers, the most popular in recent memory being Dr. Dre's "Bitches Ain't Shit."
If you've never seen the singing competition show "The Sing-Off," you're missing out, because it's the only singing competition show on television worth watching. The show pits acapella groups against each other and most of them are quite good.
After releasing the album Lonely Avenue on Tuesday (check out our review here), Ben Folds and Nick Hornby have released their first music for the song "From Above."
The collaboration between piano pop guru Ben Folds and acclaimed author Nick Hornby, Lonely Avenue, has been a long time coming and the result was worth the wait.
The long awaited collaboration between Ben Folds and Nick Hornby, an album titled Lonely Avenue, is almost here (it will be released on Sept. 28 via Nonesuch Records). You don't have to wait to hear it though. The album is streaming now on Ben Folds' MySpace page.
In the process of promoting their highly anticipated album Lonely Avenue, Ben Folds and Nick Hornby took a little time to record and film a brand new song not featured on the album with the duo Pomplamoose who has become famous for the concept of VideoSong.We've mentioned the highly anticipated new album Lonely Avenue featuring the music of Ben Folds and the words of Nick Hornby a number of times before. As the release date slowly approaches, Sept. 28, we now have a track from the album to share with you.The long awaited collaboration between acclaimed writer Nick Horby and piano-pop geek Ben Folds finally has a release date. We first brought you info about the collaboration almost two years ago, and now the album album will be released via Nonesuch Records on September 28.
Here is easily one of the funniest things I've seen in a while. At his recent concert in Charlotte at the Fillmore, Ben Folds logged on to the new random chat service called Chatroulette and played songs for and about the people who popped up to chat. He has been kind enough to share a video of the experience with us. The toilet guy is particularly funny. Don't worry about content because they edited out the penises. Check it out below.
Ben Folds will play with the North Carolina Symphony at Meymandi Hall on March 25, according to one of David Menconi's tipsters.
For today only you can download the song "Effington" from Ben Folds newly released (as of today) collection of a cappella tunes titled Ben Folds Presents: University A Cappella!. I say that like we haven't mention it a million times. The song which is one of two that Folds sings rather than a college group can be downloaded on the MySpace Music homepage (just look for the box on the right side).
We've got more on Ben Folds for you. We've told you about his new album of a cappella versions of his songs performed by college groups titled Ben Folds Presents: University A Cappella!. Now you can stream the entire record before it is released next Tuesday, April 28. Go to Ben Folds' iLike.com page to stream the album.
The bi-annual concerts in the quad on Duke's campus are always an adventure. It really seems that the laws on campus are suspended when the campus throws a party and things can be a pretty crazy with a whole lot of obnoxious thrown in. But Ben Folds' performance for the Last Day of Classes party was worth the hassle.
So here's a show that's managed to fly under the radar. Duke University has lined up another big show this year for their Last Day of Classes party. Last year, The Roots played. This year will feature Ben Folds, Gym Class Heroes, Girl Talk and Mike Posner and the Brain Trust. Local boys The Huguenots will play early on the Plaza stage. This will all go down on Wednesday, April 22. Check out a schedule of performers below.
Details of Ben Folds' new collection of a capella songs performed by University groups dubbed Ben Folds Presents: University A Cappella! have been released. The awesome/hilarious album art can be seen to the right. The Spartones from UNCG which we speculated about earlier will open the album with their version of "Not the Same." It is followed by "Jesusland" performed by the UNC female group Loreleis. It is nice to see Folds giving the opening tracks to his home state's groups. Check out the rest of the track list below.
We just brought you the initial information about Ben Folds a capella album last week and now according to multiple sources, the album has a release date and a title. The album is titled Ben Folds Presents: University A Capella! and will be released on April 7. There is still no word yet on the final track list and university groups included on the release, but we'll let you know once we know.