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Reunited at Woody Fest for a night with brother John Moreland to play some guitar on songs I could never forget. What a shimmering moment to share. Chad Cochran caught these shots.

Updated: 2 hours ago


For now, I hope you’ll come say hello on the road somewhere. I will be playing some solo shows, to be announced soon, but excited to get back to visit our good friends in Bentonville:

8/1 Bentonville, AR - Bloodbuzz House Show


I also shipped back out with the most excellent S.G. Goodman playing keyboards the country over, as well as playing keyboards and guitar with my old pal Margo Cilker, and bass for the inimitable Lydia Loveless. Very excited to be opening a number of the S.G. Goodman shows in September / October too.

** = JOHN CALVIN ABNEY OPENING
5/29 Jacksonville, FL - Vystar Memorial Arena (supporting Tyler Childers)
5/30 Gainesville, FL - Listening Room
6/1 Orange Beach, AL - The Wharf Amphitheater (supporting Tyler Childers)
6/27 Lexington KY - The Burl
6/28 Lexington KY - The Burl
7/5 Duluth MN - Bayfront Festival Park (with Trampled By Turtles)
7/25 Newport, RI - Newport Folk Fest
8/7 Pittsburgh PA - Stage AE Outdoors (with Lord Huron)
8/8 Columbus OH - KEMBA Live! (with Lord Huron)
8/9 Rochester Hills MI - Meadow Brook Amphitheatre (with Lord Huron)
8/23 Falkbenberg SE - Rootsy Summer Fest
8/24 Stockholm SE - Stockholm Roots
8/26 Oslo NO - Belleville
8/28 Tønder DK - Tønder Fest
8/29 Tønder DK - Tønder Fest
8/31 Den Haag NL - Once In A Blue Moon Festival
9/2 London UK - Oslo Hackney
9/4 Manchester UK - Gullivers
9/5 Bristol UK - Louisiana
9/18 Dallas, TX - Kessler Theatre**
9/19 Houston, TX - The Heights**
9/20 Austin, TX - Antone’s**
9/23 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress**
9/24 Pioneertown, CA - Pappy & Harriet’s
9/26 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
9/27 San Francisco, CA - The Chapel**
9/30 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater**
10/1 Seattle, WA - Crocodile**
10/3 Salt Lake City, UT - State Room**
10/4 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater**
10/22 Atlanta, GA - Terminal West
10/24 Nashville, TN - BEAST
10/25 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle
10/26 Saxapahaw, NC - Haw River
10/27 Washington, DC - Atlantis
10/29 New York, NY - Bowery
10/30 Philadelphia, PA - World Café Live
11/1 Boston, MA - Sinclair
11/2 Northampton, MA - Iron Horse
11/4 Toronto, ON, CA - The Great Hall
11/5 Ann Arbor, MI - The Ark
11/7 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
11/8 Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line
11/10 St Louis, MO - Off Broadway
11/22 Louisville, KY - Headliners

6/10 Venice, CA - Venice West
6/11 Santa Barbara, CA - Soho
6/13 Morro Bay, CA - Live Oak Music Fest
6/14 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill

6/23 Sioux City, IA - Orpheum Theatre (supporting Charley Crockett)

Elated to be out there making some noise.

See you along the way,

John

Bright tidings on the spring winds, folks.


The last month has been one for the history books. I joined dear one Lydia Loveless and her band down in Memphis to record a supreme collection of her new songs at Southern Grooves, proudly commandeering pianos and Hammonds. Taking up keyboards and auxiliary in S.G. Goodman's band on the highways has been nothing short of a gift and I am looking forward to the next shows. We opened for Tyler Childers at Kroger Field, each electric line reverberating into the Kentucky sky, heavy with humidity. Made my way into San Francisco and the halls of Tiny Telephone Studios to work with a regular Bay Area wrecking crew to arrange for some of old friend Dwayne Jarrell's songs.


I’ve been asked to open the western leg of S.G. Goodman’s release tour for her upcoming and shining new album, Planting by the Signs. I’ll also be performing in S.G.’s band, playing keyboards and auxiliary instruments. Grateful and excited beyond my days to have the opportunity to do both.


9/18 Dallas, TX - Kessler Theatre

9/19 Houston, TX - The Heights

9/20 Austin, TX - Antone’s

9/23 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress

9/27 San Francisco, CA - The Chapel

9/30 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater

10/1 Seattle, WA - Crocodile

10/3 Salt Lake City, UT - State Room

10/4 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater


Secure yourself a spot now and I’ll see you out there as autumn turns her gaze upon us.


John


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