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Ben Folds

Ben Folds shares stories from his bizarre life and explains why he's now a podcaster.

His new weekly podcast is called Lightning Bugs: Conversations with Ben Folds, inspired by his best-selling 2019 memoir A Dream About Lightning Bugs: A Life Of Music and Cheap Lessons.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 6 May 202105:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • The Stone Roses

    She Bangs The Drums

    • Silvertone.

  • Mykki Blanco

    Free Ride

  • Willy Mason

    Youth On A Spit

    • Already Dead.

  • Django Django

    In Your Beat

    • Because Music.

  • Blossoms

    Your Girlfriend

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.

  • LoneLady

    (There Is) No Logic

    • Warp Records.

  • Beach House

    Turtle Island

  • Loyle Carner

    Yesterday

    • Virgin / EMI.

  • The Coral

    Lover Undiscovered

    • Modern Sky Records.

  • Leonard Cohen

    Lady Midnight

    • Columbia.

  • Nina Simone

    Baltimore

    • sony.

  • Bachelor

    Anything At All

    • Lucky Number.

  • Small Faces

    E-D

    • STRANGE FRUIT.

  • Cocteau Twins

    I Wear Your Ring

  • Interpol

    The Heinrich Maneuver

    • CD Single.
    • Capitol.

  • Squid

    Paddling

    • Warp Records.

  • Eric Donaldson

    Cherry Oh Baby

    • Trojan Records.

  • Lauryn Hill

    Ex-Factor

    • Columbia/Ruff House.

  • Paul McCartney

    Seize The Day (feat. Phoebe Bridgers)

    • Capitol Records.

  • Kae Tempest

    The Heist

  • Adrian Crowley

    Bread and Wine

    • Chemikal Underground Records.

  • LL Cool J

    Mama Said Knock You Out

    • Def Jam.

  • Tony Allen

    Cosmosis (feat. Skepta & Ben Okri)

    • Decca Records France.

  • Ben Folds Five

    Underground

    • Polygram TV.

  • Bess Atwell

    Co-Op

    • Already, Always.
    • Real Kind Records.

  • Babe Rainbow

    Ready For Tomorrow

  • Bloc Party

    Banquet

    • Wichita.

  • Joel Culpepper

    Thought About You

    • Pepper Records.

  • Beastie Boys

    Girls

    • Licensed To Ill.
    • Def Jam Recordings.
    • 6.

  • Mac DeMarco

    The Way You'd Love Her

    • Captured Tracks.

  • Rob Dougan

    Clubbed To Death

    • Clubbed To Death.
    • MO WAX.
    • 1.

  • Field Music

    No Pressure

    • Memphis Industries.

  • Teleman

    Strange Combinations

    • Speedy Wunderground.

  • Opus III

    It's A Fine Day

    • (CD Single).
    • PWL International.

Broadcast

  • Thu 6 May 202105:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music