Kevin Johnson

Kevin Johnson

Feature Writer

Kevin Johnson is a bassist and writer who has been covering music for over 16 years. He is the managing editor for NoTreble.com and has contributed to Bass Player Magazine, Ultimate Guitar, Guitar World, and more. Kevin is an active performer who plays bluegrass and jazz, though his listening habits span virtually every genre. A self-described music theory nerd, he loves to analyze chord changes and harmonic structure.

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Articles by Kevin Johnson

Black and white studio portrait of singer Peabo Bryson smiling.

A side-by-side photo collage featuring Drake performing on stage with a microphone on the left, and Lykke Li wearing a sheer mesh face mask and black coat on the right.

Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull performing live in 2014 at the Billboard Music Awards.

A stylized, high-contrast graphic edit of an archival 1918 photograph of composer Sergei Prokofiev. The image uses a dramatic two-tone color scheme, with Prokofiev's face, hands, and the piano keys highlighted in bright, vivid yellow against a dark, textured black background.

Kevin Parker of Tame Impala photographed in 2025, standing on a dirt road in a desert landscape, wearing a cream-colored graphic tunic.

Paul McCartney and Stephen Colbert performing "Hello Goodbye" at the closing of the final episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Ariana Grande posing in her iconic Dangerous Woman black latex bunny mask.

Philippine band Missioned Souls performing the cover of Boston's "Foreplay/Long Time" in studio. YouTube screenshot.

A side-by-side image collage. On the left is a portrait of composer Theodore Shapiro in a dark sweater. On the right is actor Adam Scott as Mark Scout from the TV series "Severance," dressed in a business suit with a blue ID badge.

Ella Langley at the 8th Annual Nashville Songwriter Awards at the Ryman Auditorium on September 23, 2025, in Nashville, Tennessee.

A studio portrait of Josh Groban centered against a light gray, neutral background, taken in 2018.

Kacey Musgraves performing SZA's "Kill Bill" at BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge in 2026.

Sabrina Carpenter and Stevie Nicks performing "Landslide" on stage together at the 2026 Met Gala.

Jimi Hendrix on stage in England on February 24th, 1969

Infinity Percussion

Patsy Cline and Willie Nelson

Al Jarreau performing

Bassoonist and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Ryuichi Sakamoto

The Ramones in 1977