Burt Bacharach review – masterclass in melody by pop maverick

Royal Festival Hall, LondonThe artist behind one of America’s great songbooks leads a dazzling parade of classic songs‘He’s still got it,” says Melody Federer, a young Texas-born vocalist with whom Burt Bacharach recently wrote two songs. She has joined Bacharach on stage at the first of two London shows, and, like everyone else in the room, is a bit awed. Who could fail to be? Sitting at the grand piano to her right is the co-writer (with the late lyricist Hal David) o...

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