Sass Jordan

Sass Jordan — Canadian singer — built a career in rock and blues, with a raspy tone that sets her apart on the North American scene. Her path began in the 1980s and reached recognition the following decade, in a period when the market for women in rock was narrow and the available categories limited: either the pop-rock format produced for radio, or the margins of the alternative scene. Jordan worked outside both boxes, with blues-rooted material and heavy rock played by an actual band. Her voice is the defining element. It is a low, rough tone with natural wear — the opposite of the clean standard radio favoured. Voices like that have an advantage: they age well, because the texture that characterises them is precisely what time accentuates. She also works in other music-related roles in Canada, keeping a continuous presence in the country's scene for more than three decades.