It seems that Ben Folds is everywhere these days. Turn on your TV and you'll see him as one of the judges on The Sing Off (currently in its third season), he recently appeared as a cohost on the fourth hour of the Today Show filling in for Kathie Lee Gifford, and he's heavily promoting his new album, The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective . He even appeared on The Nerdist podcast with Chris Hardwick making my geek girl heart squee with delight. Mr. Folds has taken the media by storm (if my mom knows who you are, [...]
Ben Folds, for all his blind-alley turns into jokes that go nowhere, retains a particular eye for the turn of phrase, for the precise word the opens your heart like a flower. On this, a previously unreleased new recording with the Ben Folds Five, he talks about a house as if its a living presence at first, something that tells [...]

I know a lot of people who roll their eyes when they hear the words “Ben Folds.” But listen to this song before you do that. The track is called “Fired” and he plays the piano pretty incredibly here. No, really incredibly here! Mp3: Ben Folds- Fired .

[It's a little bit like our Austin showcase, all over again ...] Monday night's tunes: ► Hanni El Khatib (pictured at the Buzz Bands LA party in Austin in March) celebrates the release of his debut album "Will the Guns Comes Out" at the Echo, leading into the final performing of Kissing Cousins' residency. ► Satellite residents Big Black Delta wind up a great month by celebrating the release of their debut "BBDLP1." with Letting Up Despite Great Faults (who also [...]

En una entrevista con Spinner , el músico estadounidense Ben Folds confió que hacia fin de año probablemente se junte con sus compañeros de Ben Folds Five para grabar nuevo material. Cuando le consultaron sobre el compilado que produjo este año, Folds afirmó que además de las nuevas canciones, en el proceso de creación salieron cosas más extremas. “Así que creo que en diciembre probablemente nos juntemos para hacer eso siempre y cuando tenga nuevo material cuando vuelva al estudio” , [...]
Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive Sony As Ben Folds was working on a best-of compilation of his music from the last 20 years, his label, Sony, suggested that he record some new music with his former band, Ben Folds Five , to bookend the set. Prior to this, Folds, drummer Darren Jessee and bassist Robert Sledge hadn't recorded new music together as Ben Folds Five in over a decade. [...]

Após aventuras no ChatRoulette, trilhas de filmes e a combinação musical-literária do excelente Lonely Avenue , feito em parceria com o autor Nick Hornby , Ben Folds chegou ao momento em sua carreira de lançar uma coletânea de grandes momentos. Para a antologia, que recebe o título de The Best Imitation Of Myself: A Retrospective , Ben reviveu sua banda Ben Folds Five e acaba de lançar a primeira música do grupo em 10 anos: House . House revive as memórias de um protagonista traumatizado [...]

It’s been ten years since the power-pop trio Ben Folds Five have recorded music together. Their break-up was unexpected and to this particular fan a harsh blow. Sure, Folds himself has gone on to have a successful solo career. But deep down, everyone knows that his musical output just hasn't been as good as the days when he was making music with Darren Jesse and Robert Sledge. There's been a glimmer of hope, however, with the Reinhold Messner reunion in late 2008 and rumors that the three will begin [...]

Hotel Lights is the chosen moniker for Ben Folds drummer's solo project Darren Jessee. Hotel Lights latest release Girl Graffiti is available for your listening pleasure as of today. And as with any Hotel Lights music - we recommend you check it out. Hotel Lights - Falling Down

Pofuduk yataktan yukarıdaki manzaraya uyandım. Telaşla kalkıp eşyalarımı hazırladım. Turdaki en acayip sabah bu olsa gerek. Birkaç saat sonra uçağa bineceğiz ama nereye gideceğimiz meçhul. Los Angeles, San Francisco, New Orleans dedikoduları dönüyor. İhtimaller mutluluk verici. Uçuş kartlarımızı almak üzere tur görevlilerine gittiğimizde patlatıyorlar sürprizi: Chicago’ya gidiyoruz! Geceden beri usul usul yaklaşmakta olan yağmur bulutları içini boşaltırken ayrılıyoruz Miami’den. Chicago’da ne yapacağız? Yine clubbing mi? Artık canlı bir grup dinlemenin zamanı geldi derken ibreler rock’a dönüyor, uçakta Pearl Jam çalmaya başlıyor. Tamam diyorum, bir şeyler olacak. Bu gece konser var. Uyuklayarak, çekilişlerle, [...]
Mondays are for first days that are hopefully better than your last first day. Cassettes Won't Listen - 'The Echoes' Ben Folds, Damian Kulash, Amanda Palmer & Neil Gaiman - "One Tiny Thing" Doug Hoyer - 'Northern Lights' Doug Hoyer - 'Oh, the wind will blow' (I know we don't usually include two songs by [...]

Click image to download full album Sounds like: Sufjan Stevens, Ariel Pink, Jonathan Boulet, Ben Folds "Tim Fitz - Hopelessman" What's so good? Hailing from Sydney, Tim Fitz is the new age one-man band. A band would be happy to have the humble Mr. Fitz as their drummer, or on the keys, or as their lead guitarist, or singer, or even bassist. I’m sure he’d [...]

The fallout from this past weekend's Vomitgate continues to bring some more less then wanted attention on the Kings Of Leon . First came the news that the cancellation of the remaining 29 dates of the U.S., due to lead singer Caleb Followill's "vocal issues and exhaustion," could cost the band as much as $15 million to promoters, venues and others who lost money from the tour. The latest in this seemingly soap opera-style saga, which has also included a telling Tweet from the band's drummer Jared, comes news that the band's management firm Vector [...]
We present five of the best covers Ben Folds has ever performed, including tunes by Dr. Dre, the Clash, the Cure, the Darkness and George Michael.
While collaborating with Bob Saget is clearly the pinnacle for any musician's resume, Ben Folds has had a long, fruitful career up to that glorious moment. Whether it was with Ben Folds Five or on his own, Folds has a rich back catalog, one which he'll make great use of when he releases his career retrospective The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective this October. The three-CD release will see a different focus for each disc. The first, The Best Imitation of Myself , features everything from the Ben Folds [...]

La larga y exitosa carrera de Ben Folds tendrá su propia antología: hace unos meses nos enteramos que el músico estaba trabajando en una importante recopilación , y ahora tenemos los detalles de esa gran colección que ha sido titulada The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective , que estará a la venta el 11 de octubre a través de Legacy Recordings . La colección estará disponible en un solo disco o en un conjunto de 3 CDs, que incluirá notas y observaciones canción por canción del [...]
In the most gangsta thing he's done since Half Baked (or possibly the last season of Full House ), Bob Saget surprised Ben Folds at a July 21st concert at LA's The Wiltern by joining the piano man on his cover of Snoop Dogg's "Bitches Ain't Shit". How's that sound, Kimmy Gibbler?

Review - Ben Folds @ The Wiltern - Los Angeles, CA - 07/21/11 This review of Ben Folds at the Wiltern comes from Sussana Dooley Boney. I meet Sussana while we were both working at Paramount Studios in Hollywood and have to say that she is one of the most bubbly and effervescent people I have had the privilege to know. I hadn't seen Sussan in a few years, but by random chance she happened upon a car party that I just so happened to be a part of. She asked me how YTC [...]