Ben Folds drops brand-new album recorded live at the Kennedy Center in Washington before Trump seized it and Folds resigned ...

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The release of 'Ben Folds Live with the National Symphony Orchestra' follows his resignation as the NSO's artistic advisor in ...

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The record opens with “But Wait, There’s More,” a track that manages to be both searingly sardonic and spiritually hopeful—a ...

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Sitting at the keyboard between tunes Thursday evening, one Ben paraphrased another. “It’s a pops orchestra, if you can keep ...

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Ben Folds was the artistic advisor of the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center before quitting when Donald Trump ...

Ben Folds has released a new live album recorded with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC ...