Josh Turner

From the outset of his career, Josh Turner has styled himself as a country traditionalist. His deep, resonant bass voice recalls a supple Johnny Cash and his first hit, 2003's sober and steady "Long Black Train," was written in tribute to Hank Williams. Turner would wind up incorporating sly elements of modern country music -- "Time Is Love," one of the biggest country hits of 2012, shimmered with a gloss designed for adult contemporary crossovers and "Why Don't We Just Dance" was clearly set in the modern world -- but he never chased trends, which made him seem like a preserv...