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Ben Folds Presents:: University A Cappella!

Mar 26, 2009, 5:04am

Ben Folds Presents:: University A Cappella!

Ben Folds was intrigued to discover that there are 1,200 active college a cappella groups across the country, and that many of them love to cover his songs. As a result, Folds decided to A&R and produce a record gathering the best of these performances. When word got out, the response was tremendous and resulted in 250 videos on YouTube. Folds would come off stage every night and spend hours pouring over these entries, ultimately choosing 15 groups to record. Ben, his wife Fleur, and his engineer Joe Costa packed up their equipment, and hopped on planes, trains [...]

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