Latest Release
- 19 APR 2024
- 12 Songs
- Rockin' the Suburbs · 2001
- Rockin' the Suburbs · 2001
- It's the Small Things, Charlie Brown (Apple TV+ Original Soundtrack) - Single · 2022
- Ben Folds Live · 2002
- I Am Sam (Music from and Inspired By the Motion Picture) · 2002
- About Time (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) · 2013
- Rockin' the Suburbs · 2001
- Ben Folds Live · 2002
- Over the Hedge (Music from the Motion Picture) · 2006
- Way To Normal (Expanded Edition) · 2008
Albums
- 2024
- 2023
- 2015
- 2008
- 2005
Artist Playlists
- Dynamic power-pop spunk arms this witty piano man.
- This singer/songwriter can find elegance anywhere.
Singles & EPs
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 sombre 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
- 12 September 1966
- GENRE
- Rock