{"id":688,"date":"2011-08-24T11:24:56","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T15:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/the_prophet_of_pop\/?p=688"},"modified":"2011-08-24T11:24:56","modified_gmt":"2011-08-24T15:24:56","slug":"new-free-music-from-the-gracious-few-and-ben-folds-yalls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/the_prophet_of_pop\/2011\/08\/new-free-music-from-the-gracious-few-and-ben-folds-yalls.html","title":{"rendered":"New (Free) Music from The Gracious Few and Ben Folds Y&#8217;alls!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/117\/2011\/08\/GraciousFew2_01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-693\" title=\"GraciousFew2_0\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/117\/2011\/08\/GraciousFew2_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Who doesn&#8217;t love free and new music? \u00a0Yesterday two of my favorite artists, The Gracious Few and Ben Folds, unleashed some new stuff on the internet. \u00a0Nothing major, two new songs, but hey new songs man!! \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/the_prophet_of_pop\/files\/2011\/08\/GraciousFew2_0.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Gracious Few, which is made up of members of Live and Candlebox, treated fans to a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegraciousfew.com\/greathouses\/\" target=\"_blank\">free download\u00a0<\/a>of their track &#8220;Great Houses.&#8221; \u00a0It is an acoustic track, which is a bit different from the band&#8217;s typical brand of intense, classic rock inspired throw-down. \u00a0However, the vibe of the song is complemented by some dark saxophone and some sexy blues guitar work, not to mention Kevin Martin&#8217;s outstanding vocals. \u00a0Seriously, thanks for the gift guys. \u00a0You can\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegraciousfew.com\/greathouses\/\" target=\"_blank\">download it here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>The second treat is from Ben Folds, or should I say Ben Folds FIVE. \u00a0That&#8217;s right, the boys are back! \u00a0The song is called &#8220;House,&#8221; which I guess was yesterday&#8217;s new music theme. \u00a0This is the first recording of the band since Folds became a solo artist, and it&#8217;s simply just great to hear them together. \u00a0The song is a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/sing-off\/about\/benfolds.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">streaming promotion<\/a>\u00a0for NBC&#8217;s The Sing Off, which is a great show that Ben is a judge on and which will be covered insanely on this blog. \u00a0 I&#8217;ll take it any way I can get it though! \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/sing-off\/about\/benfolds.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Check it out here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Makes me wonder what sort of awesome music today has in store, probably some more awesome songs about houses!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who doesn&#8217;t love free and new music? 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