Articles by Kevin Johnson
You Can Now Play JVKE’s New Song on Piano While Also Vibing to Its Retro-Gaming-Style Music Video
This Passionate Performance of ABBA Classic Raises the Bar: From Disco Club to the Concert Hall, Jessica Trocha Stuns Everyone
This Iconic Band Made a (Very) Risky Move for Their Classic Song: It Turned Into a Massive Hit and Changed Modern Music
This Stunning Performance May Be Exactly What the Iconic Composer Wanted: How a Late 19th-century Piece Still Moves Us Today
We Need More Jazz in Our Pop: Laufey Proves How Much You Can Say With a Simple Guitar and Vocal Arrangement
Seal Names ‘One of the First Sort of Decent Songs’ He Wrote, Reveals Why He Chose Guitar as Main Instrument
A Quincy Jones Tribute Unlike Any Other: Here’s How Cynthia Erivo and Herbie Hancock Did a Mindblowing Cover of a Jazz Classic
Better Than Radiohead’s Original? Billy Eilish’s Brother FINNEAS Reinvented This ’90s Alt-Rock Classic (and Made it Perfect)
Centuries Later, J.S. Bach Still Goes Hard: These 7 Unexpected Covers of an Iconic Cello Piece Prove It
Yes, It’s a Famous Piano Piece — But This Arrangement Might Prove That It Should Have Been Written for Guitar: This Version Proves It
Chappell Roan Reveals Why She’ll Not Do a New Album Anytime Soon: ‘It Took Me Five Years to Write the First One’
It’s the Most Watched Animated Film on Netflix — And Now, It Scores Highest-charting Soundtrack of 2025
‘The Next Song is a True Story’: It’s a Legendary Song, but This Version Marks the Start of a Cultural Phenomenon
Deltarune Meets Metal: How RichaadEB and Friends Reimagined ‘Raise Up Your Bat’ for Guitar Shredders
Do You Even Need Keyboards? Top 4 Unexpected Yet Awesome Covers of Van Halen’s ‘Jump’ You (Probably) Didn’t Know
Why ‘Nuvole Bianche’ Still Moves Audiences: Ludovico Einaudi’s Story Behind the Score
Decades Later, Led Zeppelin’s Legal Battle Over Songwriting Credits Is Finally Over: Here Are the Details
Coldplay’s Unexpected (and Controversial) Twist: How a Live Show Scandal Sent an Old Song Back Into the Charts
From RPG Epic to Piano Solo: Caliko’s ‘Clair Obscur’ Arrangement Captures the Drama of Alicia’s Theme
Chuck Mangione Remembered: 10 Tracks That Show How a Flugelhorn Helped Shape Jazz History
‘An Instant Serotonin Boost’: You Haven’t Head This Version of ‘Test Drive’ From ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ — But You Should
45 Years After Its Release, This Ozzy Osbourne Classic Broke into the Billboard Hot 100 for the First Time
