Every Prince fan has a song that sums up his genius, and for me it’s “The Ballad of Dorothy Parker,” one of the tormented strange-relationship soul laments from his 1987 masterpiece Sign O’ the Times. There aren’t any other songs like this one. Prince is fighting with his girlfriend, so… Source: RollingStone Link: Prince: Nothing […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — MTV says this summer’s Video Music Awards will mark a first in the show’s three-decade history. Source: Yahoo Music Link: MTV Video Music Awards set for NYC's Madison Square Garden
Minneapolis’ favorite son was a whirlwind of creativity that knew no bounds, the purple-minded genius releasing dozens of albums on his own, but also mentoring and producing dozens of bands like dirty-minded girl group Vanity 6 and synth-funk dynamos the Time. His songs became massive pop hits for stars as… Source: RollingStone Link: 15 Great […]
Mick Jagger expressed deep regret over the death of Prince on Thursday. “I am so saddened,” the Rolling Stones frontman wrote. “Prince was a revolutionary artist, a wonderful musician and composer. He was an original lyricist and a startling guitar player. His talent was limitless. He was one of the most unique… Source: RollingStone Link: Mick Jagger […]
Hours before the 2007 Super Bowl in Miami, Florida, producer Don Mischer called up Prince to tell him he’d probably have to perform his halftime show in the middle of a torrential downpour. “I want you to know it’s raining,” Mischer said. “Are you OK?” Prince had a very simple… Source: RollingStone Link: See Prince […]
In 2014, in advance of 30th anniversary of Purple Rain, Warner Brothers announced a “new partnership” with Prince — one that promised remastered and unreleased music from his vaults in exchange for returning ownership of the master recordings to all of his albums to him. Broadly, the announcement felt like… Source: RollingStone Link: Let's Go […]
As fans and admirers come to grips with the unexpected death of Prince, who passed away today at 57, it’s clear that the musician’s influence reaches far beyond a single genre. Few artists were more celebrated, more revered and more enigmatic in the mid-Eighties, when Prince was at his commercial… Source: RollingStone Link: Deborah Allen […]
Frank Ocean, who has been mostly reclusive since teasing a follow-up to his 2012 album Channel Orange, wrote a touching, honest tribute to Prince following news of the artist’s death at his Minneapolis recording studio on Thursday. “I’m not even gonna say rest in peace because it’s bigger than death,” Ocean wrote on… Source: RollingStone Link: Frank […]
As the world mourns the death of Prince, the sports teams in his hometown of Minneapolis are also paying tribute – a testament to an artist who transcended the boundaries of music. Though the Minnesota Twins are currently on the road in Milwaukee, the team lit an empty Target Field in… Source: RollingStone Link: Minnesota […]
Following Prince’s death, Elton John posted a picture of the musician on Instagram, calling him “the greatest performer I have ever seen” and “a true genius.” Elton John and Prince performed onstage together twice, John wrote. “This is truly devastating news,” John wrote. “The greatest performer I have ever seen. A true genius. Musically… Source: RollingStone Link: Elton […]