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, ...

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

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