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Thursday Nov 5 | GoTriad

Musician won't let disease get him down

Britt Harper Uzzell lives in the shadow of Pilot Mountain, and lately he has begun hiking to the top several times a week.

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Related Topix: Pilot Mountain, NC, Pop/Rock, Mountain, Stokes County, NC, Bus Stop

Tue Oct 27, 2009

The Lantern

Ben Folds with the Columbus Symphony

Ben Folds and the Columbus Symphony Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. today at the Franklin County Veterans Memorial.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Symphony, Arts

Fri Oct 23, 2009

The Wichita Eagle

Folds Tries to Write Songs that Draw You Into the Moment

Ben Folds is regarded by his fans as one of the most clever, amusing performers in pop-rock. The vocalist-pianist, who will perform Sunday at the Cotillion, talked recently during a phone interview about what's missing in pop music and his approach to songwriting.

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Related Topix: The Moment, Pop/Rock, Painting, Arts, Neil Young, Billy Joel, Gothic, The_cure, Entertainment

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Seattle Weekly

Last Night: Ben Folds Is the Crappy Opener for Ben Folds

Ben Folds performed with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra on Tuesday, October 20, at Benaroya Hall.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Symphony, Arts

Wed Oct 14, 2009

Ultimate-guitar.com

Flying Machines: Flying Machines [Reviews]

Released: Sep 22, 2009 Genre: Rock, Pop Rock Label: EMI, Meteor Records Number Of Tracks: 10 Although the Flying Machines have been compared to a variety of contemporary bands, the Ben Folds reference is perhaps the most fitting on their debut record overall: 8 Featured review by: UG Team , on october 14, 2009 0 of 0 people found this review ...

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Records, Team, The Sound, Queen, The Strokes

Tue Oct 13, 2009

The Justice

Ben Folds to play Brandeis' fall concert

Student Events announced that solo artist Ben Folds, formerly of Ben Folds Five, will play the fall 2009 Brandeis concert.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, University of Florida

Mon Oct 12, 2009

The Review

Ben Folds plays The Grand in Wilmington

The Steinway piano at the historic Grand Opera House in Wilmington probably isn't used to being pounded, thrashed, and rocked, but Ben Folds certainly pays no mind to typical opera house protocol.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Indie, Delaware

Thu Oct 08, 2009

Bostonist

andrewjh on Live Review: Ben Folds and the Boston Pops

From his place before the Boston Pops in the perfect acoustics of Symphony Hall, Ben Folds sported the face of a man who thought he'd committed the perfect crime.

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Related Topix: The Boston Pops, Classical, Pop/Rock, Boston, MA, Symphony, Arts

Mon Oct 05, 2009

Hartford Courant

Ben Folds Humor Comes Through In Northampton, Mass. Show

A guy sitting alone at a piano. That does not seem to bode well for an exciting night of music, unless that guy is Ben Folds .

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Related Topix: Northampton, MA, Pop/Rock, Ben Folds Five, Entertainment

Sat Oct 03, 2009

Metromix Delaware

Not just a 'Brick' in the wall

Ben Folds, 'Way to Normal' The new millennium's piano man delivers ebony and irony I should want to write about Ben Folds .

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Ben Folds Five, Music, Entertainment

Thu Oct 01, 2009

Texas Gigs

Concert review: Ben Folds and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra at the Meyerson

Put all of them together, and you have the most sophisticated jam session I've ever been to.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Arts, Pop/Rock, Classical, Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Tue Sep 29, 2009

River Front Times

Show Review + Setlist: Ben Folds and Kate Miller-Heidke at the Pageant, Monday, September 28

How do you tell a "real" Ben Folds song from a "fake" one? That question lingered around the snarky piano-man's music well before he punked fans and pirates alike last year by "leaking" sham tracks of 2008's Way To Normal .

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, September, The Normal, Ben Folds Five, Effingham, IL, Can

Sun Sep 27, 2009

Ionarts

Ben Folds Live with NSO

In the interest of full disclosure, the author of this article and Ben Folds are distantly related, although they met for the first time on Friday for a brief interview.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Curtis Institute of Music, Symphony, Arts, Classical

Sat Sep 12, 2009

The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press

Celebrity birthdays

Country singer George Jones is 78. Actress Linda Gray is 69. Singer Maria Muldaur is 66.

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Related Topix: George Jones, Country, Maria Muldaur, Blues, America, Pop/Rock, Amy Yasbeck, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, The Fast and the Furious, Action Movies, Entertainment

Wed Sep 02, 2009

The Billings Outpost

Billings native connects with Ben Folds on CD

Slipknot, Trampled By Turtles and Pat Benatar all pulled the plug on their performances in Billings.

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Related Topix: Billings Metro, Billings, MT, Pop/Rock, The Turtles, Pat Benatar, The 80'S

Mon Aug 31, 2009

News.com.au

Ben Folds Live Solo

Ben Folds will play three shows in Sydney this week. Photo: Supplied by Sydney Opera House.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Sat Aug 15, 2009

Web TV Hub

Ben Folds Performs "Bitches Ain't Shit" Live Video...

As crude and sexist as the original version of the song was, sappy pop-rock artist Ben Folds really knows how to transform it into something truly beautiful.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Video

Wed Aug 12, 2009

Glide Magazine

The Shotgun: Crosby Loggins, Lisa Donnelly, Portland Cello Project

The son of 70s bingo-hall-radio fixture Kenny Loggins, Crosby Loggins won top-dog on MTV's Rock the Cradle in 2008 on the strength of his inherited adult-contemporary tendencies.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Project, Jive, The Records, Kenny Loggins, MTV

Mon Aug 10, 2009

Glide Magazine

The Shotgun: Crosby Loggins, Lisa Donnelly, Portland Cello Project

The son of 70s bingo-hall-radio fixture Kenny Loggins, Crosby Loggins won top-dog on MTV's Rock the Cradle in 2008 on the strength of his inherited adult-contemporary tendencies.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Project, Jive, The Records, Kenny Loggins, MTV

Tue Aug 04, 2009

WKEZ

Rockin' The Suburbs - Ben Folds

Singer/pianist Ben Folds is best known as the leader of the power pop trio Ben Folds Five, but has also struck out on his own as a solo artist.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Winston-Salem, NC, Salem, NC

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