Joshua Lee Turner

Turner began singing at the age of nine, 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 had 13 million views,^[3] and his channel more than 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"; the clip became popular on YouTube.^[7][8]

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.^{[citation needed]}

After meeting Allison Young online in 2017, Turner formed a duo with her called The Bygones. On February 10, 2025, the duo announced that they would not be continuing work on the project.^[11]