The Current Music NewsMusic News: Purple Spotify ads mean you know whatJay Gabler • Jan 30, 2017Today's top music news stories include Prince's likely arrival on Spotify and other streaming services, as well as continued musicians' protests against President Trump's immigration ban.
The Current Music NewsMusic News: The Time to play GrammysJay Gabler • Jan 29, 2017Today's top music news stories include an announcement about the Original 7ven at the Grammys, musicians reacting to new immigration restrictions, and the deaths of music notables.
Local Current BlogThe life and times of Prince’s dove, MajestyAndrea Swensson • Jan 27, 2017For an artist who rose to international fame thanks in part to a song called “When Doves Cry,” it’s no surprise that Prince had an affinity for the cooing, feathered symbols of love and peace. Doves were a major part of Prince’s imagery and artistry as early as 1984, and he kept pet doves for…
Local Current BlogPaisley Park to screen Prince concert film from 1988 Lovesexy tourJay Gabler • Jan 27, 2017Paisley Park has been dipping ever-farther back into the Vault for Saturday night film screenings, and tomorrow they’re turning the clock all the way back to September 9, 1988 — when the Summer Olympics were about to begin in Seoul, Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child o’ Mine” ruled the Top 40, and Prince stopped in…
Rock and Roll Book ClubRock and Roll Book Club: Jim Walsh follows PrinceJay Gabler • Jan 24, 2017'Gold Experience: Following Prince in the '90s' collects Jim Walsh's Pioneer Press coverage of the Purple One from 1994 to 2002. It's full of amazing details that even some hard-core Prince fans might have forgotten.
Local Current BlogPaisley Park to screen Prince ‘Diamonds and Pearls’ concert from 1992Simone Cazares • Jan 20, 2017Tomorrow (Saturday, Jan. 21) at 9 p.m., Paisley Park will be screening footage from a 1992 Prince concert. The concert, a London show that took place on June 15 of that year, was part of Prince’s Diamonds and Pearls tour. The Diamonds and Pearls tour was the first to feature Prince’s backing band the New Power Generation, which first…
Local Current BlogPaisley Park announces ‘Prince4Ever’ museum tributes for AprilJay Gabler • Jan 17, 2017Today, Paisley Park announced that it’s adding some new elements to its museum tour experience to highlight Prince’s memory in April, the one-year anniversary of the music icon’s death. A new memorial fence will be built on Paisley Park’s grounds to “display archived fan-donated memorial messages and artifacts originally attached to the exterior perimeter fence…
Local Current BlogSaturday at Paisley Park: 1998 Prince concert screeningJay Gabler • Jan 13, 2017Everyone’s wondering when we’ll hear more music from Prince’s legendary vault, but the late icon’s archives also include a lot of video — and Paisley Park has been using its weekly movie nights to showcase some rare concert footage. Last month the venue screened a 2012 Australia concert, and just last week visitors were able to…
The Current Music NewsMusic News: Some Prince music could be on Spotify soonJay Gabler • Jan 9, 2017Today's top music news stories include a prospective Prince streaming deal, the latest from Paisley Park, and word that David Bowie considered writing fake Bob Dylan songs for a musical.
Recording in Prince's studio: Jill Riley singsJay Gabler • Jan 9, 2017Visitors to Paisley Park can, at certain times, now record themselves singing in Prince's studio. The Current's Jill Riley and Brian Oake visited Paisley Park last week, and Jill laid down a take on 'Raspberry Beret.'
