City Sounds: Turner Lee, 28 December
Sunday, 12:00pm, 1:00pm and 2:00pm @ Queen Street Mall Stage
Turner Lee is a master of soul-drenched blues that channels the gritty, emotive sound of the Mississippi Delta and the poetic, whiskey-soaked narratives of Tom Waits. With a raw, haunting voice and a guitar that cries and hums in equal measure, Turner crafts music that feels like a long-forgotten story pulled straight from the backroads of time.
Influenced by the deep, timeless tones of old blues legends—think Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Robert Johnson—Turner’s sound is a smoky fusion of tradition and modern edge. His style, marked by sparse, finger-picked guitar and a rhythm that draws you into a slow, introspective trance, evokes a sense of both nostalgia and longing. But it’s the influence of Tom Waits that really sets Turner apart. Much like Waits, Turner’s lyrics are laced with storytelling, painted in shades of night and neon. His songs are filled with characters that inhabit a shadowy world of broken dreams, lost loves, and crooked highways, all set to a haunting, percussive backdrop.