# Married singer-songwriters Marc Jordan and Amy Sky: Video, Photos

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2024/05/02/married-singer-songwriters-marc-jordan-and-amy-sky-video-photos/
- Published: 2024-05-02T00:02:31+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**It’s one thing for a couple to stay together for decades while plying their trade
in different corners of the same business. It’s another for them to collaborate 
on a project that celebrates the durability of their bond with the deepest sincerity.**

And it’s still another thing entirely for them to sit on that document for a quarter
century, then have it feel as fresh and honest as a newly written wedding vow when
it finally does come out.

“Into You,” the new single by married singer-songwriters Marc Jordan and Amy Sky,
is just such a wonder. Written in 1999 as a song for the hard-working pair to duet
on during one of their rare shows together, it’s only now seeing the light of day
in recorded form—ironically, as an appetizer for a tandem concert tour they’re undertaking
as a rare treat for their fans. But no matter the era or context, the song is a 
showcase for the writing skills the duo have honed crafting hits for the likes of
Rod Stewart, Diana Ross, Chicago, Olivia Newton-John, Heart, Reba McEntire, Joe 
Cocker, Bette Midler, Bonnie Raitt, Cher, and Cyndi Lauper. Just as important, it’s
a testament to why they work so splendidly as singing partners when they can manage
it. Whether they’re trading lines or doubling up, Jordan’s jazz-trained voice meshes
perfectly with Sky’s earthier, more intuitive approach as they lob mutual-appreciation
tributes like “You tattooed your name on my skin/ And I can’t get back if I wanted
to.”

![Ancaster Memorial Arts](https://i0.wp.com/assets-global.website-files.com/6155e5807a6d8c17b56fdcfd/
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“If you look at the lyrics and you know our writing styles, you can see who wrote
what,” Jordan says. “I like to write with visual metaphors like ‘I see the signs/
I know that Jupiter aligns with Mars/ It’s clear to me our destiny was written in
the stars/ and gravity is pulling you closer to me.’ And Amy uses more personal,
interior language: ‘And I breathe you out and I breathe you in/ I don’t know where
you stop and baby I begin.’”

The couple says the tune was influenced by their shared love of Southern California
rock, but it also has an alt/roots feel that’s held up nicely over the years. The
minor tonalities are met by refreshingly dark timbres, with some full-bodied acoustic
guitar playing against electrics whose trebly bite keeps the lyrical theme of undying
devotion from coming across as particularly saccharin.

In a further irony, this paean to simpatico-hood was written at a time when Jordan
and Sky were spending plenty of time apart. Sure, they would write together incessantly,
but when it came to taking performing gigs, they agreed that someone always had 
to be home to look after their then-young offspring. And there was another, just
as sensible reason for them to maintain somewhat of a professional distance.

![Marc Jordan & Amy Sky...Together in Concert! - Peterborough & the Kawarthas](https://
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“One of the reasons we’ve had a long and successful marriage is that we’re in the
same business but in very different departments,” Sky says. “We write with many 
of the same people, but we try not to collaborate too much. We aim to be a support
to each other, rather than being the person causing you work problems.”

They’ve certainly racked up enough successes on their own. Jordan’s forays into 
jazz/pop won him a Juno Award in 1993 for his record Reckless Valentine and a nomination
for 2019’s Both Sides, while Sky explored New Age/spiritual terrain with Olivia 
Newton-John on albums like Grace and Gratitude and Christmas Wish.

When they overcame their misgivings about working too closely together long enough
to record and release 2022’s He Sang She Sang, the results were just as stellar.
Boasting their renditions of classics like “Free Fallin’” and “Always on My Mind”
plus five original compositions, the album was nominated for “Best Adult Contemporary
Album” at the 2023 Junos. It also got plenty of radio and streaming play, appearing
on many highly ranked playlists.

As their touring keyboardist and opening act, Jordan and Sky have enlisted their
son, Ezra Jordan, now a singer-songwriter based in Nashville. Yes, he’s one of the
two children the couple were so careful to mind back when “Into You” was new. And
now their audience gets to see the benefits of growing up with at least one highly
musical parent in the household at all times.

“Even though everyone in the family is a musician, I can count the number of times
we’ve all played together in a professional capacity on one hand,” says Ezra (who
also contributed keys and backing vocals to _He Sang She Sang_.) “I feel very grateful
to have the chance to work with my parents not just as a family member, but as a
peer, and to get the chance to stretch my creative muscles in a variety of ways 
that so few gigs can offer.”

To his mom, the tour is the capper to a recording/performing campaign that’s been
a true labor of love between her and her husband—one that might not be repeated 
any time soon.

“We are both very busy with our own projects, so we may never do an album together
again,” Sky says. “This will be a unique opportunity for people to hear us together.”

![Amy Sky's debut album collaboration with husband Marc Jordan educating |  Sault
Star](https://i0.wp.com/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/nexus/wp-content/uploads/
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