All Sons and Daughters-Members, Best songs What happened?

All Sons and Daughters was an American Christian worship duo from Franklin, Tennessee. The duo group was active from 2009 to 2018.

Leslie Anne Jordan was the lead vocalist while David Alan Leonard was the pianist. The two were worship leaders at Journey Church in Franklin, a non-denominational church.

At first, All Sons and Daughters’ songs and music were birthed for their local church but it soon gained international recognition. The name of the band was to emphasize the fact that their music was not only about them.

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Meet the Members of the Band

Leslie Anne Jordan

Leslie Anne Jordan is from Tennessee. She has lived and worked as an artist as well as a songwriter in Nashville for more than a decade. She has been leading worship since she was 14. She grew up in a worship-leading setting since she was in high school. It is said that she wrestled with a calling into a full career of ministry at that time.

In 2017 after All Sons and Daughters disbanded, she created a safe space for writers and artists to gather and create. She launched a site called The Fold with the aim of bringing her friends and fellow songwriters to recover their original voices. She founded The Fold together with Chris DeTray.

She is now married to Thomas and they have a son called Judah. She lives in Tennessee with her beautiful family.

David Alan Leonard

David Alan Leonard played in a Christian southern rock outfit called Jackson Waters when he was still attending John Brown University. He later formed All Sons & Daughters with Leslie Anne Jordan. The two were known to be strong believers and were really devoted to recording music that was authentic and raw.

He also toured with CCM giants Needtobreathe as their keyboardist.

After he and Jordan decided to part ways, he released his debut album as a solo artist in 2019 with the wait an album documenting his personal and spiritual journey.

Their Best Songs

All Sons and Daughters signed with their label Integrity in October 2010. The duo released three Eps: Brokenness Aside: EP No.1, Prone To Wander: A collection of Hymns EP, and Reason To Sing: EP No.2 that topped No.2 on the Christian Albums chart and No.5 on Heatseekers Albums chart. Their full-length studio album was titled season one and it was released on March 13, 2012.

The duo released their second album on April 23, 2013. Poets & Saints is the third and final studio album of All Sons and Daughters. The album was released on September 2, 2016, and it was produced by Chad Copelin and mixed by Shane D. Wilson and Sean Moffit

It was announced on December 6, 2016, that Poets & Saints was nominated for a Grammy award in the best contemporary Christian music album category.

Before the duo released the album, Jordan and Leonard traveled to Europe with the renowned author and Pastor Jamie George and a film crew. They studied the lives of historic Christians like C.S Lewis, Saint Theresa, Saint Francis, William Cowper, and a few others.

The songs on the album were composed with inspiration from their trip. The pastor in turn wrote a companion booked titled Poets & Saints: Eternal Insight, Extravagant Love, Ordinary People and published it almost the same time the album was released.

The album was given four stars out of five on Jesus Freak Hideout and it was described as a worship album. It was also said that the songs have deeper meanings as each track on the album was inspiring.

Due to the nature of their songs, their music has been referred to “unpolished”.

What Happened to the Band

All Sons and Daughters took a year off making music. They revealed that they took that time to rest, pray and dream about their next move. After spending so much time meditating they decided that their season as a band has ended.

Even though they have separated, they have continued to lead worship at their non-denominational church in franklin. The duo has now focused on newer adventures but their faith has not waiver a bit.

Jordan and Leonard both seem to be doing just fine in their new ventures. Jordan is yet to release any solo song as her ex-bandmate. She has concentrated more on helping people around her embrace their gift and share it with others as it is. On the other hand, Leonard had toured and performed with a few artists in the course of his solo career.