JOSH TURNER’S PUNCHING BAG IN STORES NOW

 

Fifth Studio Album Features Hit Single, “Time Is Love”

 

Turner To Perform on ABC's Good Morning America, NBC'sToday Show and PBS Special

 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – He’s had a knockout career, with over five million albums sold since his debut with Long Black Train, and now Josh Turner, country music’s most recognizable voice, steps into the ring again. Celebrating the release of his fifth studio album, Punching Bag (MCA Nashville), to stores nationwide today, Turner will appear on NBC’s TODAY Show on Wednesday, June 13 with additional upcoming television appearances listed below.

 

MAVERICK magazine says, "It's always tough to bring something new to a musical genre, but Josh Turner has achieved that near-impossible task again and again, yet has never overlooked just where country music has come from. It's [his] skill at taking stock of everyday situations...some of them quite mundane... and turning them into musical classics that makes him possibly the most important artist to have emerged in country music for years and years."

 

Additionally, The Washington Post observes, "These days, it seems like every male country artist wants to sound like Jon Bon Jovi fronting Def Leppard in 1985 — except for Turner, who might be the only million-seller left in Nashville making contemporary country albums without the slightest whiff of arena rock or pop."

 

The New York Times says, "Turner has grown around a bass-baritone voice of great beauty and skill, and his producers and engineers lean in close to capture it. It's balanced and alert; the notes come deep and grainy, almost the sound of bow on strings."

 

Associated Press adds, "From the moody bass lines and acoustic accents in 'Time Is Love,' about making his marriage a priority in his schedule, to the R&B-influenced guitar melody of 'Good Problem,' about how his obsession with loving his partner is the kind of dilemma he can handle, Turner once again proves he ranks among the most effective — and most hard-core country — performers of his generation."

  

Turner was featured in the June issue of Southwest Airlines’ Spiritmagazine, the June 10 issue of PARADE, and is the lead cover story on the June 18 issue of Country Weekly. His album will also be featured all week on the Best Buy Theatre marquee in New York City's Times Square.

 

The album features his current Top 15 Country Billboard single, “Time Is Love,” and in the liner notes, Turner explains the inspiration behind the title track, “Punching Bag.” He makes references to Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky movies and says, “I hope my music can bring you the inspiration and motivation to keep moving forward. I hope it brings a smile to your face. I hope it makes you tap your toes. I hope it brings a happy tear to your eyes and makes you want to share your life with others around you.”

 

Turner co-wrote eight of the 11 tracks on the album and it features guest vocal appearances by Marty Stuart and Iris DeMent(“Pallbearer”), Ricky Scaggs (“For The Love of God”), and Turner's wife and children (Jennifer, Hampton, Colby and Marion Turner) on "Find Me A Baby."

 

Supporting TV Appearances Include:

 

Wednesday, June 13 at 7 a.m. ET on NBC’s TODAY Show

Wednesday, July 4 at TBD on PBS’ A Capitol Fourth

 

Wednesday, July 11 at 7 a.m. ET on ABC's Good Morning America

 

Punching Bag Track Listing:

1. Introduction by Michael Buffer
2. "Punching Bag"
3. "Time Is Love"
4. "Deeper Than My Love"
5. "Good Problem"
6. "Cold Shoulder"
7. "Find Me A Baby" (feat. Turner's wife and children)
8. "Whatcha Reckon"
9. "Pallbearer" (feat. Iris DeMont and Marty Stuart)
10. "For The Love Of God" (feat. Ricky Scaggs)
11. "I Was There"
12. "Left Hand Man"

For highlights and recaps of the shows, as well as more information on Josh Turner visit www.JoshTurner.com.

 

About Josh Turner

One of the format's most recognizable voices earning numerous CMA, ACM and GRAMMY nominations since the release of his debut album, Long Black Train, Josh Turner has sold more than five million albums and garnered four No. 1 hits (including three multi-week chart-toppers): "Your Man," "Would You Go With Me," and "Why Don't We Just Dance" (a four-week No. 1 that was named the most-played song of the year in 2010 by MediaBase). His song, "All Over Me," from current album, Haywire, also reached the top spot on the charts, making him one of only seven country artists to have two No. 1 hits in 2010. A Hannah, S.C. native, he has been songwriting and performing since he was a young child, and in support of music education, created The Josh Turner Scholarship Fund to assist students interested in pursuing a future in arts/music. As a high school student, he had very little access to music education, therefore realizes first-hand the importance of arts in the schools. Celebrating the release of one of his fastest-rising singles to-date, "Time Is Love," which is currently Top 15 on Billboard and rising, Turner released his fifth studio album, Punching Bag, on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 on MCA Nashville. For more information on Josh Turner including a list of his upcoming headlining tour dates, visit www.JoshTurner.com.