So Where To Today?

Born in Alaska. Now lives in Argentina. Participated in Womad 2005 “The guy lived in New York City for a decade, leaving the Big Apple for Buenos Aires after recording “Sur o no Sur”, he’s perfectly bilingual and shifts back and forth between Spanish, English, and Spanglish throughout Sur o No Sur. And not necessarily from one song to the next, either. It offers new revelations with each listen, and the more studied you are in language and music, the more you’re likely to appreciate Johansen’s talent. This is exactly the sort of highly literate, multicultural music, the more that critics and bohemians live for…” Jason Birchmeier