A Cappella Cool

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
Ben Folds is best known for rekindling the romance between rock music and the piano starting in the 1990s. Now, he's betting fans will fall in love with college a cappella groups. Folds joins GQ senior editor Mickey Rapkin to talk about the genre's popularity. Plus: rock icon Marianne Faithfull joins us in the studio.

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