Ben’s photographic works will be featured on the National Geographic Channel’s National Geographic Live in a series titled Music on Photography. (We wrote about his photos of the Nashville flood being featured online at National Geographic back in May.) The series includes conversation with and the photography of musicians Neko Case, Andy Summers and Ben Folds, and music photographer Danny Clinch. Mark Seliger, renowned photographer for Esquire and Vanity Fair, will moderate the series, which debuts November 10. Folds’ appearance is Friday, December 3.  The series is open to the public and tickets can be purchased through nglive.org.
The Sing-Off, Season 2
The second season of last fall’s NBC-TV runaway hit The Sing-Off goes back into production with episodes slated to be recorded August 16 and 23 and September 2 and 8 at NBC’s Culver City, California studios. Last year’s host, Nick Lachey, and panel of judges, Ben Folds, Shawn Stockman and Nicole Scherzinger, are scheduled to return. Free audience tickets are available and being issued on line while they last.
Levi Johnston’s Blues
So far, the track on the upcoming Lonely Avenue that’s pulling the most interest is Levi Johnston’s Blues, a profanity-laced look at the brouhaha surrounding the circumstances of Johnston’s illegitimate child with the daughter of the one-time Republican presidential running-mate from Alaska. It’s been covered in The Huffington Post (with clip and lyrics), jambands.com, Mediaite, and other media, and could be on the verge of catapulting Folds once again into the spotlight for a song about a controversial subject – something he’s not afraid of taking on. Giving credit where credit is due, however, Ben says “the brilliant chorus lyrics are a direct quote from Levi’s old MySpace page!”
