Who is Jordan Matthew Young? Meet 'The Voice' singer who was playing 200 gigs a year before Covid-19 lockdown
Season 20 of 'The Voice' is currently holding blind auditions for aspiring singers. Judges Blake Shelton, Kelly Clarkson, John Legend and Nick Jonas have so far selected contestants Kenzie Wheeler, Victor Solomon, Avery Robinson, Zae Romeo, Carolina Rial, Cam Anthony and Madison Marigold among a few others.
So far, we have seen country singers, reggae singers and R&B singers trying their best to impress the judges with their singing skills but soon we will also see a contestant named Jordan Matthew Young in the blind audions of the singing reality show from a different genre. Though it is very early to say whether he will earn the four-chair turn around or will go back home, looking at his music CV, it seems he might succeed in serenading the coaches.
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Who is Jordan Matthew Young?
Jordan has made a career out of singing. He is a southern rock and blues performer and his social media accounts are flooded with pictures of his gigs across different venues. Jordan has hit the road with incredible artists like ZZ Top and Kyle Gass Band and has also released a bunch of singles namely ‘Settin’ Fire’ and ‘Rain or Shine’, among a few others.
Roosevelt, Utah, native spent most of his 20’s learning to play the blues in Tennessee. His bio on the website Yes Hell reads: “Jordan Matthew Young has shared the stage with the likes of ZZ Top, Shooter Jennings, Lukas Nelson, James Harman, Samantha Fish, Tinsley Ellis, John Németh, Indigenous, Kyle Gass Band, Shook Twins, Walter Parks, Eric McFadden, Jared James Nichols and is the proud winner of Album of the Year and Best Rock Band and was runner up for Band of the Year and Best Blues Band in 2016 Best of Utah Music Awards.”
He has also dropped a six-song EP titled ‘Stolen in the Middle of the Night’ in 2014 with a band called Candy’s River House. In the pre-Covid era, Jordan was playing 200 gigs a year. It will be interesting to see how his journey on ‘The Voice’ will be like.
