Johnette Napolitano was tormented by waking nightmares. “A friend of mine summed it up perfectly: ‘What happened to you is like before an earthquake when the cockroaches and animals and turkeys all ...

For the members of rock-trio Concrete Blonde, their latest collaboration, “Group Therapy,” was just that.The band – consisting of vocalist Johnette Napolitano, guitarist Jim Mankey and drummer Harry ...

Concrete Blonde’s message Sunday night at Luther’s Blues was simply that it’s great to be alive. Stomping through cuts both old and new, the reformed and rejuvenated members of the post-punk icons ...

Throughout the late '80s and early '90s, Concrete Blonde exhibited an appealingly malleable persona, dabbling in garage rock ("Still In Hollywood"), message songs ("God Is A Bullet"), Spanish-language ...

Suffering from a cold that turned her already sandpapery voice into a gritty rasp, Concrete Blonde's Johnette Napolitano turned an emotional homecoming into a display of sheer will. "I hear my voice," ...

Alt-rock band Concrete Blonde headlines Republic New Orleans; opening the show is local flamenco group Ven'Pa'Ca', with whom Concrete Blonde singer Johnette Napolitano has occasionally sat in. Paul ...

Mixing nostalgia with immediacy, the original members of L.A. favorite Concrete Blonde reunited Sunday at Spaceland during a benefit concert for the New York Firefighters 9-11 Disaster Relief Fund.

When Concrete Blonde called their 1990 album “Bloodletting,” it was a title that carried no small amount of symbolism. That album marked the end of a long period of struggle that included several ...

Johnette Napolitano sounds relaxed as she chats by phone from her home in Joshua Tree. The conversation is full of hearty laughs as she quickly jumps through a variety of topics, ranging from her ...

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO Although Concrete Blonde is no longer together, the Los Angeles band’s outstanding lead singer Johnette Napolitano is back. Napolitano is not only out on the road, but has released ...