The Current Music NewsMusic News: Prince's brother disputes reality showJay Gabler • May 1, 2017Today's top music news stories include a supposed Prince family reality series, a mysterious message from Robert Plant, and the revelation that Tom Waits auditioned for 'Reservoir Dogs.'
Rock the GardenLadies And Gentlemen, The Revolution: Prince's Band On Reuniting And HealingMichel Martin and Liz Baker • May 1, 2017During a Washington D.C. tour stop, The Revolution members Wendy Melvoin, Bobby Z. and Doctor Fink say performing helps them, and audiences, to process their grief. The Revolution will play Rock the Garden on July 22.
Local Current BlogListen: Unreleased Prince track ‘Electric Intercourse’ out now from ‘Purple Rain’ Deluxe editionJackie Renzetti • Apr 28, 2017The first unreleased track from the upcoming deluxe reissue of Purple Rain has been made available for streaming. Though Prince sometimes played “Electric Intercourse” live, the studio version — featuring Prince’s falsetto over piano — was tucked away in Prince’s vault until Warner Bros. and NPG Records made the track available this week for streaming. “Electric Intercourse”…
Local Current BlogNew Power Generation members announce three Prince tribute concerts in June at Fine LineHanna Bubser • Apr 27, 2017The first anniversary of Prince’s untimely death may have passed, but the celebration of his life is not ending any time soon. Members of the New Power Generation (NPG), who worked with Prince from 1990-2013, have announced that they have plans to revisit Prince’s music in a celebration called “This Thing Called Life: The Prince…
Local Current BlogAndre Cymone and Owen Husney return to site of historic Loring Park Sessions they recorded with PrinceAndrea Swensson • Apr 26, 2017“The last time I was in this building was 1984.” Owen Husney is standing in the doorway of 430 Oak Grove, a high-end apartment complex on the south edge of Loring Park in Minneapolis. As soon as the doors swing open and he steps into the marble atrium, you can see the memories pulling him…
Local Current BlogPhotos: Prince’s Toronto house reportedly goes up for sale at $13 millionJay Gabler • Apr 26, 2017A Toronto house owned by Prince from 2001 to 2006 is reportedly up for sale, at an asking price of $13,186,500. “This sensational bungalow offers a dramatic floor plan and a majestic ambience for entertaining on a global level,” gushes a real estate listing. Though the listing specifies only an “acclaimed international music celebrity” as a…
Local Current BlogFirst Avenue hosts ‘I WOULD DANCE 4 YOU,’ for the next generation of Prince fansSimone Cazares • Apr 24, 2017After thousands of fans gathered Saturday night at First Avenue for a street party and a dance party in memory of Prince, the next generation of much younger fans had their own event the very next morning called “I WOULD DANCE 4 YOU.” Before doors opened you could feel the buzz of excitement as families…
Local Current BlogPrince fans dance the night away at First Avenue, family partiesJay Gabler • Apr 23, 2017The thousands-strong singalong to “Purple Rain” at the Memorial Street Party, right at the spot where the Kid once pulled his motorcycle up to the door of First Avenue, may have been the climax to this weekend’s celebrations of Prince’s life and legacy — but it wasn’t the end. As crews efficiently started to clear away…
Local Current BlogPhotos: Prince fans gather outside First Avenue for Memorial Street PartyCecilia Johnson • Apr 22, 2017A year and a day after Minnesotans flocked to First Avenue to mourn the news of Prince’s death, 7th Street in Minneapolis is filled with fans once again. The Current and First Avenue have teamed up to stage a Memorial Block Party to honor Minnesota’s brightest star, and the party is going strong as locals…
Local Current BlogReview: Jesse Johnson at Bunker’s wraps up the emotional Prince anniversaryCecilia Johnson • Apr 22, 2017WOW. I say this partly because I spent a lot of Friday thinking about 3RDEYEGIRL, who recorded a song with that title for PLECTRUMELECTRUM (2014). Partly because Jesse Johnson’s show at Bunker’s last night put me through almost every emotion there is. But mostly, it’s because at the end of the one-year anniversary of Prince’s…