Big Apple Music Scene — Committed, the gospel-inspired group from Alabama has won The Sing-Off! The Oakwood University group apparently stole the hearts of Nick Lachey‎, Ben Folds, Shawn Stockman and Nicole Scherzinger. So what's up with these guys? Here's one of their pe... more info

My Old Kentucky — Darren Jessee started Hotel Lights after many years of writing songs, playing drums and touring with Ben Folds Five. Darren co-wrote Brick and Song For The Dumped. After leaving the now-famous pop group, Jessee moved from North Carolina to New Yor... more info

Altsounds — **Ben Folds and his band **are set to tour Australia in May 2011 in support of his latest album, the acclaimed **Lonely Avenue**, a collaboration between him and bestselling novelist **Nick Hornby**, which was released on Nonesuch Records in Septembe... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — You might know Merton as the YoutTube sensation piano playing guy that plays on Chatroulette and was rumored to be Ben Folds but then Ben Folds sort of proved he is not Merton by covering Merton. Anyway, Merton is... more info

Guardian Music — Last time was all about fessing up to messing up. This week we're after songs in tune with imperial dynastiesHello to you all. Another topic, another heated debate. If I was going to write a series of head-spinningly wonderful pop records (and whose ... more info

Guardian Music — The idea of making a playlist of songs about mistakes only came about because of a mistake, yet many of the song choices it provoked have been brilliant – strange, but beautiful and trueMistakes are wonderful things because they open up so many p... more info

Mjsbigblog — Did you guys watch The Sing-off last night? I blogged the American Country Awards (can’t get those two hours of my life back, unfortunately) so I’m just catching up with the premiere on Hulu this morning. What did you think? Th... more info

Chorus.fm — Head to the replies to watch *Mark Hoppus* and *Ben Folds* (http://absolutpunk.net/benfolds) singing a classic Christmas tune for everyone. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Phillyist interviews Ben Folds about collaborating on an album with author Nick Hornby. The Mainichi Daily News examines the popularity of Haruki Murakami's novels in Russia. Yesterday's update to the list of online "best of 2010" book lists included... more info

NME — Singer-songwriter will begin the gig-run in Dublin on February 18 more info