Lou Turner is a writer and musician based in Nashville, TN, performing solo as well as in StyrofoamWinos and Ryan Davis and the Roadhouse Band. She’s the author of Shape Note Singing (VA Press, 2021) and the editor of Quarter Notes, a literary magazine with a musical ear. Her debut book of poems, Twin Lead Lines, is forthcoming from Third Man Books in 2025. Microcosmos (SPINSTER), her last solo record, was named a Best Album of 2022 by NPR Music’s Ann Powers.
