The Back Room Blog

                    Jane McCormick                 … Read More

  Visitors to The Back Room have enjoyed our occasional updates on musician and poet Donovan’s various activities. He is… Read More

  Painter and musician, Mark Giaimo, opened his exhibition of new paintings “Between Rock and A Hard Place”, last Friday… Read More

  Last Wednesday, I went to see Johnny Marr at The Fillmore in Silver Spring, Maryland. Well known for his… Read More

  I was stunned to hear last night that Paul Allen passed away. Paul, who co-founded Microsoft, created the Experience… Read More

  This photo was taken by Leroy Woodson Jr. in October of 1971 at the opening of Yoko Ono‘s exhibit… Read More

Max Lakin wrote a front page story in The New York Times Arts section today about photographer Jonathan Mannion’s amazing… Read More

Leo’s Tavern 50th anniversary banner. Photograph by Carlotta Hester. I was just looking at the cover of the first issue… Read More

Earlier this week, Bruce Springsteen joined Tangiers Blues Band to celebrate the reopening of Asbury Lanes in Asbury Park, NJ.… Read More

DJ Fontana, Elvis’ original drummer, passed away on Wednesday. DJ was integral to Elvis’ magical sound in 1956. Alfred Wertheimer took… Read More