The Hamilton Live, an amazing new music venue in downtown Washington, D.C. celebrated it’s grand opening January 19th with a ‘sanctified’ set of music from the one and only Mavis Staples and her band. “I love this Hamilton club” proclaimed Mavis toward the end of her tour de force set of Gospel, Blues, Soul and […]
Visit with Rita and Stephanie Marley at the Marley Resort and Spa in Nassau.
Tribute to Govinda Artist and Friends/2011.
Into the Silence by Wade Davis
Donovan elected into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for 2012.
Elvis Presley during the “Don’t be Cruel” recording session at the RCA Victor Studio 1 in NYC, July 2, 1956. Copyright ©Alfred Wertheimer. All Rights Reserved. If you’re interested in Elvis Presley’s music from his golden year of 1956 there is a new box set called Young Man with the Big Beat that is terrific. […]
Wertheimer’s Elvis/The Kiss photo mystery solved!
A story from this summer, July 2011, on Govinda Gallery in The Washington Post.
A story from this summer, July 2011, on Govinda Gallery in Georgetown.
My friend and jazz aficionado Bill Paley invited me to the 25th Anniversary All-Star Concert and 2011 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition at the Kennedy Center last night. It was an incredible evening of outstanding Jazz and of outstanding talent. The special honoree was the incomparable Aretha Franklin, who brought the house to its […]