Singer/Songwriter Dean Johnson could wait to make a splash. Johnson released his debut album “Nothing for Me, Please” in 2023 at 50 years old. In the years since his debut, Johnson says his life has ...

Dean Johnson is apologetic about some of the songs on his sophomore album, “I Hope We Can Still Be Friends,” which was released on August 22nd by Saddle Creek Records. Johnson has gained a steadfast ...

Sometimes, the best possible news lands in your inbox. Dean Johnson, one of the best damn songwriters we’ve got, has just signed with Saddle Creek, a label that’s helped propel the likes of Indigo De ...

For the better part of 10 years, Dean Johnson was one of Seattle music’s best-kept secrets. I first heard him sing in 2016, during a time in my life when I’d make almost nightly outings to Ballard to ...

Dean Johnson, at his home in Seattle, rejects comparisons to the Everly Brothers. “Maybe I’m like a very unrefined back-porch Roy Orbison,” he says. Credit: Luis Arellenas Dean Johnson says that there ...