Box Sets

Herbie Hancock

"...BURT BACHARACH..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Music Feature

The Reluctant Celebrity

When you get caught between the moon and New York City, it's time to head back home to Austin

"..."Arthur's Theme (The Best You Can Be)," co-written with Burt Bacharach. Cross has sold 9 million units worldwide over..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Record Reviews

"...3 Stars -- Kent Benjamin Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Music Review

Burt Bacharach

Live shot

"...Burt BacharachParamount Theatre, Oct. 4..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Music Review by Greg Beets

Anyone Who Had a Heart: My Life and Music

Almost as good as his songs

"...Anyone Who Had a Heart: My Life and Musicby Burt Bacharach with Robert Greenfield Harper, 304 pp, $27.99..."

June 21, 2013 Music Feature by Scott Schinder

Strange Magic

Woodland goblins, elves, and fairies go to war in this animated movie from LucasFilm Animation.

"...loop. The hodgepodge Top 10 songbook includes everything from Burt Bacharach to Kelly Clarkson to the Troggs, as well..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Tahiti 80, Waterloo Brewing Co., Thursday, March15

Live Shots: South by Southwest 2001

"...sound or style, French bands seem to have both Burt Bacharach and the Velvet Underground subsumed in the equation...."

March 23, 2001 Music Review by Phil West

Isn't She Great

"...Add a soundtrack boasting not one but two brand-new Burt Bacharach tunes and you've got yourself an ideal diversion..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

"...levels, from the sexy to the sublime. Cameos by Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello, Woody Harrelson, SNL alum Will..."

June 11, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

"...color but keeps it lurid. The sound swings with Burt Bacharach, Brasil '66, and George S. Clinton's brass-blaring homage..."

May 9, 1997 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Grace of My Heart

"...for the movie by such contributors as Elvis Costello, Burt Bacharach, Lesley Gore, Carole Bayer Sager, J. Mascis, Sonic..."

Oct. 4, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Isn't She Great

Isn't it awful?

"...on the money a few times -- music by Burt Bacharach and sung by Dionne Warwick is an excellent..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Screens Review by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Dancing About Architecture

Driving a New Buick

"...the repopularization of punk (er, I mean pop) songwriter Burt Bacharach. USA Today describes the new Lounge-a-palooza album, featuring..."

July 4, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...also a former backup singer for Roy Orbison and Burt Bacharach...."

May 13, 2022 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Checking In: Michael Ramos Signs the Tiarra Girls

“I’m an A&R guy for Lucky Hound Music [and] a staff producer”

"...Memphis, Los Lobos’ Kiko, Little Joe y La Familia, Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello, the Beatles, and Rumours, or the..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Pocket Sounds' Instant “Radio Song”

AM pop stunner highlights Mr. Pink cassingle series

"...St. Clair records as Pocket Sounds and here evokes Burt Bacharach with an uncanny balance of hook and complexity..."

May 3, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: The Indestructible Mr. Lewis

The trials and tribulations of Mr. Lewis & the Funeral 5, plus a UtopiaFest report, and the passing of Seth Gibbs

"...being tossed out of the bar, Lewis attains some Burt Bacharach with "Bricks" – except those ain't raindrops falling..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Paul Beutel Retires

Arts leader who ran Paramount, Long Center wraps 42-year career

"...in bringing to Austin, if only for a night: Burt Bacharach, Tony Bennett, Chuck Berry, Carol Burnett, Ray Charles,..."

June 7, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The French Connection

Golden moments at Austin Week in Angers, France

"...an earful from the barman with no appreciation for Burt Bacharach, the Mood Illusion waged one last act of..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Altered States

Three Austin artists that are changing their tune

"...indulged his passion for Johnny Mercer, Sammy Cahn, and Burt Bacharach, and began penning romantic, mature, irony-free songs with..."

April 1, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink

Elvis Costello by Elvis Costello in 688 pages

"...a seemingly unwieldy cast of musicians (Specials, Paul McCartney, Burt Bacharach, Allen Toussaint, the Roots) mines one rich vein,..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Herb Alpert’s School of Music

Trumpeter’s alums include Waylon, Satchmo, and Karen Carpenter

"...all time with a roster that included the Carpenters, Burt Bacharach, Peter Frampton, the Police, and Janet Jackson. Alpert..."

Sept. 24, 2015 Music Post by Greg Beets

Live Shots: Faith No More

Austin Music Hall, July 26

"...cannon/frontman Mike Patton winked before an impassioned cover of Burt Bacharach's "This Guy's in Love With You." Topping an..."

July 31, 2015 Music Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Live Shot: San Fermin

Pale, male, and Yale gets it DONE

"...a musical tapestry with hues of Sufjan Stevens and Burt Bacharach...."

March 16, 2014 Music Post by Melanie Haupt

Twisting by the Pool

Music on the printed page as opposed to a festival stage

June 21, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

15 Minutes with Pat Metheny

Guitar radical still finds the good notes

"...into interpreting songs from the Beatles, Paul Simon, and Burt Bacharach solo on guitar...."

Oct. 3, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

The Old Magic

Live Shot of Nick Lowe at La Zona Rosa

"...McDaniels’ 1961 soul chestnut “Tower of Strength,” composed by Burt Bacharach, demonstrated the breadth of the band’s capabilities along..."

May 9, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

SXSW Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Second night SXSW handicapping

"...help from Bob Dylan, Carole King, Carly Simon, and Burt Bacharach. A far cry from her days trading bars..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

30 Rock

Thirty recordings for 30 years of music Chronicling

"...Lotte Lenya for Bertolt Brecht? Dionne Warwick by Burt Bacharach? Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond! Pop savant Daniel..."

Sept. 2, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Aretha Franklin

In Box

"...way to the bank with limpid covers à la Burt Bacharach and Hal David's pooling "Walk on By." Wrote..."

July 29, 2011 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

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