Ben Folds is over 35 years into a career that has taken him from early ’90s alternative rock, to orchestral pieces with symphonies all over the world.
His piano has been his constant, a lofty and emotional companion to Folds’ music as he navigates relationships, creativity and the business of living in his famously honest songwriting. Tickets are available now for Folds’ upcoming Lafayette show, “Ben Folds and a Piano,” coming to the Heymann Center on Wednesday, Sept. 24.
From top singles like “Brick,” with 1990s rock band Ben Folds Five, to his recent work advocating for the arts, Folds credits his staying power as a singer-songwriter to a simple rule: “I always follow the path I’m most interested in.”…