While Ben gears up for the 2024 Paper Airplane Request Tour, he reflected a bit on his favorite and least favorite parts of this type of tour. Here’s How It Works: 1. Come to a show 2. Write down a song request on the provided paper 3. Fold it into an airplane 4. Launch it on cue Then Ben randomly picks em up and plays the request! #BenFoldsPaperAirplaneRequestTour
Grab your ticket and a piece of paper! The #PaperAirplaneRequestTour kicks off on May 30 in Charleston, SC. More dates coming soon…
Impromptu jam session with Ben and Katie Cronin at Ben’s Songwriter Retreat in Topanga Canyon, California this week. Katie joined other songwriters for 3 days of intense workshops led by Ben. Video taken by Renata June Almeida, another of the songwriter participants.
More cities announced for the #PaperAirplaneRequestTour! Visit benfolds.com/tour to learn more.
Maurice seeing the world outside his neighborhood for the first time, from a tour bus. (Maurice is in foreground – that’s Josh behind and he’s seen pretty much everything)
Check out the VIP packages for the #PaperAirplaneRequestTour! Visit benfolds.com/tour to learn more and to book your experience. Available in select cities.
Check out the VIP packages for the #PaperAirplaneRequestTour! Visit benfolds.com/tour to learn more and to book your experience. Available in select cities.
Fight the Sunday scaries with the virtuosic @JacobCollier and chart-topping @doddleoddle’s performance of “Summer Rain” with the @natsymphonydc as part of @actualbenfolds’ DECLASSIFIED series which challenges artists to re-imagine their work through an orchestral lens. #KenCenNextPBS Watch the full the episode at the #LinkInBio NEXT at the Kennedy Center on @PBS features programs across the Center’s season, showcasing artists who are at the forefront of their disciplines and serve as culture bearers of the 21st century. #KenCenNextPBS
Check out Jazz artist, @laufey’s performance with the @natsymphonydc of a refreshing rendition of her piece “From the Start.” VIDEO LINK IN BIO #KenCenNextPBS #Laufey #PBS
Next Friday at 10/9c on PBS, @actualbenfolds invites the virtuosic @jacobcollier, rising jazz superstar @laufey, and chart-topping English singer-songwriter @doddleoddle to reimagine their music alongside the @natsymphonydc at the @kennedycenter. #KenCenNextPBS Learn more at the #LinkInBio
DECLASSIFIED host and NSO Artistic Advisor Ben Folds welcomes dynamic pop star BANKS and indie rocker Julien Baker for the next concert in his popular late-night series! This Kennedy Center-exclusive “part concert, part party” event defies the traditional symphony presentation by offering great live music—both classical and contemporary—performed by today’s hottest artists in a laid-back, casual setting. Ticket link in bio!
“Boldly go means to love, to take responsibility of what’s below and above and never to live to regret.” –@williamshatner 🌎🎶 Today marks the NSO’s release of the digital album, “So Fragile, So Blue” featuring @williamshatner with @actualbenfolds and the NSO, led by Principal Pops conductor @stevenreineke, and composed by @jherekbischoff. 🎧Stream the digital album at the #LinkInBio 📆Mark your calendar for the vinyl and CD albums coming 7/19
“Boldly go means to love, to take responsibility of what’s below and above and never to live to regret.” –@williamshatner 🌎🎶 Today marks the NSO’s release of the digital album, “So Fragile, So Blue” featuring @williamshatner with @actualbenfolds and the NSO, led by Principal Pops conductor @stevenreineke, and composed by @jherekbischoff. 🎧Stream the digital album at the #LinkInBio 📆Mark your calendar for the vinyl and CD albums coming 7/19
“Boldly go means to love, to take responsibility of what’s below and above and never to live to regret.” –@williamshatner 🌎🎶 Today marks the NSO’s release of the digital album, “So Fragile, So Blue” featuring @williamshatner with @actualbenfolds and the NSO, led by Principal Pops conductor @stevenreineke, and composed by @jherekbischoff. 🎧Stream the digital album at the #LinkInBio 📆Mark your calendar for the vinyl and CD albums coming 7/19
“Boldly go means to love, to take responsibility of what’s below and above and never to live to regret.” –@williamshatner 🌎🎶 Today marks the NSO’s release of the digital album, “So Fragile, So Blue” featuring @williamshatner with @actualbenfolds and the NSO, led by Principal Pops conductor @stevenreineke, and composed by @jherekbischoff. 🎧Stream the digital album at the #LinkInBio 📆Mark your calendar for the vinyl and CD albums coming 7/19
“Boldly go means to love, to take responsibility of what’s below and above and never to live to regret.” –@williamshatner 🌎🎶 Today marks the NSO’s release of the digital album, “So Fragile, So Blue” featuring @williamshatner with @actualbenfolds and the NSO, led by Principal Pops conductor @stevenreineke, and composed by @jherekbischoff. 🎧Stream the digital album at the #LinkInBio 📆Mark your calendar for the vinyl and CD albums coming 7/19
“Boldly go means to love, to take responsibility of what’s below and above and never to live to regret.” –@williamshatner 🌎🎶 Today marks the NSO’s release of the digital album, “So Fragile, So Blue” featuring @williamshatner with @actualbenfolds and the NSO, led by Principal Pops conductor @stevenreineke, and composed by @jherekbischoff. 🎧Stream the digital album at the #LinkInBio 📆Mark your calendar for the vinyl and CD albums coming 7/19
snag yours at benfolds.com/tour! #BenFoldsPaperAirplaneRequestTour
“The reason I’m so enthusiastic and passionate about this initiative is that I believe our young people need, now more than ever, what music has to offer. Music is where we find harmony. It enhances our ability to learn, to communicate, and to be inspired in all facets of our lives.” – Ben Folds To learn more on how to support organizations like @emergegallery, visit benfolds.com/keysforkids
There’s no better way to celebrate William Shatner’s 93rd birthday than the release of his new single, “I Want to Be a Tree,” backed by @actualbenfolds and the NSO, led by our Principal Pops conductor @stevenreineke. Read the @rollingstone article about today’s release and learn more about the upcoming album “So Fragile, So Blue” at the #LinkInBio 📸: @jatiphoto
@reneeflemingmusic asked Ben, who serves as Artistic Advisor to the @natsymphonydc at the @kennedycenter, to contribute to a ground-breaking new anthology about the powerful impacts of music and arts on health and the human experience! “Music and Mind: Harnessing the Arts for Health and Wellness” is a comprehensive overview of the astonishing advances at the intersection of arts and health, with chapters by leading scientists, artists, creative arts therapists, educators, and physicians, edited by Fleming. The book goes on sale on April 9, but you can pre-order now! Link in bio.
Watch @laufey, @doddleoddle, and @jacobcollier perform “Wild Mountain Thyme” with the @natsymphonydc! Link in bio. #KenCenNextPBS #Laufey #PBS #dodie #jacobcollier #declassified
“This album is about something we all have in common; this beautiful planet Earth that we all call home.” –@williamshatner Today we’re excited to release “Are You The Bayou?”–the second single from our upcoming album, “So Fragile, So Blue” with William Shatner, and backed by @actualbenfolds and the NSO, led by our Principal Pops conductor @stevenreineke. 🎧 Stream the new track today at the #LinkInBio 🗓️ Mark your calendar for the digital release on 4/19 🌎
“This album is about something we all have in common; this beautiful planet Earth that we all call home.”” –@williamshatner 🌎🎶 In celebration of Earth Day, our digital album “So Fragile, So Blue” is OUT NOW! Listen at the #LinkInBio 🎧 This album features @williamshatner with @actualbenfolds and the NSO, led by Principal Pops conductor @stevenreineke in a live concert recording of new compositions by @jherekbischoff & @gwitcher. 📆 Mark your calendar for the vinyl and CD albums coming 7/19
