The Back Room Blog

Peter Guralnick’s much-anticipated biography, Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘n’ Roll (Little Brown), has just been published. Guralnick’s… Read More

I was knocked out when I walked into my local post office and saw a stack of the post office’s… Read More

New York City, November 1980. Copyright © Allan Tannenbaum. “These are the most beautiful and sensitive photographs of John and… Read More

Muhammad Ali and David Murray greeting each other with gallery director Chris Murray looking on. September 21, 1995 Copyright ©… Read More

Copyright © Alfred Wertheimer. All Rights Reserved. It was five years ago tomorrow that Alfred Wertheimer’s exhibition of his photos… Read More

Rochester, New York is about to have a “four-day blues binge” as reported in the New York Times Tuesday, with… Read More

Bringing it all back home By Damian McCarney Corduroy cap perched on his head, smoldering cigarette in hand, a youthful,… Read More

Musician Willie Hillard, O’Connor’s Pub, Cloghane. Copyright © Carlotta Hester. All Rights Reserved. Donovan writes in his foreword to the… Read More

Today is Richard Lewis’ birthday. I’m celebrating the publication of his new book Reflections From Hell. Happy Birthday Richard! And… Read More

Donovan, 1972 Copyright © Tony Evans. All Rights Reserved. Donovan headlines the acoustic stage at the Glastonbury Festival in Pilton,… Read More