The Back Room Blog

December 30, 2014

John Waters ‘Kills It’ at The Birchmere

Backstage at the Birchmere: John Waters, Govinda artist Carlotta Hester, and Chris Murray. Copyright © Zeid Masri/Govinda Gallery Archive. All… Read More
December 22, 2014

Holiday Reggae Show with Junior Marvin’s Wailers and Images of Bob Marley by David Burnett at Hamilton Live

Exodus Tour, Brussels, 1977. Left to right: The I Threes, Bob Marley, and Junior Marvin. Copyright © David Burnett. All… Read More
December 18, 2014

Viva Cuba! Viva Obama!

Govinda Gallery director Chris Murray in Havana, holding Danny Clinch’s photograph of Tupac Shakur. Copyright © Carlotta Hester/Govinda Gallery Archive.… Read More
December 10, 2014

The World Premiere of Diner with Sheryl Crow and Barry Levinson

The cast of Diner pointing to the neon Diner sign on the set at the closing curtain. Copyright © Carlotta… Read More
December 9, 2014

Sheryl Crow, Barry Levinson, and Diner the Musical

Sheryl Crow, Barry Levinson, and Peter Marks. Copyright © Carlotta Hester. All Rights Reserved. Last night at the Signature Theatre… Read More
December 3, 2014

Bobby Keys 1943-2014 “Can’t You Hear Me Knockin”… On Heaven’s Door

Bobby Keys was one of the great rock and roll sidemen of all time. He performed and recorded with George… Read More
November 25, 2014

Stevie Wonder Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom

Stevie Wonder Copyright © Jill Fermanovsky. All Rights Reserved. Yesterday Stevie Wonder was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, our… Read More
November 24, 2014

The Poet’s Door featuring Walt Whitman by William Adair

The Poet’s Door by William Adair with Nevada Schadler, Georgetown University’s Red Square. On Veteran’s Day William Adair brought to… Read More
November 19, 2014

Financial Times Story on Collecting Music Photography and Govinda Gallery

15 November/16 November 2014 Cool and collected Rock photography: How images of pop stars have gone from bedroom walls to… Read More