Buried on Long Black Train, Josh Turner’s “I Had One One Time” Holds the Old Country Heart of His Debut
Hidden behind the breakthrough glow of Long Black Train, “I Had One One Time” reveals...
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A Hymn Turned Personal: Josh Turner’s “How Great Thou Art” With Sonya Isaacs Gives I Serve a Savior Its Deepest Grace
On I Serve a Savior, Josh Turner sings “How Great Thou Art” not as a...
One Quiet 2020 Duet Carried a Lifetime: Josh Turner and Kris Kristofferson on “Why Me” for Country State of Mind
In Josh Turner’s 2020 duet of “Why Me” with Kris Kristofferson, a country standard becomes...
Hidden on Long Black Train, Josh Turner’s You Don’t Mess Around with Jim Revealed the Singer He Was Becoming
On Long Black Train, Josh Turner turned Jim Croce‘s ‘You Don’t Mess Around with Jim’...
The Warmest Surprise on Deep South: Josh Turner’s ‘Hawaiian Girl’ With Ho’okena Felt Like Country Finding a New Shore
On Hawaiian Girl, Josh Turner lets country music breathe ocean air. His 2017 collaboration with...
The Joy Was Real in That Room: Josh Turner’s 2018 Gaither Studios Performance of The River (Of Happiness) With The Turner Family
In the calm glow of a Gaither studio session, Josh Turner’s The River (Of Happiness)...
That Bright Country Christmas Sound: Josh Turner and Rhonda Vincent Recast Joy to the World on King Size Manger
On Joy to the World, Josh Turner and Rhonda Vincent make a familiar Christmas hymn...
Buried in Haywire, Josh Turner’s Lovin’ You on My Mind Carries a Chris Stapleton Spark
On a hit-filled album, Josh Turner left room for a quieter kind of country charm,...
Why Josh Turner’s Nowhere Fast With Anthony Hamilton Became Everything Is Fine’s Most Unexpected Moment
On Nowhere Fast, Josh Turner and Anthony Hamilton found a meeting place between country stillness...
Quietly Devastating, Josh Turner’s “Unburn All Our Bridges” May Be the Truest Sound of His 2003 Debut
On an album that introduced one of country music’s most unmistakable voices, “Unburn All Our...
The Song That Waited in the Shadows: Josh Turner’s No Rush and the Quiet Power of His 2006 Your Man Era
In the middle of Josh Turner’s 2006 breakthrough, No Rush revealed the calm, unforced confidence...
Buried in 2012’s Punching Bag, Josh Turner’s ‘Pallbearer’ Becomes Something Else With Marty Stuart and Iris DeMent
Some songs feel written in ink; Pallbearer feels carved out of wood, dust, and silence....
The Song Fans Missed: Why Josh Turner’s “Eye Candy” Still Glows in His 2010 Haywire Era
Not every revealing song is a hit single. Sometimes an overlooked album cut says more...
Easy to Miss, Hard to Forget: Josh Turner’s “The Difference Between a Woman and a Man” Gave Long Black Train Its Quiet Depth
On a debut remembered for one towering signature song, “The Difference Between a Woman and...
The Stillness Hits First: Josh Turner’s “Amazing Grace” on 2018’s I Serve a Savior Feels Timeless
On I Serve a Savior, Josh Turner turns “Amazing Grace” into something deeply personal: not...
Buried on a Hit Album, Josh Turner’s ‘Baby’s Gone Home to Mama’ Was Pure Old-School Country
A forgotten gem from Your Man, Baby’s Gone Home to Mama showed how naturally Josh...
Hidden in Plain Sight, Josh Turner’s “Never Had A Reason” Was the Quiet Heart of Deep South
On a comeback album full of warmth, place, and familiar grace, “Never Had A Reason”...
A Lonely Classic Became a Conversation: Josh Turner and Allison Moorer on “Alone and Forsaken”
In Josh Turner and Allison Moorer’s 2020 duet, “Alone and Forsaken” stops being only a...
Buried on Long Black Train, Josh Turner’s Good Woman Bad Revealed His Early Country Magic
An overlooked track from Long Black Train, Good Woman Bad showed early on that Josh...
That Deep Voice, That Old Spirit: Josh Turner’s Good Ol’ Boys Revives Waylon Jennings on Country State of Mind
On Country State of Mind, Josh Turner turns Good Ol’ Boys (Theme from The Dukes...
A Quiet Late-Career Beauty: Josh Turner’s ‘Two Steppin’ On The Moon’ Keeps Traditional Country Grounded
Josh Turner‘s ‘Two Steppin’ On The Moon’ turns an easy dance-floor image into a tender...
A Voice from Another Era: Why Josh Turner and Bobby Osborne’s I Pray My Way Out of Trouble Feels So Powerful
On I Pray My Way Out of Trouble, Josh Turner and Bobby Osborne do more...
Buried on Josh Turner’s 2007 Album, ‘The Way He Was Raised’ May Be His Most Honest Song
On The Way He Was Raised, Josh Turner turns gratitude, memory, and moral inheritance into...
The Deep-Cut Smile Country Fans Missed: Josh Turner’s Loretta Lynn’s Lincoln on 2006’s Your Man
A sly, affectionate throwback, Loretta Lynn’s Lincoln gave Josh Turner‘s breakthrough album a grin, a...
That First Spark Still Matters: Josh Turner’s Heatin’ Things Up Opens This Country Music Thing With Classic Fire
With Heatin’ Things Up, Josh Turner opens This Country Music Thing by reminding listeners that...
When the Room Falls Silent, Josh Turner’s Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Turns a Hymn Into a Testimony
On Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Josh Turner does not try to modernize a sacred standard....
The Song Too Many Fans Missed: Josh Turner’s As Fast As I Could Was the Quiet Heart of 2010’s Haywire
As Fast As I Could is one of those hidden Josh Turner recordings where urgency...
More Than a Johnny Cash Cover, Josh Turner’s The Caretaker Marked a Quiet First on Country State of Mind
On The Caretaker, Josh Turner did more than revisit Johnny Cash. He quietly turned a...
When Those Baritones Met: Josh Turner and John Anderson Turned I’ve Got It Made Into a 2020 Country Homecoming
A 1993 country No. 1 returned in 2020 with deeper resonance, as Josh Turner and...
Hidden Behind the Hits, Josh Turner’s Lord Have Mercy on a Country Boy Gave Your Man Its Soul
On a record remembered for its big singles, Josh Turner turned Lord Have Mercy on...