The Back Room Blog

Bob Dylan, Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series Vol. 13, 1979-1981. I saw Bob Dylan in concert last week at… Read More

Richard Lewis calls the artist Carl Titolo a genius.  Lewis knows what he is talking about. Lewis, a comedic genius… Read More

Rihanna enjoying David Burnett’s classic photographs of Bob Marley. David Burnett’s photographs and his book, Soul Rebel, are available through… Read More

It was 50 years ago today that The Washington Post published a review of Donovan’s concert at the DAR Constitution… Read More

It was a great pleasure this past July 4th to meet our friend Enda Kenny, Ireland’s Prime Minister from 2011… Read More

Bruce Springsteen’s birthday is this Saturday, September 23rd. Happy Birthday Bruce! Crawdaddy Magazine Party, June 8, 1976. Photograph by David… Read More

Bessie Smith: The Anthology The Back Room has been closed over the summer and while in Ireland, I was listening… Read More

I just bought a copy of my favorite photo book of this year, 50 Years of Rolling Stone, from Abrams.… Read More

Patti Smith: American Artist. A new paperback edition of Patti Smith: American Artist, featuring Frank Stefanko’s beautiful photos of Patti,… Read More

Check out this fantastic BBC News video with Ted Russell at his exhibition of early Dylan photos in NYC. It… Read More