The Current Music NewsMusic News: Prince songs streamed 4.7 million timesJay Gabler • Feb 16, 2017Today's top music news stories include a rush to stream Prince's music, the Roots' NBA musical, and a new David Bowie documentary.
Enter for a chance to win Paisley Park tour ticketsJay Gabler • Feb 16, 201720 winners and their guests will get free tours of Prince's legendary venue Paisley Park - with admission to a dance party afterwards!
Local Current BlogMinneapolis middle school may be renamed for PrinceJay Gabler • Feb 13, 2017A student-led campaign to choose a new name for Ramsey Middle School in Minneapolis (not to be confused with the St. Paul school of the same name) has zeroed in on Prince Rogers Nelson Middle School as one of five finalists. Mathematician Dorothy Vaughan (one of the NASA scientists whose story is told in Hidden…
Local Current BlogThe Time and Bruno Mars pay tribute to Prince, shine a spotlight on Minneapolis at the GrammysAndrea Swensson • Feb 13, 2017“Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to take you on a journey back in time to Minneapolis, 1985. The sky is purple, and the First Avenue club is sold out but you have tickets to the hottest show on the planet. Where glam meets funk, rock meets fantasy, leather meets lace. What does that look…
Local Current BlogPrince’s music now on streaming services, ‘Purple Rain’ reissue announcedJay Gabler • Feb 12, 2017As was widely expected, Prince’s music is being released today across major streaming services. 19 albums are now available on Spotify, Amazon, and elsewhere; as expected, the release includes much of Prince’s Warner Bros. catalog, but not his releases between 1994’s Come and 2014’s Plectrumelectrum (with 3RDEYEGIRL) and Art Official Age. Prince’s estate has just made a deal for the…
The Current Music NewsMusic News: Streaming release of Prince music nearsJay Gabler • Feb 9, 2017Today's top music news stories include developments with the Prince catalog, a Grammy Honors speech by Jack White, and Ryan Adams telling the story of the infamous 'Summer of '69' heckler.
Local Current BlogCNN’s new documentary ‘Prince: The End’ raises more questions than it answersAndrea Swensson • Feb 8, 2017In what’s shaping up to be the biggest weekend in Prince news since his untimely passing, CNN’s HLN network has announced it will air a new documentary, Prince: The End, this Friday night to coincide with a big Prince tribute planned at Sunday night’s Grammys and Prince’s catalog reportedly hitting multiple major streaming services. According…
Local Current BlogUPDATED: The Revolution announce tour datesJay Gabler • Feb 6, 2017The Revolution have announced four late-April tour dates in major U.S. cities. The shows — in Chicago (Metro, April 23), D.C. (Fillmore Silver Spring, April 27), New York City (B.B. King’s, April 28), and Philadelphia (Theatre of Living Arts, April 29) — will follow the band’s scheduled performance at the Paisley Park Celebration (April 20-23). The…
Local Current BlogIt’s the tenth anniversary of Prince’s legendary Super Bowl halftime showJay Gabler • Feb 4, 2017On Feb. 4, 2007, Prince took the stage at Dolphin Stadium for what would become remembered as one of the greatest Super Bowl halftime shows ever. “There was a feeling that nobody knew what surprise this sexy MF would bust out next,” writes Rolling Stone. “At a high-profile event like the Super Bowl, it was…
Local Current BlogPaisley Park to screen Prince Musicology Live 2004ever concertJay Gabler • Feb 3, 2017Paisley Park has announced its latest weekly concert screening: tomorrow night, the Chanhassen venue will present a show from Prince’s Musicology Live 2004ever tour. The American tour promoted Musicology, the then-latest in Prince’s string of occasional major-label releases interspersed among indie projects like Xpectation and N.E.W.S. (both 2003). The album was Prince’s biggest hit since Diamonds and Pearls (1991) — due…