Joshua Lee Turner is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and internet personality based in Brooklyn, New York.[1] He is known for his eclectic guitar and vocal covers posted on his YouTube channel Josh Turner Guitar for which he and long time collaborator Carson McKee have gained millions of views.
Early life and education
Turner began singing at nine years of age and began playing guitar five years later, in January 2006. Over the next few years he became proficient at several other instruments.[citation needed]
In July 2007, he created his YouTube channel, where he began posting covers of popular songs.[2] His first viral video was his cover of "Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits. As of January 2025, the video has 13 million views,[3] and his channel over 737,000 subscribers.[4]
Turner studied music at Butler University, where he also participated in the Butler Chorale, and was music director for the a cappella group Out of the Dawg House.[5][6] In 2014, his senior year, he appeared on Good Morning America to perform segments of his cover of Paul Simon's song "Graceland," which became popular on YouTube.[7][8]
Career
In 2018 and 2019 Turner was a cast member in the touring show The Simon & Garfunkel Story[9] and in 2019 starred as Paul Simon in Graceland Live.[2]
Turner released his first full-length solo album, As Good a Place as Any, in April 2019, [2] and his second album, Public Life, on August 7, 2020.[1]
In addition to his solo work, Turner is part of the folk duo The Other Favorites alongside Carson McKee. They released an EP, Fools, in 2017, an original studio album, Naysayer, in 2018, and a live album, Live in London, in 2019.[10] In 2021, the duo released the album Unamericana. Turner and McKee frequently perform in YouTube videos and on tour with singer-songwriter Elle Cordova and Toni Lindgren.
After meeting Allison Young online in 2017, Turner formed a duo with Young called The Bygones. The Bygones independently funded their debut album and kicked off a subsequent tour via a Kickstarter campaign in less than 48 hours in 2023.[citation needed] Turner and Young announced that the duo would not be continuing work on the project on February 10, 2025.[11]
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