Prince

Prince Rock Soul 

A Decade Without Prince

April 21, 2026April 21, 2026 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 10th anniversary, 1999, Darling Nikki, Lovesexy, Madison Square Garden, Minneapolis, Paisley Park, Prince, Prince Rogers Nelson, Purple Rain, Raspberry Beret

‘Life is but a party, and parties weren’t meant to last.’

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Pop Rock 

The Bangles’ Different Light Turns 40

January 13, 2026January 14, 2026 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1986, 40th Anniversary, Apollonia, Christopher, Columbia Records, Debbi Peterson, Different Light, Jules Shear, Manic Monday, Michael Steele, Prince, Susanna Hoffs, The Bangles, Vicki Peterson, Walk Like An Egyptian

Basking in the glow of their smash 2nd LP

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Holiday 

20 Great Rock and Pop Holiday Songs

December 16, 2025December 17, 2025 Dave Steinfeld 0 Comments Chuck Berry, Eagles, Elton John, Greg Lake, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Pretenders, Prince, Prince and the Revolution, Queen, Roberta Flack, The Beach Boys, The Ramones, The Waitresses, Wham!, Yoko Ono

A festive yuletide mixtape just for you

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Funk 

King Pari Announces Debut LP, There It Goes

August 7, 2024August 7, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, Cameron Kinghor, Joe Paris Christensen, King Pari, Prince, Stones Throw Records

Album out October 18th on Stones Throw Records; watch the video for new single, “Bag. Full. Of. Cash.,” below 

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New Wave Prince Rock Soul 

How Purple Rain Cemented Prince’s Path to Immortality

June 26, 2024June 26, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1984, 40th Anniversary, Apollonia, Bobby Z, Brown Mark, Darling Nikki, Dr. Fink, Dreams, James Foley, Let's Go Crazy, Lisa Coleman, Prince, Prince and the Revolution, Purple Rain, The Time, Vanity, Wendy Melvoin, When Doves Cry, William Blinn

Looking back on 40 years of the soundtrack to the Purple One’s cinematic breakthrough

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Funk Pop Prince Rock Soul 

Prince’s Diamonds and Pearls Gets The Vault Treatment

November 15, 2023February 19, 2024 Jason Gross 0 Comments 1991, Chaka Khan, Diamonds and Pearls, Eric Leeds, George Clinton, Legacy Recordings, Mavis Staples, New Power Generation, NPG, Patti LaBelle, Prince, Sheena Easton, Sheila E., Super Deluxe Edition, The Bangles, The Time

Unboxing the rarities-rich editon of an NPG classic

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Pop 

Money Changes Everything: Cyndi Lauper’s She’s So Unusual at 40

October 13, 2023October 13, 2023 Craig Peters 1 Comment "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, 1983, 40th Anniversary, An Innocent Man, Billy Joel, Blue Angel, Captain Lou Albano, Cyndi Lauper, David Wolff, Frontiers, Huey Lewis, Hulk Hogan, Journey, Jules Shear, Keep it Up, Loverboy, Portrait Records, Prince, Robert Hazard, She's So Unusual, sports, The Brains, The Fabulous Moolah, The Hooters, Wendi Richter

Looking back on the album that made her a sensation

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Alternative Rock Pop Remembrance 

Universal Mother: Remembering Sinéad O’Connor

July 27, 2023February 19, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Frank Sinatra, I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got, Ireland, Irish, Joe Pesci, Nothing Compares 2 U, Pope Francis, Pope John Paul II, Prince, RIP, Sinead O'Connor, The Lion and the Cobra

The powerful Irish singer passed away at 56

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Prince 

He Wished U Heaven: Prince’s Lovesexy at 35

May 19, 2023May 19, 2023 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments 1988, 35th Anniversary, Alphabet St., Glam Slam, Lovesexy, Paisley Park, Prince, Sheena Easton, Sheila E., Warner Bros. Records

The strangest seven-week religious conversion, and the music it inspired

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Folk Pop 

Ticket to Anywhere: Tracy Chapman at 35

April 6, 2023April 6, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1988, 35th Anniversary, Depeche Mode, Elektra Records, Eurythmics, Fast Car, Madonna, Pet Shop Boys, Prince, Talkin' 'Bout A Revolution, Tracy Chapman

How one woman and her guitar blew away the late ’80s

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Soul 

Spaced Cowboy: Sly Stone at 80

March 15, 2023March 15, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 80th birthday, Cynthia Robinson, D'Angelo, Everyday People, Fresh, George Clinton, Joe Perry, Larry Graham, OutKast, Prince, Sly and the Family Stone, Sly Stone, Stand!, Woodstock

Honoring the unorthodox genius of a soul icon

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Funk New Wave Pop Prince Rock Soul 

A Pocket Full of Horses: Prince’s 1999 at 40

October 27, 2022October 27, 2022 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1982, 1999, 40th Anniversary, Adam Ant, Billy Joel, Huey Lewis, Joe Jackson, Little Red Corvette, Men At Work, Phil Collins, Prince, Stray Cats, The Go-Gos, Warner Bros.

Looking back at the Purple One’s breakthrough double LP

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Tougher Than The Rest: Bruce Springsteen’s Tunnel of Love at 35

October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1987, 35th Anniversary, Against Me!, Bon Iver, Brilliant Disguise, Bruce Springsteen, Columbia Records, Low Cut Connie, Phosphorescent, Prince, Sharon Van Etten, Ted Leo, the Front Bottoms, the Gaslight Anthem, The Hold Steady, Titus Andronicus, Tougher Than The Rest, Tunnel Of Love

Celebrating the ’80s Boss album that sounds most like 2022

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Prince 

When A Rocket Ship Explodes: Sign “O” The Times at 35

March 30, 2022February 19, 2024 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1987, Camille, Dream Factory, Prince, Sign "O" The Times, Susan Rogers

The Purple One’s 1987 opus remains a singular achievement, where Prince had the ambition and the songs to match through every statement and stylistic curveball

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Indie Rock 

LISTEN: Mama Say Don’t Sleep On FènixDion

March 10, 2022March 10, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Atmosphere, FènixDion, Keston Wright, Lenny Kravitz, Mama Say, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Primal Scream, Prince, Sam Bramble, Slug, Sugar, The Replacements

Check out the latest single off the Minneapolis duo’s debut album Sugar

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