Here's a track from Jason Matthews' great new album "Hicotine."

At the suggestion of friends, Joey+Rory decided to enter CMT's "Can You Duet" despite never really actively singing together.  The husband-and-wife team wound up in the Top 3 of the show and gained a lot of loyal fans in the process. "The Life Of A Song" is their debut album and it showcases the suparstar vocals of Joey paired with her husband's wonderful songwriting.  It sounds perfect but do they have the songs to break through?

Have you ever just met someone and felt like you were long-time friends with them? That's what it felt like when I recently met Joey Martin and Rory Feek, the husband and wife duo known as Joey+Rory. In the first part of a two-part interview, we learn about the reasons behind trying out for the show "Can You Duet." 

In part two of the Roughstock Interview, Joey discusses their album, how her relationship with Rory was formed and briefly about another passion, cooking and baking.

Here's the video for Luke Bryan's 2nd Top 20 hit and the third single off of his "I'll Stay Me" album.

With a successful songwriting career firmly established, Jason Matthews took the next step and decided to release an album of songs he's written nationally.  "Hicotine" is a record full of passionate performances and solid country songs, just the type of album we haven't heard that much of lately.

Sometimes we have so much stuff presented here at Roughstock that some of our album reviews may have been lost in the shuffle.  Here's a round-up of the last two week's album reviews at Roughstock.

Passionate. That’s the first word that springs to mind when discussing music with Jason Matthews. The songwriter of hits such as Billy Currington's "Must Be Doing Something Right," Julie Roberts' "Break Down Here," Kevin Denney's "That's Just Jesse" and others, Jason loves what he is doing and has strong, passionate opinions about the industry that he works in as both an artist and a songwriter. Read what he had to say about a variety of topics including the internet, TV, radio and being a songwriter.

Jason Matthews is a singer/songwriter who has written many hits (including "Must Be Doing Something Right"). Here's the wonderful "The Rapture" from his strong debut album "Hicotine." 

Jason Matthews is a well-respected songwriter in Nashville. Randy Travis has cut this song on his new "Around The Bend" album. Here's Jason singing it with just his acoustic guitar.