ben folds five Archive
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). […]
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 […]
28 Jun 2019
Your Most Valuable Possession: Ben Folds Five’s ‘…Reinhold Messner’ at 20
North Carolina-based Ben Folds Five came on the scene in 1995 with their self-titled debut album. The Chapel Hill band had been together two years, honing their unusual (in a […]
29 Jun 2018
Liner Notes News
I’ve been extraordinarily busy lately. After devoting a large chunk of 2017 to the writing of my first book, Reinventing Pink Floyd: From Syd Barrett to The Dark Side of […]