Josh Turner: Your Man

CML call number: CD/COUNTRY/Turner
Artist website: http://www.joshturner.com/
Kelefa Sanneh wrote in the New York Times: "Josh Turner is responsible for the deep voice behind one of the most shameless love songs on country radio. The song is 'Your Man,' from his new album of the same name, and it begins with the three commandments of slow-jammery: 'Baby, lock the door and turn the lights down low/ Put some music on that's soft and slow.' . . . Another of the album's slow jams, 'No Rush,' is even better: it's a sublime piano ballad with half-spoken lyrics ('We've got something special here/ Something worth waiting for') and a gorgeous and quiet refrain. . . . The song most likely to cause a stir is 'White Noise,' an infectious, sing-along country anthem that . . . flirts overtly with white pride. The song, a duet with the country veteran John Anderson . . . pays loving tribute to an old-fashioned 'redneck bar' . . . Near the end, they hedge their bets, announcing, 'It ain't a thing 'bout black and white/ It's Johnny Cash and Charlie Pride [i.e., black country artist Charley Pride]'" ("New CD's," 1/23/06).