Ben Folds is an Emmy Award-nominated singer-songwriter who has created an enormous body of genre-bending music that includes pop albums with Ben Folds Five, multiple solo albums, a holiday album and many collaborative records.
He currently tours as a pop artist, while also performing with some of the world’s greatest symphony orchestras.
A New York Times best-selling author, Folds also composes new music for film, television and theater.
In 2022, he launched a music-education charitable initiative titled “Keys for Kids” in his native state of North Carolina. It provides funds and keyboards to existing nonprofits that offer free or affordable piano lessons to school-age children from economically disadvantaged households. As a member of Americans for the Arts and the Arts Action Fund, Folds also advocates for improving public policies for the arts and arts education on the national level.
June 2025
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