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From left to right: Rev. Dr. Thomas E. Williams, Govinda Gallery artist Carlotta Hester, and Chris Murray at the First African Baptist Church of East Savannah. Copyright © Gordon Varnedoe. All Rights Reserved. I recently visited Savannah, Georgia for a few days. I was shown around that beautiful city by my friend and Savannah native […]

Sam Charters recording Sleepy John Estes, Brownsville, TN 1962. Photo by Ann Charters. Sam Charters was essential in the revival of blues and folk music in the 60s and 70s. His book The Country Blues and the compilation album of the same title was a key influence on so many musical artists. Bob Dylan, for […]

Taschen has published an extraordinary collection of photographs of The Rolling Stones in their new book simply titled The Rolling Stones. It is the best collection of photographs of the Rolling Stones in a single book. We love the book here at Govinda Gallery as 17 of the photographers featured in the book have shown […]

Enjoy this live-action drawing by Carlotta Hester from The Pure Drop series of traditional Irish musicians, singers, and dancers from the All Island Music Festival. Irish step dancer Clare McDermott with Irish musicians, County Cavan, August 20, 2010 at the Gig Rig. Copyright © Carlotta Hester. All Rights Reserved.

Björk performing at Big Day Out in 1994, Melbourne Australia. From the exhibition La Revolucion del Rock & Roll. Copyright © Ross Halfin. All Rights Reserved. There is a buzz around Björk at the moment with the release of her new album “Vulnicura” and the recent opening in New York City at the Museum of […]

Today is Bob Marley’s 70th birthday. We celebrate with two exclusive previously unpublished photos of Bob Marley on tour taken by Bob’s guitarist and vocalist with the Wailers, Junior Marvin. Junior Marvin is working on his memoir of photos and stories from his five years performing and recording with Bob Marley and the Wailers. Bob […]

Bob Dylan has a new album, Shadows in the Night, being released February 3. I could not help but notice how similar the cover of Dylan’s album was to Donovan’s album Shadows of Blue, which was released in 2013. I had the pleasure of attending the recording sessions in Nashville for Donovan’s album. It was […]

The Doors Door outside the Whisky A Go Go, Los Angeles, January 17, 2015. Copyright © William Adair. All Rights Reserved. Just two nights after William Adair and Walter Egan’s openings at Mr Musichead Gallery in Los Angeles, Adair went to the legendary Whisky A Go Go to create a Doors Door. The Doors are […]

Ernie Banks, Arizona 1965. Copyright © Walter Iooss. All Rights Reserved. This portrait of Ernie Banks, the greatest power-hitting shortstop of the 20th century, is one of my favorite photographs by the legendary sports photographer Walter Iooss. It was Govinda Gallery’s honor to host the first exhibition of Walter Iooss’ extraordinary baseball photographs. Iooss’ portrait […]

Part of the crowd and installation at the Egan/Adair exhibitions at Mr Musichead. Copyright © Anna Jacoby/Govinda Gallery Archive. All Rights Reserved. Walter Egan’s Martyrs of Rock and William Adair’s Golden Doors to Infinity exhibitions opened last Thursday in Los Angeles at Mr Musichead Gallery on Sunset Blvd. The stars were aligned as a large […]