Ben Folds didn’t want to quit. “There wasn’t a bone in my body that wanted to,” the singer-songwriter said. But minutes after President Donald Trump’s newly appointed Kennedy Center ...

Ben Folds reflected on his decision to step down as the artistic adviser of the Kennedy Center’s National Symphony Orchestra earlier this year, telling MeidasTouch Sunday that it’s a choice ...

Folds was named the NSO’s first artistic advisor in 2017, and recorded the live album last October at the Concert Hall of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C ...

Singer-songwriter Ben Folds, who quit his role at the Kennedy Center after Trump’s takeover, slammed new MAGA director Richard Grenell for “throwing little hissy fits” and airing political ...

Folds resigned from his role at the Kennedy Center at 2:01 p.m. on February 12, 2025, exactly one minute after Trump took over control of the institution. Ben Folds Live with the National Symphony ...

Folds — the former leader of Ben Folds Five, who’s gone on to a long and varied solo career — hasn’t spoken extensively about the Kennedy Center since leaving.