Tag: Prince

“No it’s not about me. It’s about the music, it’s about this moment.”

For one Wisconsin farm boy, Minneapolis will always be the city of Purple Rain.

Hoping to reconnect to their love for the iconic musician, Kevin Sampsell and an old girlfriend go to hear his best known band play without him.

Miles Marshall Lewis remembers a love of Prince and Paris.

In the aftermath of an assault, Matthew Miles Goodrich considers the effects of opioids on himself, the culture, and his musical hero, Prince.

At Paisley Park, the most palpable feeling isn’t of Prince, it’s of loneliness.

Traveling around Minneapolis, visiting the locations where Prince used to live.

Veteran music journalist Michael Gonzales reflects on a long love affair and Prince’s deep, varied catalogue of hits.

Prince gave a lot of music away—much of it to women he thought would do it justice.

Years before Prince died of an overdose, his music provided a lifeline for Eva Tenuto.

Prince, the singer, songwriter, producer, and rock star, died on April 21 at the age of 57. Here are six stories about the legendary musician.

Vice: Is there anything, just a taste, that you’d be able to share? Mobeen Azhar: Yeah—OK, I want to know how to put this diplomatically—let me put it like this: One big theme which comes across no matter whom you speak to, in terms of people who have dealt with Prince—everyone respects him hugely, but […]