Ben Folds Archive
31 Dec 2025
Musoscribe’s Best of 2025: Interviews
I paused to count ‘em up recently, and realized that I have conducted over 1,300 interviews. More than 1,100 of those have been with music artists. Most every one has […]
06 Oct 2025
Ben Folds is ‘Capable of Anything’
Ben Folds has always enjoyed defying expectations. The band he led for many years, Ben Folds Five, was a trio, not a quintet. And while the Winston-Salem native is no […]
29 Sep 2025
Take Five: Tracks Illustrating Ben Folds’ Versatility
North Carolina-born pianist, singer and songwriter Ben Folds came on the national scene in the 1990s with his band Ben Folds Five (in fact a guitarless trio, not a quintet). […]
15 Sep 2025
30 Days Out, September 2025 #2: Tinsley Ellis, Mountain Goats, Redd Kross, Ben Folds
Blues, indie rock, punk pop (the good kind) and intelligent rock-meets-orchestra. Wow; what an exciting thirty days here in Asheville. Onward… Artist: Tinsley Ellis Venue: Grey Eagle Date: Sunday, Sep. […]
20 Aug 2025
Ben Folds’ Solo Shows and Orchestral Concerts: But Wait, There’s More
Ben Folds is playing dates with orchestras, and he’s scheduling performances that will feature him alone onstage with a piano. Those solo dates showcase just one of the many dimensions […]
17 Aug 2020
Ben Folds Five’s Debut at 25
In 1997, Ben Folds Five’s second album, Whatever and Ever Amen took the charts by storm. By ’90s measures as unlikely an act as could be imagined, the North Carolina-based […]
01 Jun 2020
30 Days Out, June 2020 #1: TAUK, Ben Folds, Vancouver Electronic Ensemble, John Prine Tribute
In recent weeks I’ve conducted interviews with a number of professions whose businesses involve servicing the music community in various ways. A consensus seems to be forming – and this […]