johnette napolitano discography download torrent zip mp3 rar 320 Former Singer Returns With Art. Johnette Napolitano's debut exhibit to be followed by first gig in a year. LOS ANGELES — Former Concrete Blonde singer Johnette Napolitano said there's something spiritually significant about a holiday that invites you to a "once a year party with your dead relatives." That's why she will celebrate the Mexican Day of the Dead in her own way in Los Angeles later this month, with the opening of her debut art exhibit and her first stage performance in more than a year. "I really identify with this holiday, so metaphorically, to get up and play a show and get everybody together and have a blow-out just seems like the right thing to do," Napolitano said from her Los Angeles home Friday. "And it's the end of the millennium, so no one knows what's gonna happen after that." Once a year, Mexican families pay tribute to their deceased loved ones by placing the departeds' favorite possessions and foods under home altars; then at midnight, the families go to the cemetery to visit their relatives' graves. The holiday falls on Nov. 1. "It's an amazing way to deal with that part of life, which is death," said Napolitano, who lives part of the year in Bali, Mexico, without a television or phone. "It's a very warm and healthy way to do it." Napolitano will open her debut art exhibit Oct. 28 at Zero One Gallery in Los Angeles. The artwork consists of a series of mixed-media free- standing crosses inspired by roadside memorial markers in the Mexican desert. Two nights later, she will perform a concert featuring Holly Vincent and Berlin singer Terri Nunn as her backup vocalists and the rock en Español group Maria Fatal as her band. She also will incorporate her artwork into her stage set, using an installation that echoes the Zero One exhibit. The 40-year-old singer said she will perform songs by her previous bands — Concrete Blonde and Pretty and Twisted — and songs from her unreleased solo , Sound of a Woman. She'll also perform material she is compiling for a new LP. New numbers likely to turn up in the show include "Cut," a song she wrote about female circumcision, and a cover of Marianne Faithfull's "Broken English." Napolitano hopes to release some of the songs from Sound of a Woman — which was never issued, due to what she termed label problems — on the Internet. She said she also may re-record some of that album's material for the new LP. The 17 months since Napolitano last performed marks the singer's longest hiatus from the stage in her career. But if the show and exhibit both turn out well, she will consider a sequel of sorts for the spring, she said. Concrete Blonde, featuring Napolitano on vocals and bass, found their greatest commercial success with their dark 1990 album, Bloodletting, featuring the single "Joey" ( RealAudio excerpt ). After the group disbanded in 1993, Napolitano released an album under the name Vowel Movement with Vincent, followed by the self-titled release of Pretty and Twisted, whose intense, artsy sound reflected their name. Napolitano recently recorded vocals on two tracks, "Dream Piece" and "Alive," for guitarist 's forthcoming solo album. "He kicked my ass so hard creatively; it just inspired the hell out of me," she said. "He's probably solely responsible for me getting out and wanting to do more [music]." Napolitano, whose first artistic love as a child was visual art, previously ran her own gallery, the Lucky Nun, and has sold her art over the Internet. But she's never done a full exhibit of her work until now. "I want people to like the stuff because I do put a lot into it, not just because, 'Gee, she plays guitar and has made a couple records,' " she said. "This is, in fact, what I did first." Johnette Napolitano. Johnette Napolitano (born September 22, 1957, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California) is an American singer, songwriter and bassist best known as the lead vocalist/songwriter and bassist for the group Concrete Blonde. [3] Contents. Early life Co-founding and tenure with Concrete Blonde Solo career Non-Concrete Blonde discography Other projects Pretty and Twisted Scarred References. Early life. There were five children in her family growing up. [4] Her parents recognized early that she had talent, possibly when they and she watched "The Wizard of Oz," and then she went to the piano and picked out "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" note for note. [5] Her mother loved show tunes. [5] The family also listened to Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, and the Rat Pack. [5] At age five she enrolled in a gifted kids art program at UCLA. [6] Co-founding and tenure with Concrete Blonde. See article on Concrete Blonde. For Concrete Blonde discography, see Concrete Blonde#Discography (within full article on Concrete Blonde) Solo career. She has also recorded as a solo artist, with the Sketchbook (2002), Sketchbook 2 (2006), Scarred (2007), and Sketchbook 3 (2010), and as a member of: Dream 6 (a precursor to Concrete Blonde). Vowel Movement, a side project; a semi-improvisational musical collaboration with Holly Beth Vincent. Pretty & Twisted, a side project; a band that also featured former guitarist . Lead singer for the album tour for The Heads, the re-formed ' project, with , and . She is featured on the 1996 album No Talking, Just Head . This was, at the time, intended to turn into a full-time project, with further studio albums and tours. A live CD-video of the first tour was planned, featuring performances from many of the album's guest artists and Napolitano on vocals for the songs originally recorded by Talking Heads. sued the band, saying their name and presentation was too evocative of Talking Heads, and put an end to those plans. [ citation needed ] Napolitano also recorded a solo album titled Sound of a Woman around 1996–1997, and performed many of the songs on a solo tour opening for Paul Weller. [7] The album was set to be released on IRS (a subdivision of Island Records), the label of her old band, Concrete Blonde. 1997–1998 was a bad time for Island, starting with the sudden departure of founder-CEO Chris Blackwell and ending with the total reorganization of the label. Sound of a Woman was, effectively, lost in the shuffle, and at this point is unlikely to ever be officially released. Bootleg copies of this album are rare and highly valued. [ citation needed ] Napolitano is a resident of Joshua Tree, California. [8] She composes music for films and works as a gallery artist, specializing in working with discarded and reclaimed materials. She also takes care of rescue horses. [9] Non-Concrete Blonde discography. Johnette Napolitano and Holly Vincent Vowel Movement (1995, Mammoth Records) Pretty & Twisted (1995, Warner Bros. Records) Sketchbook (2002, independently released) Johnette Napolitano and Buzz Gamble "Cheap Tequila" single (2004, independently released) Sketchbook 2 (2005, independently released) Scarred (2007, Hybrid Recordings) Sketchbook 3 (2009, Happy Hermit/independently released) "Naked" EP (2015, independently released) "The Naked Album" (2015, independently released) Other projects. She has contributed music to many films, including the 2006 Australian film Candy , and "Suicide Note" from Underworld . The following films and TV programmes also feature songs performed by Concrete Blonde: Beavis and Butt-Head (1993) (TV) – "Blood Drive" episode Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) (TV) – "One Man and a Baby" episode Girls in Prison (1994) (TV) Deadly Love (1995) (TV) The Sopranos (1999) (TV) – "Calling all cars" episode The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) The Hidden (1987) Pump Up the Volume (1990) Point Break (1991) Me, Myself and I (1992) Jimmy Hollywood (1994) Losing Isaiah (1995) Passions (1999) Dead Silence (2007) ("Who's Holding You Now?") Candy (2006) ("Wedding Theme From Candy") The Third Watch (2004) (Season 5, Episode 17) The Sopranos – "Nobody Knows Anything" (1999) ("Highs Are Too High") Foxfire (1996) ("Dancing Barefoot") The Basketball Diaries (1995) ("Dancing Barefoot") West (2007) Pep Squad (1998) Cry Radio (1998) – Narrator. In 1996, Napolitano produced an album by Australian group In Vivo. Napolitano collaborated with Danny Lohner (Nine Inch Nails, , ) on the horror film Dead Silence . The pair had successfully collaborated previously for the films Underworld and Wicker Park . Napolitano contributed vocals to an album by John Trudell, and performs backing vocals in "Struck a Nerve" by on the album. Napolitano performed the main vocals on the score of the Australian film West , written and directed by Daniel Krige. She also sang the title song, "Falling in Love". Napolitano also performed the duet "My Little Problem" with on The Replacements "All Shook Down" release. Napolitano provided vocals on the track "I Am Where it Takes Me" by metal band Black Light Burns. Napolitano is credited as co-writer of the song "Too Late". Napolitano wrote and sang, with Steve Wynn, the song "Conspiracy of the Heart" included in the Steve Wynn's album Kerosene Man (1990). Pretty and Twisted. Johnette Napolitano joined Marc Moreland and Danny Montgomery to form Pretty & Twisted in 1995. [10] Their self-titled debut, Pretty & Twisted , was produced by Napolitano and released on Warner Brother Records, Inc. The track listing for the album was: "The Highs Are Too High" – 6:10 "Mother of Pearl" – 5:05 () "Souvenir" – 5:09 "No Daddy No" – 4:34 "iRide!" – 3:40 "Train Song (Edge of Desperation)" – 6:30 "Stranger" – 2:59 (Paul Westerberg, Johnette Napolitano) "Singing is Fire" – 3:11 (Lyrics by Charles Bukowski) "Don't Take Me Down" – 4:37 "Come Away With Me" – 5:55 (words: , music: Johnette Napolitano) "Dear Marlon Brando" – 3:30 "Billy" – 3:39 "Watching the Water" – 4:17. Scarred. Napolitano's solo album Scarred was released on May 28, 2007, on the label Hybrid Recordings. Scarred track list. 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All she had was a strong feeling that she needed a change after nine years fronting one of the era’s most esteemed and artistically rewarding L.A.- based rock bands. “I dropped my own hatchet and was scared to death,” Napolitano said of her decision to break up the band against the wishes of her longtime sidekicks, guitarist Jim Mankey and drummer Harry Rushakoff. Napolitano, who turns 38 next week, was forsaking the safety of a band that had one gold album, 1990’s “Bloodletting,” among its five releases, and always seemed a candidate for breakthrough success. “My mom was [asking], ‘What are you going to do?’ People very close to me were wondering: Did I know what I was doing? I didn’t know what I was doing. But I didn’t want to do [Concrete Blonde] any more. I wasn’t very happy,” recalled Napolitano, whose conversation, like her performing persona, ranges between freewheeling outspokenness and thoughtful ruminations. She was speaking from a hotel room outside Detroit, a stop for her new band, Pretty & Twisted, which plays Saturdayat the Galaxy Concert Theatre in Santa Ana. There followed a time of solitude and reflection (a summer living on the cheap in Paris) and a period of craft-oriented woodshedding at home. Aiming to be a self-sufficient record producer, Napolitano got high-tech gear and honed her studio skills by copying favorite tracks like an aspiring painter duplicating old masters. Among those she replicated were songs by Roxy Music, the British art-rock band that was one of the influences on the “Pretty & Twisted” CD. “I like that combination of groove and mood and poetry,” said Napolitano, who included Roxy’s “Mother of Pearl” on the album. Napolitano moved ahead with Pretty & Twisted after recruiting old friend Marc Moreland, the guitarist of another ‘80s-vintage L.A. band, Wall of Voodoo. They added Danny Montgomery, an American drummer she had met in Paris. The debut album has won good early notices for its atmospheric textures and evocative songwriting, which oscillates between tense glimpses of downward-bound, self-destructive characters and softer, comforting visions of people reaching for a sense of peace and equanimity. Napolitano said she felt more doubt than triumph during recording, her maiden voyage as sole producer of an album. “I thought, ‘For 10 years I’ve done all this, and I’ve got to find out how much I’ve learned and what I know.’ I was afraid that I would bail out, I would buckle under and I wouldn’t be able to finish it. But I kept through it and it came out.” She had finished most of the work by March but had doubts as to just how good it was until she began playing the tracks for some old associates: Jim Mankey, her key creative foil in Concrete Blonde, and his brother, Earle, a veteran record producer. “The first person I played it to was Jim Mankey, and he really liked it. And Earle mixed it and he liked it. Jim and Earle were my big brothers. When Jim started asking me how I got certain sounds, I just swelled up. He’s asking me! It meant the world, because they taught me.” Napolitano said that she and Jim Mankey are back on good terms and co-producing an album for Los Illegals, a bilingual rock band from East L.A. Meanwhile, she said, playing with Pretty & Twisted has proven to be a far different experience than Concrete Blonde, even though the bands’ basic bass-drums-guitar lineup are identical. “Like Concrete Blonde, this whole thing is the sum total of who’s involved,” she said. “A lot of the thrashy stuff I did 10 years ago, like ‘,’ that’s not what I care to do any more. . . . Now I’m able to use a lower register because Marc is ‘a soundscape artist,’ as a paper in Canada called him. . . . He’s just an atmospheric genius. Jim is an incredible guitar player, a flamenco quality guitar player. Sometimes all I wanted was one note or a sound, and it was almost insulting to ask him to do that.” Napolitano said that Moreland, unlike the stationary Mankey, carries some of the load generating onstage dynamism. “Danny and I will sometimes look over and be so amazed at whatever the [expletive] he’s doing over there. He’s really a character, a star. I feel I don’t have to run around.” Happy as Napolitano says she is with her new band (which has resisted playing any Concrete Blonde material, although she said she’s mulling a version of the brilliant Andy Prieboy composition “Tomorrow, Wendy”), it hasn’t been easy. No sooner had Pretty & Twisted’s debut tour ended on a high last spring than all three were faced with personal trials: Montgomery was suddenly hospitalized and had to undergo surgery (he’s back in good health now, she said), Moreland learned that the grandmother who raised him was dying, and her own mother was having heart trouble. “We’d had the best month [on tour], and we were just thinking it was all too good to be true, and [the personal upheavals that suddenly hit were] a reminder. For a band that’s been together only six months, we’ve been [through] trial by fire. It was rough, but you won’t find three people more appreciative of what they’re doing.” The 18 months have brought personal changes as well. She said she has quit hard liquor in favor of a daily glass of red wine (“good for your heart, good for your blood; my doctor said I have the lowest cholesterol she’s ever seen”) and given up marijuana (“stupid weed, it just makes me an idiot and eat too much and sleep too much”). She also has connected with Catholicism after having grown up in a household devoid of religion. “I’ve felt a lot better since I came to terms with it. I’ve studied Eastern religions a lot, but the Catholic faith is what fits me best.” Personal change--or the inability to effect it--is at the heart of such Pretty & Twisted songs as “The Highs Are Too High” and “Don’t Take Me Down,” in which Napolitano sees others caught in a desperate whirlpool of excess or emotional debility and vows not to be sucked in with them. “I’m the oldest of five kids, and I had to deal a lot when I was a kid with things in my family,” Napolitano said. “I was always the strong one. When you come from a certain type of environment you wind up being the one who takes care of things. I found myself in the last 10 years trying to help people. But you can’t make people change. That’s been a heavy realization for me in the last year or so . . . . When you make a change in your life and do something that makes you happy, you wake up. It gives you such self-esteem and strength. If you can’t roll with change, life is too hard.” Sound & Vision Thing. Out of print, underrated, forgotten music, movies, etc. Check comments for links. full discography, rar, etc. Wednesday, January 24, 2018. The Fall - RIP. The wonderful and frightening world of the Fall, indeed. By the time you've finished reading this, there will undoubtedly be a new Fall record. They've darn-near put out an album a year since 1979. Some are completely mediocre. except for that one track that is pure magic. And, thus, it's very hard to simply recommend one single album. You're going to have to dig. 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