- Rating - Music
- 4.00 star(s)
- Rating - Sound
- 4.00 star(s)
At 92 years old, you would think most songwriters had retired to enjoy a quiet life. Not Burt Bacharach. On this new five-song EP release, he teams up with Nashville singer/songwriter/producer Daniel Tashian, fresh off his Grammy win for his work with Kacey Musgraves. They found they worked easily together, and Tashian's musical sense made the work with Bacharach that much easier. The tunes here are not as heavy as those on the excellent collaboration with Elvis Costello, yet they bear Bacharach's unmistakable melodic touch nonetheless--the melodies and arrangements are as comfortably familiar as anything he has penned in the past 30 or so years. Tashian's lyrical sense is also admirable; again, not as heavy or heart-wrenching as the Costello tunes, but each one has the right tough and is up there with many of the tunes Burt wrote with Carol Bayer Sager and even Hal David.
This is an enjoyable little set of tunes, and the familiarity will draw in anyone who is a fan of Bacharach's earlier work. Recommended!
A nice little interview with Burt and Daniel here:
Burt Bacharach and Daniel Tashian Discuss Their Classic-Pop Partnership and Premiere a New Song (Listen)
The first single from this collection is "Midnight Watch:"
Auditioned via Qobuz. (Available for purchase from Qobuz at $2.99.)
This is an enjoyable little set of tunes, and the familiarity will draw in anyone who is a fan of Bacharach's earlier work. Recommended!
A nice little interview with Burt and Daniel here:
Burt Bacharach and Daniel Tashian Discuss Their Classic-Pop Partnership and Premiere a New Song (Listen)
The first single from this collection is "Midnight Watch:"
Auditioned via Qobuz. (Available for purchase from Qobuz at $2.99.)