Give A Listen: Cory Morrow 'The Good Fight'

One of the albums that was released in June and not might have been on your radar (we can fix that right now), is Cory Morrow's The Good Fight, his eighth studio album and first since 2010. Co-produced with Lloyd Maines, the album and its fifteen well-written tracks seem to tell a story as you listen from the first track to the last. 

Starting off with "Winning Hand" (and its Peanuts-esque introduction) the stories weave from meeting someone special, to having her break down the walls he had previously put in place (one of my top songs of 2015, "Breaking Me Out") to planning a life together ("Old With You" and "All I Need Is You"). In between are songs, from ballads to gospel tinged to country, that reflect on getting older, and how that doesn't mean you have to slow down ("Old Soul" and "Dreams"), as well as songs that focus on life ("Hiding Anything" and "In & Out of Light") and love ("Love Hates"). Morrow, a father of four boys, also includes fatherhood in the journey on "Little Man" and "Running After You," which also has spiritual connotations.

Honestly, I have played The Good Fight, which is a great combination of tempo, lyrics and voice, almost every day since I picked it up. It is definitely an album you should give a listen. 

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