History was made when Donovan met Emmylou Harris on stage last night with Rodney Crowell at Hamilton Live in Washington, D.C. at a concert to benefit Emmylou’s charity Bonaparte’s Retreat, “to rescue shelter dogs and adopt them into forever homes.” Donovan made a surprise guest appearance at the concert and sang two of his hits […]
Today the New York Times published a story about the collaboration between The Flaming Lips and Miley Cyrus. Just released is Gazing with Tranquility: A Tribute to Donovan which features the Flaming Lips’ version of Donovan’s classic hit “Atlantis.” I just heard Gazing with Tranquility and The Flaming Lips cover of Atlantis is terrific. This […]
Harvard University’s Center for Hellenic Studies, in association with Govinda Gallery, has organized an exhibition of Donovan’s Sapphographs and a ‘day of poetry,’ beginning Saturday December 12. Donovan will also be performing at Hamilton Live a special solo concert celebrating his 50th year as a musical artist. Here are details for those events. Sappho’s Drum […]
Yesterday the Washington Post published a story about parents looking for “cool music” for their kids to listen to. Jack White’s Third Man Records recently collaborated with the imprint Light In the Attic and released “This Record Belongs To______” which comes with a record player built for children. Ben Swank at Third Man Records said […]
Astrid Kirchherr and Stuart Sutcliffe. Self-portrait © Astrid Kirchherr It was 20 years ago today that Govinda Gallery hosted the first exhibition of former Beatle Stuart Sutcliffe’s paintings and drawings in the United States. Sutcliffe was with the Beatles in Hamburg, Germany during their formative years in the early 60s, during which time they developed […]
Peter Guralnick’s much-anticipated biography, Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘n’ Roll (Little Brown), has just been published. Guralnick’s contribution to the history of American music is inestimable and his biography of Sam Phillips is the latest masterwork in Guralnick’s catalog of books. It was Peter Guralnick’s award-winning biography of Elvis Presley, Last Train […]
I was knocked out when I walked into my local post office and saw a stack of the post office’s magazine USA Philatelic with Alfred Wertheimer’s photos of Elvis at 21 on the cover! Several more of Alfred’s photos are used in the magazine and in the Forever Elvis Collection limited edition folio of stamps […]
New York City, November 1980. Copyright © Allan Tannenbaum. “These are the most beautiful and sensitive photographs of John and Yoko that I have ever seen”- Donovan From Allan Tannenbaum’s book John & Yoko: A New York Love Story (Insight Editions). Allan Tannenbaum’s photographs are available through Govinda Gallery.
Muhammad Ali and David Murray greeting each other with gallery director Chris Murray looking on. September 21, 1995 Copyright © Govinda Gallery Archive. All Rights Reserved. Malcolm X walking the streets of Harlem with Muhammad Ali, 1963 Copyright © Howard Bingham. All Rights Reserved. Muhammad Ali with his two boxing heroes Sugar Ray Robinson and […]
Copyright © Alfred Wertheimer. All Rights Reserved. It was five years ago tomorrow that Alfred Wertheimer’s exhibition of his photos of Elvis Presley opened at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Cleveland loved the exhibition and the RRHF made a tasteful line of merchandise to accompany the show. I was invited to […]