Another week, another mysterious new online offering from Prince. On the heels of his six-show run at the Dakota and the release of his new single, “Screwdriver,” comes another website from the Purple camp, this time under the 3rd Eye Girl banner. The site is selling downloads of four tracks: the previously released “Screwdriver,” remixes…

  Still buzzing off of last week’s surprise shows at the Dakota Jazz Club, Prince’s new rock ‘n’ roll trio—guitarist Donna Grantis, drummer Hannah Ford, and bassist Ida Nielsen—stopped by the Current to share a new track and chat about how they got together with the Purple Yoda. There has been speculation from fans that…

  Prince’s residency at the Dakota Jazz Club may not be over — he is planning to host a lounge-y dance party/DJ night tomorrow, and still has a hold on the venue for Sunday and Monday nights — but Friday marked the end of the a three-night run of intimate and wildly different rehearsal concerts…

For his second of three consecutive nights at the Dakota, Prince delivered a crowd-pleasing set that included a few lengthy, funky medleys of covers and some satisfying hits. The show was so electrifying, in fact, that after several years of purple-hued gossip, sightings, and speculation cluttering up the Prince dialog in the Twin Cities, it…

Prince is holding down a three-night stand and playing six separate shows at the Dakota Jazz Club this week. Current host Jade was on the scene at last night’s 11 p.m. show and filed a recap of her experience to give us a taste of what’s to come. If this was the “audition” I can’t…

So that’s why the Dakota Jazz Club’s calendar has been conspicuously blank for the remainder of this week and weekend. The space has been rented out by none other than Prince, who will be holding an audition for a new drummer, hosting a jam session, and performing at six separate events at the Dakota this week. On…

Of all of the people who could write a book about the history of the Minneapolis Sound, bassist and singer André Cymone’s stories could blow everyone else’s out of the water. Not only was he one of the musicians who helped to create that seminal era of music, but he was so fundamental to Prince’s…

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Prince brought his best new song in years to the set of Jimmy Kimmel Live last night, performing “RNR Affair” (alternatively titled “Rock ‘n’ Roll Love Affair”) for a crowd of camera phone-wielding fans. If you’re a Current listener you’ll recognize “RNR Affair” as the new Prince song the station has had in rotation since…

Last week, anthemic English rock band Muse spent part of their session on BBC’s Radio 1 paying tribute to Prince with a chugging, guitar-driven cover of “Sign o’ the Times.” Just over 24 hours later, acclaimed Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard chose to work the same song into his set at First Avenue’s Mainroom here in…