Joey + Rory's Holiday Gift

Country duo, Joey + Rory get into the holiday spirit by releasing a Christmas single, "It's Christmas Time," as well as a unique children’s album, Merry Kidsmas. Partnering with CMT One Country on both projects allows them to donate a portion of the sales from the single to The Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee (The Feeding America local affiliate) and a portion of the album to the USO. 
Joey says, “We’re incredibly grateful for an amazing year and hope to share some of that good fortune this holiday season. CMT helped launch our career, so we’re really excited to team-up with CMT One Country in the spirit of giving."

As far as writing "It's Christmas Time," Rory says he got his inspiration from a stay at Joey's farmhouse in Indiana, a Christmas tradition.  “Just sitting in the house where Joey grew up made me think about all the Christmases she spent there,” Rory explains. “All the trees they picked out and decorated, all the gifts wrapped while the kids tried to sneak downstairs, all the Christmas dinners cooked and the last-minute guests who showed up at their door. I woke up early in the morning before anyone else, pulled out my guitar and wrote the song with all that in mind.”

The duo's other holiday project, Merry Kidsmas, was created by The Song Trust, a Nashville-based group committed to creating and delivering music from the perspective where the song, not the singer, is the real star.  The album features 12 songs sung by children, and has two singles, "Box of Rocks," and "Bring Him Home Santa," which will be released to radio on November 16. 
 
To hear "It's Christmas Time," "Box of Rocks" and "Bring Him Home Santa," visit http://www.frontpagepublicity.com/joeyrory/audio_holiday09.php