The singer-songwriter resigned after President Donald Trump’s takeover of the D.C. arts center. Now he’s explaining why.

Ben Folds released a defiant live album with the National Symphony Orchestra, months after he resigned due to Trump taking ...

Ben Folds drops brand-new album recorded live at the Kennedy Center in Washington before Trump seized it and Folds resigned ...

Singer-songwriter Ben Folds, who quit his role at the Kennedy Center after Trump’s takeover, slammed new MAGA director ...

Folds was named the NSO’s first artistic advisor in 2017, and recorded the live album last October at the Concert Hall of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C ...

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 ...

This Fourth of July, musician Ben Folds has released a brand-new album recorded live at the sold-out Concert Hall of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The show ...

Folds made his first public appearance in DC since stepping down to promote a new album featuring the National Symphony ...

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