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News18
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- News18
Barbra Streisand's New Album Features Historic First Duet With Bob Dylan
Last Updated: Barbra Streisand and Bob Dylan have teamed up to sing The Very Thought of You, which also marks their first duet together. They started their careers around the same time. Barbra Streisand is set to release a new album on June 27. Called The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume 2, the album features the singer teaming up with talented musicians like Hozier, Paul Mccartney, Sam Smith, Laufey, Mariah Carey, Ariana Grande, Tim McGraw, James Taylor, Sting, Josh Groban and Seal. Among all the artists, fans are particularly excited about Streisand's duet with Bob Dylan. The two iconic artists have teamed up to sing The Very Thought of You, which marks their first duet together. Despite starting their careers around the same time, Dylan and Streisand never collaborated before this track. The Nobel Prize winner had once revealed that he wrote Lay Lady Lay with Barbra in mind. Making the announcement on Instagram, Barbra wrote, 'I've always loved singing duets with gifted artists. They inspire me in unique and different ways…and make our time in the studio a joy! My new album, The Secret Of Life: Partners, Volume Two, gave me the chance to work and play with some of my old friends, label mates, and new artists, too. I admire all of them… and I hope that you'll enjoy listening to our collaborations as much as I enjoyed recording with all of my wonderful partners." In some old interviews, Bob Dylan had confessed that he wanted Barbra Streisand to sing Lay Lady Lay. In a conversation back in 1971, Dylan's friend and blues musician Tony Glover had asked the singer, 'You said Father of Night was written for a play, and Lay Lady Lay was done for Midnight Cowboy." To this, Dylan replied, 'Actually it was written for Barbra Streisand." Other than her duet with Bob Dylan on The Very Thought of You, Barbra Streisand has many other exciting collaborations on her new album The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume 2. She is collaborating with Hozier for a track called The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. The singer is working with Paul McCartney on My Valentine. With Sam Smith, she will perform To Lose You Again. Mariah Carey and Ariana Grande join Barbra for One Heart, One Voice, while Tim McGraw teams up with the singer for I Love Us. Secret O' Life with James Taylor, Fragile with Sting, Where Do I Go From You with Josh Groban and Love Will Survive with Seal are other tracks on Barbra Streisand's new album. First Published:
Forbes
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Barbra Streisand Reveals A New Album With Ariana Grande And Paul McCartney Duets
Barbra Streisand returns with The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume 2, an 11-track album of all-star ... More duets with Ariana Grande, Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney. SAN JOSE, CA - AUGUST 4: Barbra Streisand performs onstage during the Barbra - The Music... The Mem'ries... The Magic! Tour at SAP Center on August 4, 2016 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Steve Jennings/WireImage for BSB) At 83, it's understandable that Barbra Streisand isn't working at the same pace she did decades ago when she first began her music career. In the early days, Streisand released multiple albums a year — especially throughout the 1960s. For quite a while, she was both recording and releasing music while also starring in films. These days, she spaces her projects out further and further apart, and the focus is back to music instead of across all forms of entertainment. Fans have been waiting for years for a new full-length from the superstar musician — but now, they won't have to hold on for much longer. Streisand has announced a new album, The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume 2. The full-length is a collaborative project that sees Streisand teaming up with a different superstar artist on each of the 11 tracks. In the latter part of her career, Streisand has focused more on collaborations, which has been exciting for many reasons. Considering the fact that she's one of the most successful and beloved musicians of all time, it's not hard for her to reach out and receive quick yeses from some of the biggest names in the industry. The Secret of Life features Streisand joining forces with a wide variety of musical talents. The list of collaborators includes legends who have been working for decades, as well as relatively new faces, with names spanning multiple genres. Time-tested acts like James Taylor, Sting, Paul McCartney, and Bob Dylan appear on the same album as more recent stars like Laufey and Hozier. Ariana Grande and Mariah Carey even join forces with Streisand on 'One Heart, One Voice,' a track where all three women are sure to sing their hearts out. The first single from the upcoming album is a cover of Roberta Flack's 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,' a duet between Streisand and Hozier. Flack passed away just a few months ago, and the timing of this release honors the late singer-songwriter. The Secret of Life is Streisand's first album since 2018's Walls. It's the third to feature the word 'partners,' suggesting an unofficial series, even though they aren't titled as such. She began this run in 2014 with the simply-named Partners, which included duets with Billy Joel, Lionel Richie, Michael Bublé, Stevie Wonder, and even Elvis Presley — though of course, not a newly recorded one. Two years later, Streisand released Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway, which featured collaborations with actors who also perform music, such as Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Jamie Foxx, and Chris Pine. This new album, which is reportedly a sequel to Partners (but not quite to Encore), is expected to be released on June 27, 2025.
