The singer-songwriter resigned after President Donald Trump’s takeover of the D.C. arts center. Now he’s explaining why.

After announcing his resignation as the first-ever artistic adviser to the National Symphony Orchestra in February, just one ...

Ben Folds drops brand-new album recorded live at the Kennedy Center in Washington before Trump seized it and Folds resigned ...

Singer-songwriter Ben Folds, who quit his role at the Kennedy Center after Trump’s takeover, slammed new MAGA director ...

The release of 'Ben Folds Live with the National Symphony Orchestra' follows his resignation as the NSO's artistic advisor in ...

July 4, 2025 Folds spoke to our John Doran about his departure from the Kennedy Center while marking the release of his new album which was recorded there. French police puncture migrant boats at sea ...

By nature, it is not run in a partisan, politician way. That infringes on people’s freedom of speech because you feel that ...

Ben Folds was the artistic advisor of the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center before quitting when Donald Trump ...

The record opens with “But Wait, There’s More,” a track that manages to be both searingly sardonic and spiritually hopeful—a ...

Winston-Salem native Ben Folds said on a social media post Wednesday that he is ending his ties with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts after learning that President Donald Trump ...

The president’s attendance was meant as a fundraiser for the cash-strapped arts center, which has seen a decline in ticket sales since he took control.

In March, the audience booed the Vances after they slipped into upper-level seats to hear the National Symphony Orchestra. Trump appointed Usha Vance to the Kennedy Center board along with Bondi, ...