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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

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

Bruce Electronic Folk Pop Rock Synth

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

Prince

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

March 30, 2022March 30, 2022 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

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

Funk

Another Starr Production: The Time at 40

July 29, 2021July 30, 2021 De Angela L. Duff 0 Comments George Clinton, Jellybean Johnson, Jerome Benton, Jesse Johnson, Jimmy Jam, Monte Moir, Morris Day, Parlet, Prince, Terry Lewis, The Time, Vanity 6

A deeper look into the Prince associates’ eponymous debut four decades later

Comedy Pop

Tiny Tim: The Eternal Troubadour

July 23, 2021April 3, 2022 Carey Budnick 3 Comments Bjork, Boy George, David Bowie, Elton John, Frank Zappa, Jackie Gleason, Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson, Peter Paul & Mary, Peter Yarrow, Prince, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Sullivan, The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Tiny Tim, Tiny Tim: King For a Day

As a wonderful new documentary brings the 60s pop culture icon back into the spotlight, we take a deeper look at the man born Herbert Khaury

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PrinceFest ’21—A Firsthand Report from the Purple Underground

June 16, 2021March 24, 2022 Jason Webber 0 Comments Get Experienced, Jellybean Johnson, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Prince, Prince and the Revolution, PrinceFest, Purple Bananas, The Time

Curated by a former Hollywood cameraman who worked on Graffiti Bridge, this annual event in the small Minneapolis suburb of Henderson is a true labor of love

Fusion jazz

LISTEN: Miles Davis at 95

May 26, 2021May 26, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments 95th Birthday, birthday, Bitches Brew, Darryl Jones, Jason Miles, Jazz, Kind of Blue, Michael Jackson, Miles Davis, Prince, Scritti Politti, The Man With The Horn

Celebrating the heavenly birthday of a jazz titan with a playlist of our faves from his final decade

Prince Remembrance

What Prince Taught Me

April 21, 2021April 21, 2021 Jason Webber 0 Comments 5th Anniversary, Chaos & Disorder, Emancipation, Jason Webber, Lovesexy, Prince, Purple Bananas, RIP, The Gold Experience

The acclaimed author of the book “Purple Bananas: How Prince Saved Me and Other Selections from the Soundtrack 2 My Life” remembers the Purple One five years after his untimely passing

Emotional Punk Rock aka Emo Hip Hop Rap

‘Enough To Hold You To The Brightest Of Lights’: Celebrating 20 Years Of Atmosphere’s ‘Lucy Ford’

February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 2001, 20th Anniversary, Ant, Atmosphere, Husker Du, Lucy Ford, Minneapolis, Prince, Rhymesayers, Slug, The Replacements

Originally intended as a tour-only special release, its national distribution changed everything for the premier Minneapolis hip-hop crewalmost immediately

Electronic

SOPHIE Was the Greatest Sonic Architect of the Last Ten Years

February 1, 2021February 1, 2021 Ted Miller 0 Comments EDM, Elektron Monomachine, IDM, Prince, RIP, SOPHIE

The groundbreaking electronic musician was 34 when Chaos Theory took her life

Music Journalism Remembrance Video

WATCH: 10 Great Larry King Music Interviews

January 24, 2021January 24, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Duran Duran, Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Larry King, Prince, RIP, The Beatles

From Frank Zappa to Tyler, The Creator, the broadcast legend chatted with the best of ’em

Rock

Hindu Love Gods at 30

October 20, 2020October 24, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1990, 30th Anniversary, Andrew Slater, Bill Berry, Georgia Satellites, Giant Records, Hindu Love Gods, Mike Mills, Peter Buck, Prince, R.E.M., Virgin Records, Warren Zevon

Looking back at the time Warren Zevon and R.E.M. got together to cover Prince and the blues, only to be released as a Hindu Love Gods album three years later