Local Musician Records New Album After 15-Year Drought

After 15 years since local musician Barry Haggarty’s last album, he has released his third solo record entitled, “Consider Me Undecided.”

Haggarty played guitar for the legendary Ronnie Hawkins — where he also had the pleasure of playing with Bob Dylan and the Band — as well as with The Family Brown before starting his solo career. Photo Courtesy of Barry Haggarty.

He recorded the new album during the COVID-19 lockdowns which gave him extra free time to focus on himself in his otherwise busy studio. Haggarty says this was the only “blessing” to ever come from the pandemic. The local musician has been performing and playing during the 15-year drought.

The album contains 13 tracks with a wide range of genres such as pop, rock, country, jazz and folk music. That “musical diversity” led to the album’s name as Haggarty had no idea what kind of music to classify it.

Photo Courtesy of Barry Haggarty.

Consider Me Undecided’s style is distinct from his previous albums, “If These Walls Could Talk” and “Old Days” as a culmination of how Haggarty has “upped his game.”

“Partly it was for me to showcase what I can do,” he said. “I didn’t want to do a cookie-cutter album that was 10 songs of the same thing.”

Haggarty enlisted different session musicians with a variety of expertise to record the songs live in his studio. He kept all the editing and post-production to a minimum to maintain an “old school” vibe.

“That’s what this project is, real live players in the studio making music,” said Haggarty.

His’s newest single from his album, “Moments” was released late last month that features fellow local musician Kate Suhr. The two are singing in Haggarty’s home studio in Peterborough called “Haggarty Sound Studio.”

Haggarty’s album can be streamed on Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer and Tidal.

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