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 took place before Trump seized the Center and Folds resigned from his leadership position there in …
Read More »Trump's Takeover of the Kennedy Center Rattles the Music World
At its annual ceremony dating back decades, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., has honored a wide range of pop and rock musicians, from the Who, Led Zeppelin, the Eagles, and Earth, Wind & Fire to, this past December, the Grateful Dead, Bonnie Raitt, …
Read More »Ben Folds Resigns From National Symphony Orchestra Role as Trump Seizes Kennedy Center
Ben Folds has resigned as artistic adviser to the National Symphony Orchestra as President Donald Trump took charge of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. “Given developments at the Kennedy Center, effective today I am resigning as artistic advisor to the NSO,” Folds wrote on Instagram today. …
Read More »Ben Folds to Play Hurricane Helene Benefit Concert in Wilmington, North Carolina
Ben Folds will headline a benefit concert later this month to raise money for North Carolinians affected by Hurricane Helene. The concert, titled From Wilmington, With Love, will take place at Wilmington, North Carolina‘s Greenfield Lake Amphitheater on Oct. 29. Musicians from Western North Carolina will feature in the show. …
Read More »William Shatner Celebrates 93rd Birthday With Tender Vision of the Afterlife, 'I Want to Be a Tree'
On his 93rd birthday, William Shatner has shared his humble dream for life after death on his new single, “I Want to Be a Tree.” Like much of Shatner’s music, “I Want to Be a Tree,” finds him not so much singing, but waxing poetically, this time backed by instrumentation …
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