Joey+Rory - His & Hers (Sugar Hill, 2012)
Joey + Rory
Reviewed by Michael Rampa
The opener Josephine is an emotional letter from a Civil War soldier expressing the angst from a long separation from his loved ones. Rory convincingly delivers again on A Bible and a Belt, a simple tale about being raised old school. "One my mama read to me until I was well into my teens. I thought all the other one was for was to hold up daddy's jeans.
Until I told a lie and learned it had another purpose too. Out behind the shed, my daddy said, "This will hurt me more than you."
The album wraps with His and Hers, a journey that begins with sweet images of matching embroidered robes and wedding bands and closes with a scene in divorce court. The mood transition is deftly handled by the melancholy of the pedal steel.
In stark contrast to the tone of the title track, the album's strength is the intimate themes woven throughout that are rooted in the couple's strong 10-year marriage and their ability to incorporate Rory's songwriting skills with Joey's silky delivery.
CDs by Joey + Rory
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