Burt Bacharach And Daniel Tashian Share ‘Blue Umbrella (The Complete Recordings)’ Featuring Two Never-Before-Heard Songs

Burt Bacharach and Daniel Tashian, whose cross-generational collaborative 'Blue Umbrella’ EP earned a 2021 GRAMMY nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album, can’t stop writing songs together. Today, Friday, Jan. 29, they’re sharing two new songs with ‘Blue Umbrella (The Complete Recordings)’ via Big Yellow Dog Music.

Listen to ‘Blue Umbrella (The Complete Recordings), here:fanlink.to/BlueUmbrellaTCR

The new collection has four additional songs written in the last year, two that are brand new and two released last December. The new songs "Traveling Light” and "Can't Go Wrong” feature the same vintage-tinged elegance found on the original EP accompanied by local musicians including The Time Jumpers’ Dennis Crouch, ACM Drummer of the Year Fred Eltringham, ACM Guitar Player of the Year nominee Tom Bukovac and Jim Hoke (Dolly Parton, Paul McCartney).

 

‘Blue Umbrella (The Complete Recordings)' tracklist:

1. Traveling Light

2. Can't Go Wrong

3. Bells of St. Augustine 

4. Whistling in the Dark 

5. Blue Umbrella

6. Midnight Watch 

7. We Go Way Back 

8. 21st Century Man (feat. Jessie Baylin) 

9. Quiet Place

 

Blue Umbrella, released July 31, 2020, was praised as "a match made in pure pop heaven" by Entertainment Weekly and "a set of graceful, soulful ballads" by the Associated Press. The duo performed selections from Blue Umbrella for NPR Music's Tiny Desk (Home) Concert series, who deemed the performance "tremendous,” and were featured on music podcasts Broken Record and Sodajerker. 

 

Here are the credits for the two new songs:

“Traveling Light”

Songwriters: Burt Bacharach and Daniel Tashian

Artist: Burt Bacharach and Daniel Tashian

Producers: Burt Bacharach and Daniel Tashian

Engineered by: Daniel Tashian, Justin Frances, Jordan Lehning, and Mike Poole

Drums engineered by: Fred Eltringham

Mixed by: Ryan Hewitt

Mastered by: Greg Calbi (Sterling Sound)

Orchestral arrangement by Burt Bacharch

Strings Conducted by Jordan Lehning

 

Musicians:

• Daniel Tashian - vocals
• Tim Lauer - keys
• Fred Eldringham - drums
• Viktor Krauss - bass
• Tom Bukovac - electric guitar
• Alicia Enstrom - violin 
• Kristin Weber - violin 
• Betsy Lamb -  viola 
• Austin Hoke - cello 
• Mike Haynes - trumpet and flugelhorn
• Erin Moran & Cecilia Castleman - BGVs

 

 

“Can’t Go Wrong"

Songwriters: Burt Bacharach and Daniel Tashian

Artist: Burt Bacharach and Daniel Tashian

Producers: Burt Bacharach and Daniel Tashian

Engineered by: Daniel Tashian, Justin Frances, Jordan Lehning, and Mike Poole

Drums engineered by: Fred Eltringham

Mixed by: Ryan Hewitt

Mastered by: Greg Calbi (Sterling Sound)

Orchestral arrangement by Burt Bacharch

Strings Conducted by Jordan Lehning
Musicians:

 

Musicians:

• Daniel Tashian - vocals
• Tim Lauer - keys
• Fred Eldringham - drums
• Viktor Krauss - bass
• Tom Bukovac - electric guitar
• Alicia Enstrom - violin 
• Kristin Weber - violin 
• Betsy Lamb - viola 
• Austin Hoke - cello 
• Mike Haynes - trumpet and flugelhorn
• Jim Hoke - clarinet 
• Erin Moran & Cecilia Castleman - BGV's