Remember the artist on ‘Prince the Tour’
Local residents may know about some of the popular Prince spots – the Purple Rain house, the Electric Fetus music store, First Avenue, Paisley Park in Chanhassen – but hopping from ...
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How Prince's 'Purple Rain' brought R&B and funk to the masses in the 1980s
(Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) In the 1980s, Prince and his iconic album "Purple Rain" brought R&B and funk to the masses. For Black History Month, we're going through the decades and discussing ...
Workers at First Avenue, its 6 sister clubs, ratify first union contract
Workers at legendary Minneapolis music venue First Avenue and its six Twin Cities sister clubs have ratified their first-ever ...
Prince played the Purple Rain guitar solo at every 3rdeyegirl show... apart from this one
After the third chorus, he’s singing ‘in the purple…’ and then he pointed at me, which was the cue to take the solo," says guitarist Donna Grantis ...
Mike Scott says he "loved" what Prince did when he covered his biggest hit, but did he write it about him?
One popular rock ‘n’ roll myth is that The Waterboys’ 1985 song The Whole of the Moon was written about Prince. In fact, ...
U.S. Senate resolution honors Prince
U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken today announced that the Senate resolution they introduced honoring Prince has passed the Senate. The Senate resolution honors the ...