Turner first became popular for her work writing and touring with Natalie Merchant[1] on her multi-platinum album Tigerlily as guitarist and backing vocalist[2] alongside Peter Yanowitz on drums and Barrie Maguire on bass guitar.
In 1997, Turner was invited by Miles Copeland III to join Soraya's live band on guitar.
In 1997, Turner formed the band Furslide alongside bassist Jason Lader, and drummer Adam MacDougall[4] and released their album Adventure [5] on Virgin Records, recorded at London's Metropolis, Olympic and Abbey Road studios.
The same year, Turner and Henrietta Tiefenthaler, both having a weakness for Krautrock, founded Thrillionaire,[10] with Joey Waronker, Cedric LeMoyne and Marius de Vries taking part.
[13] In 2012, the British music magazine NME did a feature on 'dream band line-ups', in which Turner was named as a bass player, one of the only contemporary musicians on the list.