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Discover the great stories & images behind a classic Tom Waits photoshoot

We are delighted to launch our exclusive news article collaboration with music journalism gurus, Rock's Backpages. Our launch feature focuses on the shared experiences of our founder Jill Furmanovsky and writer/RBP editorial director Barney Hoskyns when they travelled to California in January 1999 to interview and photograph Tom Waits, Includes never-before-seen images.

28th April 2020

Jill Furmanovsky releases unique John Prine print to raise funds to fight Coronavirus

The global coronavirus pandemic has claimed the lives of thousands, including legendary folk singer John Prime, Now Jill Furmanovsky has released a unique print of the great man to help raise funds to fight Covid-19.

14th April 2020

Make this Jailhouse Rock!

Here's our latest update on discussions to turn a disused police station in Hampstead into a vibrant rock music heritage centre

12th March 2020

Amy Winehouse photographed backstage by Jill Furmanovsky at the Union Chapel, Islington London 2006

Music Walk of Fame honours Camden's greatest music icons

This week the Music Walk of Fame honours three of Camden's greatest music icons. Artist stones were laid in celebration of Madness, Amy Winehouse & Soul II Soul

28th February 2020

Guest writer, Hugh Fielder, reveals the story behind one of most iconic photographs

Guest writer, Hugh Fielder, reveals the story behind one of our most iconic photographs

Our guest writer, renowned journalist Hugh Fielder, reveals the story behind one of most iconic photographs of Jimi Hendrix

8th February 2020

A Rockarchive limited edition print of David Gilmour playing the guitar onstage with Pink Floyd in Hyde Park in 1970.

Five classic albums celebrating the Big Five-0 in 2020

This year sees a number of classic albums celebrate milestone anniversaries. We share our pick of golden records who hit the big Five-0 in 2020

16th January 2020

The Smiths 'The Queen is Dead' - An Iconic Album Both Sonically and Visually

When it comes to iconic modern albums, they don’t come more celebrated than The Smiths 'The Queen is Dead'. Iconic both in its music and the gatefold album cover. Last year saw 30 years since its release on 16 June 1986, and it soon became an instant classic. The type of album that fans would listen to on repeat until, well, they still are listening to it.

10th May 2017

Rockarchive Pop-Up Shop Now Open in HampsteaD

We are delighted to announce the opening of our new pop-up shop in the heart of Hampstead, North London. This fascinating pop-up contains a selection of best-selling Rockarchive limited edition photographic prints, including work by Jill Furmanovsky, as well as one-off prints, rare t-shirts, signed memorabilia, vintage press prints, postcards, posters and end of editions.

7th December 2016

Goodbye Brixton

As we take down our ‘Silhouettes & Shadows’ exhibition at Photofusion we say a sad farewell to Brixton and reflect on the amazing six weeks we have enjoyed there.

When we decided several months ago to run a David Bowie exhibition, celebrating his life and career, Brixton was our first choice location.

27th October 2016

Celebrate Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize for Literature With This ‘Like A Rolling Stone’ Interactive Video

It was a controversial choice, but last week it was revealed that Bob Dylan, singer songwriter, artist, performer, and music-making legend, won the Nobel Prize for Literature. The reason? “For having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.” While it delighted many it irked others, mostly novelists. But, well, they’re just going to have to suck it up, because Dylan is deserving.

17th October 2016

Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett & The Story Behind The Making Of ‘Wish You Were Here’

Back in 1975 Pink Floyd walked into Abbey Road Studios and began work on their ninth album, it had been a busy year, well actually it had been a busy 3 years of touring, promoting their previous release, The Dark Side Of The Moon (one of the decade’s biggest hits) and the band were exhausted....

17th August 2016

Rockarchive's 'Chunk of Punk' Exhibition At The Barbican

Rockarchive are really excited to announce that we will be launching our latest exhibition 'Chunk of Punk' at the Barbican Music Library from the start of March 2016.

Our very own, Jill Furmanovsky will be opening up her archive to share her collection of both well-known and unseen Punk images in a celebration of 40 years of Punk.

4th February 2016

David Bowie Remembered

We are all still reeling from last week's tragic loss of David Bowie. Here we share a wonderful tribute from one of our photographers, Mark Mawston.

"David Bowie was the definitive male re inventor of rock. Others may have instigated it but Bowie re invigorated music with every character or costume change. His alter ego’s such as Ziggy Stardust and The Thin White Duke reflect perfectly just two of the many disparate sides of music that he mastered......"

18th January 2016

Rockarchive Exhibition at Radio Salon, Shoreditch

A new exhibition of Rockarchive images are on display at Radio Salon in Shoreditch. The opening night went off with bang, it was 5th November after all.

Thursday night saw the unveiling of 3 huge prints in the salon along with some clusters of smaller prints decorating the walls of east London's prime hair salon, Radio Salon. The night was enjoyed by all as Johnny Borrell (Razorlight) aired his new songs to an excited crowd drinking down Champagne and Sailor Jerry's Rum!

Get down to the Salon and check out the exhibition, and book yourself in for a cut at the same time!

11th November 2015