May 2009
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Waikato Times "Zodiac" Review
There is always the essence of the spirit of the New Zealander in the reflective songs of Barry Saunders. Whether via his ever popular domestic country band The Warratahs or on his solo albums including Weatherman, Magnetic South and particularly Red Morning, Saunders’ best tales are borne of New Zealand. And combined with encompassing the landscape of the country in his troubadour-inspired...
February 2009
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December 2008
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THE DOMINION POST - 12th December
4 stars “….. In and around the sterling original creations that make up Zodiac is a version of The Phoenix Foundation’s Going Fishing; it just might be the best cover of 2008 and, in keeping with the honesty that has allowed Saunders to craft his look, sound and feel, this is no tongue-in-cheek bid to be cool, it is simply a great interpretation of a fine song.”
(For full...
Otago Daily Times Review
Four stars (out of 5)
When Warratahs frontman Barry Saunders takes The Phoenix Foundation’s Going Fishing and reshapes it as a country ballad, he does so with the quiet confidence of a man who can trust his instincts.
And despite the ever-present lyrical pointers to a fragile ego and a questioning mind, his place as an artist of substance is only enhanced by Zodiac - yet another strong...
Do You Believe? (Dark Horizons), Track 9 on...
NZ Herald 29 Nov 2008
Rating: * * * * Saunders’ previous solo albums outside the Warratahs have always seemed to promise more than they deliver, but on this album of broad emotional reach and highly focused writing he delivers his best yet. In a couple of places he invites favourable songwriting comparisons with Paul Kelly (the standout is the taut and bitter To Roberta) but he also brings a grounded country...
November 2008
10 posts
Review by Graham Reid www.elsewhere.co.nz
“By my count this is Saunders’ fifth solo album, and is by far the strongest from the Warratah frontman…
…Saunders is also a poet of the road like Joe Ely (Fade, Start Up Again) but this album is very much born of this country, no more so than the final song Walking New Year where he conjures up the dawn of another year against the backdrop of the old, and perhaps the...
All Day Bay, track 8 on Zodiac.
Start Up Again, track 7 on Zodiac.
"One of New Zealand's few, true troubadours" says... →
Fade, Track 6 on Zodiac
To Roberta, Track 4 on Zodiac.
Interview with Barry on Spareroom →
Here Comes Tomorrow, track one on Zodiac. There...
North & South review
“This is at least the fifth solo album from The Warratahs’ main man and as usual Saunders’ keen eye for the sharp details of low-key New Zealand is part of his lyrical focus – singing about the land and the people as he always has. There’s that Don Gibson sound of real, pure country in his voice and the laconic acoustic guitar strum. But it’s not all dreary and lonesome; Saunders finds...
Zodiac now available on iTunes, amplifier and...
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October 2008
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“Still No Word From You”, Track 2 on...
Barry’s take on The Phoenix...
New album "Zodiac" is released November 17, 2008
As with his previous acclaimed “Red Morning” album, “Zodiac” has again been produced by David Long, with musicians including Long, Craig Terris on drums, Jules Desmond on bass, fellow Warratah Nik Brown on violin and backing vocals from Samuel Flynn Scott and Caroline Easther. The album was recorded at Trident Studios in Wellington.
“Originally it was to be four...
Dark Star from the album Zodiac
WatchVideo for first single “Here Comes Tomorrow”. To watch a larger version click here
