17 Facts About Kevin Johansen

Kevin Johansen was born on 21 June 1964 and is an American-born Argentine musician and singer-songwriter.

Kevin Johansen is known for mixing several rhythms and languages in his musical work.

Kevin Johansen was born on June 21,1964, in Fairbanks, Alaska, to Marta Gloria Calvet and Kent Johansen.

Marta Calvet was an Argentine feminist and polyglot; she met Kent Johansen while studying in Denver.

Kevin Johansen's parents got divorced soon after, and the mother and children moved to San Francisco.

Kevin Johansen's mother remarried a Mexican painter, but in time the relationship became abusive and she decided to leave her husband and the US in 1976.

Kevin Johansen spent his teenage years between Buenos Aires and Montevideo.

Kevin Johansen worked as a waiter, tourist guide and translator, until he got a chance to start performing regularly at CBGB and get his musical career on track.

Kevin Johansen started to play guitar and write lyrics at 14, and by the end of high school he decided to become a musician.

Kevin Johansen made a brief appearance in the local rock scene with the band Instruccion Civica with Julian Benjamin in the 80s they released two albums: Obediencia Debida in 1985 and Instruccion Civica in 1986.

Kevin Johansen had several jobs unrelated to music, until Hilly Kristal heard him sing and invited him to perform at his club CBGB.

Kevin Johansen played at CBGB for several years, until he created the group The Nada, and in 2000 recorded the album with the same name, which consists in a mix of different Latin sounds with modern pop, funk and rock.

Kevin Johansen performed at the MTV Latin Awards, from where he continued a series of concerts in Miami, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco, prior to the release of Sur o no Sur in United States.

Kevin Johansen has performed in countries such as Mexico, Chile and Belgium.

In 2024, Kevin Johansen acted alongside Sofia Gala for the first time in a feature film called Underground Orange.

Kevin Johansen divorced his first wife and he remarried in 2006 to Maria Laura Franco.

Kevin Johansen is seen as an artist who is not afraid to experiment.