Pre-Release
- APR 19, 2024
- 12 Songs
- Rockin' the Suburbs · 2001
- Over the Hedge (Music from the Motion Picture) · 2006
- Songs for Silverman · 2005
- Rockin' the Suburbs · 2001
- Way To Normal (Expanded Edition) · 2008
- Rockin' the Suburbs · 2001
- Over the Hedge (Music from the Motion Picture) · 2006
- Over the Hedge (Music from the Motion Picture) · 2006
- Rockin' the Suburbs · 2001
- Rockin' the Suburbs · 2001
Albums
- 2024
- 2023
- 2015
- 2008
Artist Playlists
- Dynamic power-pop spunk arms this witty piano man.
- Heartbreak, humor, and piano magic underpin this collection.
- This singer/songwriter can find elegance anywhere.
- 2020
About Ben Folds
Ben Folds is the consummate alt-rock piano man. Born in North Carolina in 1966, Folds carved out a singular sound for himself in the mid-’90s with his band, Ben Folds Five, blending catchy, virtuosic ivory-tinkling with Gen X angst and lyrics that explore both heartbreak and hilarity. He went solo with 2001’s Rockin’ the Suburbs, skewering white, male, middle-class ennui over heavy guitar riffs on the title track. On 2005’s Songs for Silverman, the piano returned to the foreground, driving pensive ballads (“Landed (New Version)”), propulsive pop (“Bastard”), and, on the vinyl version, an impossibly somber take on Dr. Dre’s “Bitches Ain’t Shit.” Folds has always been a prolific collaborator—he counts William Shatner and Weird Al among his partners—and 2008’s Way to Normal arrived with a lead single, “You Don’t Know Me,” featuring fellow singer and pianist Regina Spektor. The album heralded an expansion of sound for Folds with its lush, often symphonic instrumentation on tracks like the sweeping “Cologne.”
- BORN
- September 12, 1966
- GENRE
- Rock