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The Final Playlist of a Genius: Prince’s Beautiful Last Outing
It is April 16, 2016. The streets are busy, and music lovers are crowding into local shops to celebrate Record ...

The Magic of Prince Lives On in a Brand-New Album
Imagine walking down into a dark, secret room hidden deep inside a massive music studio. On the shelves sit thousands ...

When the Desert Turned Purple: The Night Coachella Became Prince’s Kingdom
Imagine a warm April night in the California desert. The stars are out, the music is loud and thousands of ...

Purple Pride: The Night Prince Rocked the Special Olympics
On July 20, 1991, the massive crowd inside the Metro Dome in Minneapolis, Minnesota, felt a wild energy in the ...

What Made the Revolution So Special? Prince’s First Love
Prince worked with many, many musicians over the course of his 40-odd-year career. But there was only one Revolution. Think ...

The Lost Cassette: How Kylie Minogue and Prince’s Secret Song Found Its Way to the World
In the summer of 1992, a young pop star from Australia was watching a musical giant rule the stage in ...

Prince Never Acted Before ‘Purple Rain.’ Then He Became a Household Name
In early 1983, Prince Rogers Nelson, a young musician from Minneapolis, felt frustrated. He was clearly talented, but the music ...

Coincidence or Fate: Inside Prince’s Secret Valentine’s Day Wedding
The cold winter wind howled across Minnesota on February 14 1996. Inside the glowing white walls of Paisley Park a ...

The Secret Standoff Behind Netflix’s Lost Prince Documentary
A famous director sat alone in a quiet editing room. For four long years, Ezra Edelman worked day and night ...

The Final Curtain: Inside Prince’s Historic Last Night
The lights slowly faded inside the beautiful Fox Theatre in Atlanta. It was a cool spring night on April 14 ...