John Calvin Abney

John Calvin Abney “Transparent Towns”

September 22, 2025 Helen Jones 0

Abney poetically channels invaluable self-insight in a way that gives it universal meaning. The sad truth about memory is that it’s inherently unreliable: when you access it, you’re not remembering the event itself so much as […]

Songs Not Bombs Vol. 2 for Gaza is out today

April 5, 2024 Mark Whitfield 1

We carried news last month of a new project in support of the children of Palestine who are going through unimaginable trauma at the moment, and the project has just released a second compilation featuring previously […]

Preview: John Calvin Abney heads to UK for dates later this month

January 8, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0

US singer-songwriter John Calvin Abney is kicking off 2024 with a run of much-anticipated tour dates in the UK and Europe. The tour marks Abney’s first trip to the continent since he last visited in 2017 […]

Video: John Calvin Abney “Watch Me Go (Back in Time)”

September 9, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

Here’s the latest single from singer-songwriter John Calvin Abney. Beginning with some beautifully tuneful guitar-work and Abney’s understated, earnest vocal, ‘Watch Me Go (Back in Time)’ builds up in subtle layers, becoming gently rhythmic and demonstrating […]

John Calvin Abney “Tourist”

August 9, 2022 Paul Kerr 0

Recorded on the road, Tourist is an engaging, lush and poignant set of songs. Unlike most folk who were locked down at home during the pandemic, Tulsa musician John Calvin Abney, his San Francisco lease having […]