Artist: NEAL MORSE
Album: LIFE & TIMES (CD)

Year: 2018
EAN/UPS: 039841557626
Media type: CD

Now in his mid-fifties and his children grown up, there is a sense on his new album, LIFE & TIMES, that Morse is looking around and taking stock. “I’ve come through a lot of difficult times and I’m in a fairly content place now,” he says. “You can feel that on some of the songs.” Much of this ‘acoustic-orientated, singer/songwriter’ album was written while he was travelling around the world on “The Road Called Home” tour in 2017, with some of the songs being inspired by the places he visited, while others are from spending time with his family.

Some of these slice-of-life portraits also resonate with other people’s heartaches, such as “Joanna,” which focuses on Morse’s son dealing with the loss of a relationship and— most poignantly—“He Died At Home,” about a mother’s grief over the loss of her soldier son.

LIFE & TIMES gives listeners the chance to hear a different but equally powerful side of this artist’s musical heart.

Produced by Neal Morse.
All songs written by Neal Morse except Manchester written by Neal Morse and Geoff Bailie.

TRACKLIST CD/ LP:

1. Livin’ Lightly
2. Good Love Is On The Way
3. JoAnna
4. Selfie In The Square
5. He Died At Home
6. She’s Changed Her Mind
7. Wave On The Ocean
8. You + Me + Everything
9. Manchester
10. Lay Low
11. Old Alabama
12. If I Only Had a Day