The Ohio University's Leading Tones added some Blues and R&B on 'Brick,' and the University of Georgia's With Someone Else's Money brought some much needed angst to 'You Don't Know Me.' The University of Colorado's Buffoons lose some of their identity in 'Landed,' sounding eerily like Folds himself at times.
The groups incorporate their own sound and reinvent the tracks. The singer/songwriter takes the back seat and lets the college kids channel their inner Folds, and they successfully do so-often stealing the spotlight away from Folds. A new kind of greatest-hits record by Muriel Vega Ben Folds returns with an entourage-they intonate their voices at breathtaking levels, overlapping in a seamless harmony throughout the album.
