Ben Folds Five

Ben Folds ran a piano-fueled mixture of juvenile humor and tender balladry to platinum glory on 'Whatever and Ever Amen.'

On his new album with the chamber group yMusic, the former Ben Folds Five leader blends pop and classical while retaining the qualities that made him famous.

In 1995, rock was filled with bands who took themselves too seriously. Ben Folds, however, has never seen a trend he couldn't completely ignore.

The mere mention of Christmas evokes such vivid imagery that it's risky referencing it in a non-Christmas song.

Ben Folds Five have announced details for an official reissue of ‘Whatever and Ever Amen,’ set to drop on Jan. 27, 2015.

Ben Folds Five will support an aptly titled new 'Live' album with a summer tour alongside the Barenaked Ladies. 'Praxis Makes Perfect' is a terrible name for an album -- does Neon Tree's new one live up to it?

The Ben Folds Five reunion continues. Ben and his two Five mates made a visit to Conan O'Brien last night (Jan. 30) to bust out a pair of songs off their 2012 comeback album, 'The Sound of the Life of the Mind,' and the performance was loose, lighthearted and full of life. The trio opened with 'Draw a Crowd,' a song that, given the lyrics, benefited from the fact that 'Conan' is now on cable TV no

Since the breakup of Ben Folds Five a dozen years ago, the trio’s piano-pounding frontman has balanced his time making overly earnest solo records, producing Kickstarter millionaire/cheap boss Amanda Palmer, collaborating with ‘High Fidelity’ author Nick Hornby, serving as a judge on the TV show 'The Sing Off' and hanging out on Chatroulette, making up songs for people in their underwear. This lon

Ben Folds Five's comeback album 'The Sound of the Life of the Mind' hits stores tomorrow (Sept. 18), and one day ahead of that comes the video for its first single, 'Do It Anyway.' The trio -- yes, for the uninitiated, Ben Folds Five are actually a three-piece -- has teamed up with Jim Henson's 'Fraggle Rock' for the clip, which features the adorably fuzzy creatures joining the band in the studio

We think it's pretty safe to call this one a comeback -- and a comeback of epic proportions. After a 13-year hiatus, Ben Folds Five have regrouped and will release a new album, 'The Sound of the Life of the Mind,' on Sept. 18. The disc's first single, 'Do It Anyway,' has been floating around the Internet for a few months, but now it's getting its official release ahead of the album, which is their