John Calvin’s “Sturgeon Moon” is an ode to wandering. “It’s meant to convey a way of freedom that may solely come from these uncommon moments the place we’re unencumbered by actual duties,” says the Florida-based Americana troubadour. “However there’s an edge to that have, too. There’s loneliness simply beneath the floor, a pretense that solitude is only a alternative.”
Calvin is aware of one thing concerning the nomadic life-style. The son of a profession navy man, he was born in Fort Benning, Ga., and spent his childhood on the transfer, dwelling in South Korea, Germany and Washington, D.C. He attended the College of Virginia, then headed to the Bay Space earlier than touchdown in New York Metropolis, the place he met his spouse. Subsequent got here a relocation to Dallas, the place he launched his 2018 debut, Masquerade Monday, and wrote a lot of its follow-up, the self-released Greener Fields & Fairer Seas, due January 24. Now a resident of Boca Raton, Calvin was nonetheless dwelling in Texas when he wrote “Sturgeon Moon.”
“The tune is a good instance of one in all my favourite experiences within the studio,” he says. “You stroll in with a tune that appears to suit one mildew—on this case, a finger-style tune with a slight Elliott Smith vibe—and it turns into one thing completely totally different. It’s actually a testomony to producer Nate Campisi and Greg DeCarolis (bass, organ). Each heard a bossa-nova vibe early and crafted a stunning strolling bass line and the glowing Rhodes accents.”
We’re proud to premiere John Calvin’s “Sturgeon Moon.”
—Hobart Rowland
