Prince’s posthumous memoir, The Beautiful Ones, just came out, but there’s another new autobiography of purple prose, from another Minneapolis funk legend, well worth checking out. Morris Day’s On ...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — How did Prince close out South by Southwest Music Festival's weeklong showcase of rock n' roll? By naturally throwing a totally different kind of party: a grooving, brass ...
Only a few performers have written enough great songs that they could afford to give some away to other artists: Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, Lennon & McCartney, Missy Elliott, the Bee Gees, Chic ...
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The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure ...
Prince appeared on stage at City Winery at precisely 1:40 a.m. Friday morning, sheathed in a sleek purple suit with loose gold chains, sporting a natural afro and retro sunglasses, waving a sparkling ...
Boy do we miss Prince! One of all time music greats, Prince was known for his falsetto, high-pitched screams, the ability to play 27 different instruments, and, of course, his many legendary hits. Now ...
Prince needed only a few minutes to paint an indelible picture of the moment when he opened his landmark 1987 album, “Sign O’ the Times,” with a haunting title track about AIDS, crack and Ronald ...