Leslie Jordan

For Leslie Jordan, it was the hymnal, not the radio, that soundtracked life in rural Tennessee. “There was so much comfort in those old songs. I’d sing them out loud with the congregation on Sunday mornings, and then softer to myself one the weekdays inbetween”. However growing up gay and Baptist in 1960’s Tennessee was challenging and while the Emmy-Award winning actor ultimately left the church as a teenager, he held onto those timeless hymns like a lifeline.

Now at 65, Jordan is breathing new life into the music that raised him, teaming up with an all-star cast of duet partners to form “Company’s Comin’”.

The collection is a joyous affair, playfully mixing righteous gospel, classic country, and vintage soul as it celebrates the power of song to bring us together and make us whole. While many of the tracks here are more than a century old, the arrangements are modern and vibrant, fueled by loose, spontaneous performances from a powerhouse band whose ecstatic energy serves as a perfect complement to Jordan’s boundless effervescence. Bold and gleeful, it’s a debut album a lifetime in the making, a feel-good collection all about love and trust, hope and faith, consolation and community, delivered by an artist coming full circle on his own personal journey of self- discovery and acceptance.