The Back Room Blog

Copyright © Ellice Ruiz. It was a great opening for the first exhibition of Scott Smith’s photographs of Tom Waits… Read More

Kim ‘Boss’ Pappaterra, proprietor of Carmine’s, and Chris Murray at the Hollywood Bowl. Copyright Govinda Gallery Archive Yesterday the New… Read More

Musical artist extraordinaire Junior Marvin. Copyright © Carlotta Hester. All Rights Reserved. I recently went to see the world premiere… Read More

One of the best bands I have heard in a while are The Swamp Donkeys. If you like brilliant traditional… Read More

From Reflections From Hell by Richard Lewis and Carl Titolo (powerHouse Books 2015) Charlie Rose just did an amazing interview… Read More

The incredible Taschen publishers just released the most stunning book in print of Alfred Wertheimer’s photographs of Elvis Presley in… Read More

Ronnie Wood’s work is available through Govinda Gallery. Read More

This Sunday is Bob Dylan’s birthday. The Los Angeles Times published a fine story by Hugh Hart about Bob Dylan:… Read More

The stack of books at City Winery for the Reflections From Hell program. Copyright © Megan Bearder. All Rights Reserved.… Read More

B.B. King, Newport Folk Festival, 1968. Copyright © Dick Waterman. All Rights Reserved. This photograph by Dick Waterman is my… Read More