{"id":38735,"date":"2025-07-04T21:04:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T21:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/04\/ben-folds-releases-new-live-album-with-national-symphony-orchestra\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T21:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T21:04:11","slug":"ben-folds-releases-new-live-album-with-national-symphony-orchestra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/04\/ben-folds-releases-new-live-album-with-national-symphony-orchestra\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Folds Releases New Live Album with National Symphony Orchestra"},"content":{"rendered":"


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For eight years, Folds served as National Symphony Orchestra\u2019s first-ever Artistic Advisor \u2014 until Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n\tThis Fourth of July, musician Ben Folds<\/a> has released a brand-new album recorded live at the sold-out Concert Hall of the John F. Kennedy Center<\/a> for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The show took place before Trump seized the Center and Folds resigned<\/a> from his leadership position there in protest<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe album, Ben Folds<\/a> Live with the National Symphony Orchestra<\/em>, features both Ben Folds classics and new music in collaboration with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Steven Reineke. Regina Spektor and Tall Heights appear as guests, and a choir of sorts is made up of Doug Peck, Nicholas Kassoy, and Marc Silvey.<\/p>\n

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\n\tIn addition to streaming from multiple DSPs, physical copies of Ben Folds Live with the National Symphony Orchestra <\/em>are available, including signed CDs and a range of vinyl presses. On July 10 at 8:30 p.m. ET, Folds will also join TalkShopLive<\/a> to discuss the new album. Folds will also be touring solo and accompanied by orchestras across the U.S., with more information available here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe album was recorded on Oct. 25 and 26, 2024, ahead of Folds\u2019 resignation from his post as the first-ever Artistic Advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO). According to a release, Folds left as Trump\u2019s takeover signaled \u201ca betrayal of mission, a hostile remodeling of one of America\u2019s most vital cultural institutions and artistic sanctuaries.\u201d Many artists, including Lin Manuel Miranda<\/a>, the cast of Les Miserables<\/em><\/a>, and Issa Rae<\/a> have protested the Kennedy Center<\/a> since Trump\u2019s reorganization of it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n


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