Playing Burt Bacharach songs is not for the faint of heart. They’re sophisticated, complex and filled with subtleties that are more felt than heard. It takes a deft touch and a keen ear to take on any ...

So, you say you like melodies? Putting your priorities there may consign you to minority status among 2025’s wider bloc of pop fans. But for the sonorously starved among us, a bit of manna from a more ...

There is, as the song says, always something there to remind Rob Shirakbari about Burt Bacharach. The musician, producer, composer and orchestrator spent more than 35 years as the music director for ...

Burt Bacharach wrote one the most beloved songbooks in all of popular music — timeless classics like “Walk On By,” “Alfie,” “I Say A Little Prayer” and “What’s New Pussycat,” which have been recorded ...

Variety spoke with Costello about the collection and his history with Bacharach in early February, and we were tentatively scheduled to talk with Bacharach as well before he took a turn for the worst.

Burt Bacharach was one of the most distinguished and successful composers of the last century. Working most fruitfully with the lyricist Hal David, his addictively intelligent songs embodied ...