ben folds live

If you drew a straight line from Randy Newman through Todd Rundgren it would probably hit Ben Folds right in the middle of his irony-laced, pop-loving heart. Folds, the singer/songwriter/keyboard whiz behind the Ben Folds Five (a trio, natch) is on his own these days, selling out venues from Memphis to St. Joe, wherever the four winds blow. And here's smoking-gun evidence: a career-spanning, 17-track live smorgasbord, groaning with Five classics, solo gems and startling covers--all on hefty 180-gram vinyl to catch every sparkling nuance from this crafty North Carolinian. It's Ben Folds, the way he goes down best--LIVE