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Ben Folds drops brand-new album recorded live at the Kennedy Center in Washington before Trump seized it and Folds resigned ...
The release of 'Ben Folds Live with the National Symphony Orchestra' follows his resignation as the NSO's artistic advisor in ...
July 4, 2025 Folds spoke to our John Doran about his departure from the Kennedy Center while marking the release of his new album which was recorded there. French police puncture migrant boats at sea ...
Thursday evening's concert featured Ben Folds invoking Ben Franklin. “It’s a pops orchestra, if you can keep it," he said.
By nature, it is not run in a partisan, politician way. That infringes on people’s freedom of speech because you feel that ...
The singer-songwriter resigned after President Donald Trump’s takeover of the D.C. arts center. Now he’s explaining why.
Ben Folds did not go quietly.When the Trump-installed leadership swept into the Kennedy Center like a cultural wrecking ball, ...
Philly is already in the thick of Fourth of July week preparations and festivities, with Wawa’s Welcome America lineup in ...
Ben Folds has released a new live album recorded with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC ...
Singer-songwriter Ben Folds, who quit his role at the Kennedy Center after Trump’s takeover, slammed new MAGA director Richard Grenell for “throwing little hissy fits” and airing political “grievances ...
Ben Folds released a defiant live album with the National Symphony Orchestra, months after he resigned due to Trump taking ...
Tanglewood’s summer season opens July 5 with 145 events over 11 weeks, including opera, world premieres and performances by ...