A new day is dawning for Marc Jordan — the singer-songwriter has just announced that his next solo album Waiting For The Sun To Rise will be released April 21. The advance single Tell Me Where It Hurts is out now, and is an example of the kind of romantic ballad Marc is renowned for writing.
Waiting For The Sun To Rise (Linus Entertainment) is the follow up to 2019’s Juno-nominated Both Sides, and represents another deep dive into the jazz-tinged, wholly original soundscape Jordan revisits with each release. Whereas Both Sides saw Jordan exploring the Great American Songbook — which for him ranges from Hoagy Carmichael to Lou Reed — Waiting For The Sun To Rise is a return to originals, sumptuously arranged for the piano and orchestra by acclaimed producer Lou Pomanti (Michael Bublé, Blood Sweat and Tears), with trumpet solos from Grammy-winning artist Randy Brecker.
This 15th album may well be his most emotionally direct ever, its songs suggest comfort in the wee hours, redemption amid the ruins. Jordan sets his stories in an after-hours netherworld populated by lonely lovers and disappointed dreamers, referencing historical figures like John Coltrane and Joe Louis, counterbalanced with the splendor of the natural world: more than ever, these new songs feature celestial bodies, mountains, canyons and forests. His cover choices this time out include two British favourites of the ’80s: underrated cult favourite The Blue Nile (The Downtown Lights) as well as one of the biggest hits of that decade: Tears For Fears’ Everybody Wants To Rule The World, to which Jordan gives a smooth-jazz makeover.
Jordan’s songcraft has been lauded by the likes of Diana Ross, Cher and Joe Cocker, all of whom have covered his songs, but Marc is an artist in his own right since his first album was released on Warner Records in 1978 generating the hit Marina Del Rey. He has recorded with several of music’s best-known producers — David Foster, Gary Katz (Steely Dan) — and has had success in multiple genres. In 2010 he co-starred with Olivia Newton-John in the film Score: A Hockey Musical, and since 2004 he has been performing and recording with Ian Thomas, Murray McLauchlan and Cindy Church as Lunch at Allen’s. He is married to singer-songwriter Amy Sky; in 2022, the duo recorded an album of duets entitled He Sang She Sang.
Check out Tell Me Where It Hurts above, pre-order Waiting For The Sun To Rise HERE, and listen to more from Marc Jordan below.
Waiting For The Sun To Rise Tracklisting
1. The Last Buffalo 1:05
2. Best Day of My Life 5:07
3. Coltrane Sings the Blues 5:22
4. Waiting for the Sun to Rise 4:41
5. Frontier 1:36
6. Rio Grande 5:52
7. Everybody Wants to Rule the World 4:43
8. Tell Me Where it Hurts 4:19
9. The Moon’s a Harsh Mistress 4:41
10. Bad time to Say Goodbye 5:45
11. The Downtown Lights 5:57
12. Cradle to the Grave 4:45
