Johnette Napolitano To Play Shows In LA, Tucson & San Francisco 10/14, 10/16 & 10/17

Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Brookes Company) - Hollywood's very own Johnette Napolitano will take the stage for several special 'one night only' performances at the Hotel Cafe in Los Angeles on October 14th, the Hotel Congress in Tucson, AZ on October 16th and the Cafe Du Nord in San Francisco on October 17th. Former front-woman, songwriter and bassist for Concrete Blonde, Johnette is best known for her signature throaty and emotionally charged voice. Recently Napolitano has been spending her time in the studio working on her second solo album, a follow up to last year's critically acclaimed solo CD Scarred, along with a lyric and art book titled Scarred, due out in 2009. Napolitano will also release the third installment in her Sketchbook online CD series. Look for Sketchbook III on CDBaby.com in December 2008.

For her latest musical endeavor Napolitano has teamed up with UK artist Will Crewdson (guitarist, writer, producer and co-founder of glam band Rachel Stamp). Recently the duo recorded a new version of Midnight Oil's classic hit 'Beds Are Burning' which is available now on CD Baby and currently streaming at https://www.myspace.com/johnettenapolitanoandwillcrewdson. Notably Crewdson will make his way across the pond to join Johnette at her special one off show. Also joining the band will be Maria Fatal drummer Gabriel Ramirez-Quezada (co-writer and producer of Scarred).

"Will and I are online a lot, and I love his sound, I love the tracks he sent me that wound up on 'Scarred'. I always thought that Oils song was genius: a great dance track, great bass line, and a political message...Native Rights, something I believe in strongly. I'd been inspired from recording John Trudell out at my cabin, and am always trying to fuse the right balance of thought, subject, emotion and badass groove into whatever I put out....Will and I talked about it, and sent me this track and I flipped, it was so great. I love what he did to the choruses, they're very female; sad and pleading where the Oils' is more demanding and macho...Will's sounds are more industrial, more Modern War."

Napolitano is also showing her conceptual artwork at the Art Queen gallery during the months of October and November in her current hometown of Joshua Tree, CA. Utilizing the medium of wood and tin, the show explores the art and symbolism of the cross while also acknowledging the contributions of a few of the lesser-known Saints. As the show will coincide with Day of the Dead, the gallery will feature an altar where people are welcome to bring photos of their loved ones for the duration. The Art Queen gallery is located at 61855 Highway 62 in Joshua Tree and will be open from 1-6 pm on weekends.

Check out Johnette and neighbor Dave Catching (Eagles of Death Metal) in their recent PSA https://www.box.net/shared/t9b2h3xhu8 regarding a proposed dump site in their desert home. In addition, Johnette has appeared as co-writer/producer/vocalist in the last few years to films with writer/producer Danny Lohner of NIN, The Australian Film Commission, Wes Borland's Black Light Burns, Native American poet/activist John Trudell, and most recently co-writing with A Perfect Circle's Billy Howerdel for his new band, Ashes dIVIDE (Island)and Spanish-language virtuosos El Juri.