Filmmaker and philanthropist David Lynch, whose foundation helps introduce transcendental meditation to those suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome and other afflictions, has a new compilation Download for Good: Music that Changes the World exclusively on Apple’s iTunes Music Service. Among the thirty-three tracks offered for $11.99 is Ben’s rendition (more…)
Album Release
Song included in “Download for Good” compilation
Ryan Lerman’s album now on iTunes
Ben’s bassist Ryan Lerman, who has been releasing his musical creations one by one on channels such as YouTube, has put them all together into an album now available on Apple’s iTunes Music Service. The seven tracks (more…)
Retrospective compilation in the works
Updated (see below)
Ben’s been talking about his latest recording project, a retrospective 3-volume set spanning his musical career. Each disc of the three-disc set, to be released on Sony’s Legacy label, will be of a different theme: one a historical “best of” for newer fans, one a live compilation, and the third, undoubtedly the most desirable, (more…)
Lonely Avenue
Ben’s newest opus, Lonely Avenue, drops September 28 on Nonesuch Records. Departing from the Sony/Epic label that he’s been with since the second Ben Folds Five record, Whatever and Ever Amen, the album represents a collaboration between Folds and the author Nick Hornby, who penned the lyrics, to which Ben wrote music. String arrangements are by well-known pop arranger Paul Buckmaster, who also arranged for Elton John, David Bowie and Leonard Cohen. The album has been sequenced and mastered, specifically as a work to be listened to in the LP format (two-sided, approximately 25 minute sets) and will be released in a variety of formats including audiophile vinyl LP (mastered at Abbey Road Studios and pressed in Germany at Pallas Manufacturing) and CD in addition to the now customary digital downloads, plus there will be a special edition including four short stories written by Hornby. And, Ben confirms that there will be a tour. Read the press release and more at the Nonesuch Records site.
