Lizzo sat down for a heartfelt interview with David Letterman at her Los Angeles home for the second season of his Netflix series, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction. Filmed during Covid-19 quarantine, the episode had a noticeably different tone from past My Next Guest episodes that have taken place …
Read More »Inside the Making of the Super-Deluxe Reissue of Prince's 'Sign O' the Times'
“I didn’t always give the record companies the best songs,” Prince told Rolling Stone in 2014, and no one knows that better now than former Warner Bros. A&R executive Michael Howe, who has served as full-time archivist for Prince’s estate since 2017. With a mammoth, no-holds-barred deluxe edition of Prince’s …
Read More »Jay-Z Plots Tidal Listening Party for New Prince LP 'Originals'
Jay-Z will host a listening party for the upcoming posthumous Prince LP, Originals, during a June 6th Tidal event in Los Angeles. The streaming service will also offer its members the chance to attend celebrations elsewhere in the U.S., along with Spain, Poland, Brazil and other countries. The 15-track Originals, …
Read More »Prince's Paisley Park Partners With Minneapolis Public Schools for Arts Education Program
Paisley Park, Prince’s private estate and recording complex that was converted into a museum following the singer’s 2016 death, is partnering with Minneapolis Public Schools for a new arts program. Launching with the city’s Fine Arts Interdisciplinary Resource (FAIR) School, local students will have access to free tours at Paisley …
Read More »Prince's Yellow Cloud Guitar Sells for $225,000 at New York Auction
There was a joyful mood inside New York City’s Hard Rock Café where a giant collection of Prince‘s belongs was being sold off as part of Julien’s Auctions’ presentation Music Icons: Property From the Life and Career of Princeon Friday. When a ceramic Mardi Gras–style doll that was featured as …
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