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Ben Folds and Nick Hornby collaboration gets release date
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 16 June 2010
The long awaited album from Ben Folds and Nick Hornby will finally be released on 27 Sep via Nonesuch Records, the label has announced. Entitled ‘Lonely Avenue’, the album sees Folds provide musical backing to and sing lyrics written by Hornby.
On composing the music, Folds told Paste: “I kind of ran the gamut between being as simple as I’ve ever been, and sometimes having to go Shostakovich on some of them”.
Hornby added: “At this stage in my career, I want to collaborate with all the talented people I can find, and I’ve always been a big fan of Ben Folds’ music. It’s been a real privilege to watch and listen to Ben at work, and I’ve learned a lot about how proper songwriters like Ben think”.