Career
Although he stopped playing with Buckley before recording began on what was to become the singer"s final original album (released posthumously as Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk), Johnson shares writing credits for one of its tracks. Matt Johnson has also performed and recorded with Duncan Sheik, Elysian Fields, Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Gabriel Kahane, Dean Wareham, Britta Phillips, Beth Orton, David Poe, and Theo Eastwind. Johnson is currently collaborating with Sheik and fellow musician/songwriters David Poe, Morgan Taylor and Fil Krohnengold on an as-yet unnamed band project
Johnson toured with American indie musician Saint Vincent from 2011 to 2015.
He has also played with the Australian singer-songwriter duo Angus & Julia Stone.