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Oklahoma Music Minutes for October 6-10: Music you should hear this week

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Oklahoma Rock Show @okrockshow.bsky.social · 4d

This week's #OklahomaMusicMinute features new songs by Natalie, Wet Muscles, @johncalvinabney.bsky.social, Sky Hemenway and a throwback tune by the late Brett James. www.kosu.org/music/2025-1...

KOSU's Oklahoma Music Minute features musicians and bands from across the state. Discover some new tunes and maybe your next favorite musician.

www.kosu.org

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John Calvin Abney @johncalvinabney.bsky.social · 20d

bee always has the best playlists. thank you. 💙

Beetlejuice Delores @beedelores.bsky.social · 20d

New Music Weekly! Spin new songs from @johncalvinabney.bsky.social, Lera Lynn, @bronzeavery.com, Cory Stewart, @lolablanc.bsky.social, Runaway June, Mandi Sagal, Malin Pettersen, ZZ Ward, and Madison Beer! open.spotify.com/playlist/5lJ...

Freshly Squeezed | B-Sides & Badlands New Music Weekly

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John Calvin Abney @johncalvinabney.bsky.social · 20d

thank you, Dwayne 💙✨

John Calvin Abney @johncalvinabney.bsky.social · 20d

thank you ✨💙

John Calvin Abney @johncalvinabney.bsky.social · 21d

Listen here now or get it on vinyl: link.wellkeptsecret.co/johncalvinab...

Transparent Towns

John Calvin Abney

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Oklahoma Music Minutes for August 11-15: Music you should hear this week

John Calvin Abney @johncalvinabney.bsky.social · 21d

I give to you today my new album, Transparent Towns.

In a hallowed hall on the prairie, with an inspiring cadre of musicians, and against the incandescent Oklahoma summer, we cut an album of songs that held weight while maintaining weightlessness. May you find something for yourself within it.

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MAGNET Magazine @magnetmagazine.bsky.social · Aug 19

MAGNET Exclusive: Premiere of John Calvin Abney’s “Transparent Towns” (Well Kept Secret, @johncalvinabney.bsky.social). “People transform, move on and pass on so quickly we can’t dare keep track of everything all at once.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2025/08/19/m...

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Oklahoma Rock Show @okrockshow.bsky.social · Aug 11

This week's #OklahomaMusicMinute features new songs by @johncalvinabney.bsky.social, Sun Deep, Texino, @shakitavi.com and a throwback tune by Steve Ripley! www.kosu.org/music/2025-0...

KOSU's Oklahoma Music Minute features musicians and bands from across the state. Discover some new tunes and maybe your next favorite musician.

www.kosu.org

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John Calvin Abney @johncalvinabney.bsky.social · Aug 3

it was great to see you and catch up with you, comfort and peace be with you in the days ahead

John Calvin Abney @johncalvinabney.bsky.social · Jul 26

thanks bee :)

John Calvin Abney @johncalvinabney.bsky.social · Jul 26

“Last Chance”, out everywhere now on all the places you collect songs like rocks and marbles.

Pre-order and pre-save the new LP, Transparent Towns, right over here: link.wellkeptsecret.co/johncalvinab...

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John Calvin Abney @johncalvinabney.bsky.social · Jul 25

With daring delight and measureless appreciation, I report to you the coming of our new record TRANSPARENT TOWNS, out via Well Kept Secret on September 19. Here is the first song, “Last Chance,” accompanied by a self-shot video from Tulsa. Check it out: link.wellkeptsecret.co/johncalvinab...

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John Calvin Abney @johncalvinabney.bsky.social · Jul 14

News on the horizon line, arrives July 25.

John Calvin Abney @johncalvinabney.bsky.social · Jul 3

Soon.

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Rachel Cholst @rachelcholst.bsky.social · Apr 3

In his last few outings, @JohnCalvinAbney.bsky.social has brought us to vast new solar systems of cosmic music, but Shortwaving is a return to earth of sorts. The EP is one half blues and one half meditative jam. Shortwaving is world-weary but beautiful.

adobeandteardrops.com/2025/03/the-...

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John Calvin Abney @johncalvinabney.bsky.social · Apr 2

getting masters back next week 😯

Oklahoma Music Minutes for March 3-7: Music you should hear this week

John Calvin Abney @johncalvinabney.bsky.social · Apr 2

rachel + adobe and teardrops are an important institution in indie music and to have shortwaving on this list is a gift. thank you.

Rachel Cholst @rachelcholst.bsky.social · Mar 31

This week's playlist follows a theme: survivors taking stock of what it means to follow your calling

@MicahSchnabel.bsky.social
@ToddFarrellJr.bsky.social
@FrankTurner.bsky.social
@BeauJennings.bsky.social
@JohnCalvinAbney.bsky.social

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John Calvin Abney @johncalvinabney.bsky.social · Mar 4

thank you, kosu npr and oklahoma rock show 💙

Oklahoma Rock Show @okrockshow.bsky.social · Mar 3

This week's #OklahomaMusicMinute features songs by @johncalvinabney.bsky.social, The Heard, Wet Muscles, Ford Chastain and a throwback tune by Harlow Wilcox & the Oakies! www.kosu.org/music/2025-0...

KOSU's Oklahoma Music Minute features musicians and bands from across the state.

www.kosu.org

John Calvin Abney @johncalvinabney.bsky.social · Feb 1

On February 14th, I will be releasing Awful Quiet, an instrumental companion to Shortwaving, composed for piano and string quartet.

Exclusively on bandcamp for the time being, Awful Quiet will be out two weeks from today. Follow me at johncalvinabney.bandcamp.com for updates there. 🎶

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John Calvin Abney @johncalvinabney.bsky.social · Dec 21

Tonight is the longest night of the year, and my EP Shortwaving has been vibrating the evening air for three steady weeks. Thank you to those who have taken time and listened to the sounds we forged. Tell me how they have kept you company in the dusk.

John Calvin Abney @johncalvinabney.bsky.social · Dec 19

running hands under cold water, sitting in dark, a snickers bar, and 800mg of advil

John Calvin Abney @johncalvinabney.bsky.social · Dec 19

thank you for your ears this year 💐

yimmykil @yimmykil.bsky.social · Dec 18

My fav EP for 2024 honestly just dropped recently. An artist I’ve followed for a very long time and seen live quite a few times is hands down one of the most talented artists of any I spin. Has that ability to be real and emotionally pull you in every time 🎹🎸🎤 @johncalvinabney.bsky.social