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Coffee Break: Prince tributes and covers

by Anna Reed

April 27, 2016

Lizzo performing "The Beautiful Ones" at The Current's Prince Memorial Block Party outside First Avenue. April 21, 2016
Lizzo performing "The Beautiful Ones" at The Current's Prince Memorial Block Party outside First Avenue. April 21, 2016MPR / Nate Ryan

It seems like every day a new outstanding tribute to Prince comes out, keeping his memory alive and his music living and breathing in new and invigorating ways.

Whether the tribute came out in the last week or from long ago, and whether it's live or impromptu or fully produced, let's listen to Prince songs through the lens of other recording artists.

So for today's Coffee Break, what Prince tributes and covers do you want to hear?

Songs played


Arcade Fire - Controversy
Cameron Kinghorn - How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band - Purple Rain
PaviElle - I Would Die 4 U
Lizzo - The Beautiful Ones
(and snippets from LCD Soundsystem and Mumford and Sons)

Do you deserve a Coffee Break? We at The Current's Morning Show think you do, and we want to bring coffee and treats from Black Coffee and Waffle Bar to your workplace. Let us know why you'd like a Coffee Break - or request your own idea for a future topic.

Coffee Break: Prince tributes and covers