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Purple Rain

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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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 

Are You Ready To Party Up In Here?: Pandemonium At 30

July 27, 2020August 28, 2020 De Angela L. Duff 4 Comments 1990, Jesse Johnson, Jill Jones, Jimmy Jam, Lisa Coleman, Morris Day, Pandemonium, Prince, Purple Rain, Terry Lewis, The Time, Wendy Melvoin

Looking back at The Time’s complicated classic and its history in the Prince multiverse

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Pop Rock Soul 

N Exhibition Fit 4 A Prince

May 14, 2019May 15, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Museum of Pop Culture, Prince, Purple Rain

An exclusive look at the all-encompassing salute to the Purple One on display at the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle

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