Prince Remembered

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Sinopsis

Prince Rogers Nelson left this universe behind on April 21, 2016, leaving fans worldwide in mourning. Maybe nowhere in the world has felt this loss as profoundly than Prince's home state of Minnesota. And to The Current, a radio station from Minnesota Public Radio, Prince was more than an artist, he was our friend. That's why, in memory of the Purple One, were sharing the many conversations weve had with musicians, critics, reporters and more about Prince: his life, his music and his legacy.

Episodios

  • Steve Perry on when Prince noted the similarity between 'Purple Rain' and 'Faithfully'

    27/08/2018 Duración: 02min

    Steve Perry, former frontman of the band Journey, tells the story of how Prince wrote to the band to say he may have been inadvertently inspired by the song 'Faithfully'

  • Sharon Nelson on her father's music and impact on Prince

    05/03/2018 Duración: 18min

    Just before the release of her father's posthumous album 'Don't Play With Love,' Prince's half-sister Sharon Nelson tells The Current how she found their dad's old sheet music, who wrote the "Purple Rain" melody, and why Prince's costumes may have resembled a stripper's.

  • Robyne Robinson remembers Prince's Vikings song, playful side

    30/11/2017 Duración: 15min

    Robyne Robinson, former TV news anchor and current MSP Airport director of arts and culture, talks with The Current's Jim McGuinn about her working relationship with Prince, including what it was like to receive new music from the artist, to interview the artist, and when it was time to speak truth -- or not -- to Prince.

  • Low Cut Connie's Adam Weiner: Prince photos and Barack Obama

    28/05/2017 Duración: 05min

    Adam Weiner of the band Low Cut Connie met then-President Barack Obama in May 2016. During the visit to the White House, Weiner saw photographer Pete Souza's photos of President Obama and Prince, and Weiner learned of Obama's admiration of Prince. Weiner also shares the story of why Prince's "Controversy" became an important part of Low Cut Connie's live set list and a part of their latest album.

  • Mayte Garcia on her marriage to Prince

    17/05/2017 Duración: 06min

    Mayte Garcia was married to Prince from 1996 to 2000. She spoke with The Current's Jill Riley and Brian Oake about her new memoir, 'The Most Beautiful: My Life With Prince.'

  • Interpreting Prince in American Sign Language

    21/04/2017 Duración: 08min

    Shelly Lehner is an American Sign Language interpreter and a longtime Prince fan. Lehner was one of the ASL interpreters at the Prince tribute concert last October. 'If hearing people are going to a concert, and they're experiencing this loss of Prince, deaf people should be able to go to that concert as well, and have access,' Lehner says. Listen to Lehner's full story, and visit thecurrent.org to watch a captioned video of Lehner's interview, and to watch Lehner give an ASL interpretation of Prince's song, "When Doves Cry."

  • Interview: Andre Cymone's dad was in a band with Prince's dad

    21/04/2017 Duración: 11min

    One of Prince's first bandmates, Andre Cymone talks with The Current in front of Paisley Park on the anniversary of Prince's passing.

  • Har Mar Superstar on Prince's sexiness

    19/04/2017 Duración: 02min

    Minnesotan sex symbol Har Mar Superstar tells Jade what made Prince sexy, how his music varied from suggestive to explicit

  • 'Did I dream that?': Artist Peyton remembers Prince, Glam Slam, Paisley Park in the '90s

    12/04/2017 Duración: 51min

    Jay Gabler talks with Peyton Scott Russell, a Minneapolis artist, about the period in the '90s when Peyton worked for Prince at Paisley Park and displayed art at Prince's club Glam Slam. Peyton also describes his decision to gild Prince's First Avenue star after the icon's death in 2016.

  • Regina Spektor: 'hindsight love'

    28/03/2017 Duración: 04min

    In an interview with The Current's Jim McGuinn, Regina Spektor talks about how she came to discover and appreciate Prince later in life, watching 'Purple Rain' three times in succession on a transatlantic flight after Prince had passed. 'What an incredible artist,' Spektor says. 'People like that don't come around that often.'

  • Sylvan Esso: 'Prince was just the coolest'

    17/03/2017 Duración: 02min

    Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn of Sylvan Esso join Jade at SXSW in Austin, Texas. Meath relates a story from a friend in Beck's band, who opened for Prince. The story is an example of Prince's generosity and love of music. "[Prince] filmed the entirety of their set," Meath says, "and put a DVD of it into the TV and gave them notes on their set before he went on."

  • Jason Narducy: two Prince stories

    16/03/2017 Duración: 03min

    Musician Jason Narducy (Bob Mould Band, Split Single, Superchunk) shares two Prince stories during an interview with Jade, recorded live at SXSW in Austin, Texas.

  • Britt Daniel: 'Prince was a magical person'

    16/03/2017 Duración: 03min

    Britt Daniel of Spoon reflects on Prince's legacy and shares his memories of seeing Prince perform. 'He was the greatest performer of his generation,' Daniel says, 'or perhaps of many generations.' From a live interview with Jade at SXSW in Austin, Texas.

  • Thundercat: 'a guy that was in love with life'

    10/03/2017 Duración: 03min

    Stephen Bruner, aka Thundercat, talks about his favorite Prince song and a moment in the Prince film 'Under the Cherry Moon' that always makes him smile. Thundercat also shares a story from his brother, Ronald Bruner Jr., who worked as a session musician with Prince at Paisley Park.

  • Run the Jewels: 'one of the biggest heroes and influences'

    06/03/2017 Duración: 03min

    El-P and Killer Mike of Run the Jewels talk about Prince's legacy on a Theft of the Dial on The Current, hosted by Sean McPherson. Killer Mike also gives respect to Morris Day and the Time, for their music and for reinventing cool in the 1980s.

  • Roger Linn: Prince and the LM-1 Drum Computer

    01/03/2017 Duración: 16min

    Roger Linn, inventor of the LM-1 Drum Computer, talks about Prince's use of his instrument on "When Doves Cry" and more

  • Susannah Melvoin on Prince

    07/11/2016 Duración: 25min

    Susannah Melvoin reflects on Prince's tenderness and how she ended up co-writing "Starfish and Coffee."

  • Slug from Atmosphere: 'Prince broke a lot of barriers for us'

    03/11/2016 Duración: 05min

    Sean Daley, aka Slug, from the hip-hop group Atmosphere, talks to The Current's Andrea Swensson about what it was like to come up in the music industry while living in the same city as Prince. Slug describes how Prince broke boundaries and set new precedents in the music industry. And Slug also tells the story of how he once performed freestyle rap onstage with Prince, who improvised on piano.

  • Andre Cymone: 'It's hard to say goodbye to a best friend'

    24/10/2016 Duración: 11min

    Andre Cymone is a lifelong friend of Prince and one of Prince's first bandmates. In this interview with The Current's Andrea Swensson, Cymone describes: playing at the Revolution's reunion shows at First Avenue; how he and Prince first met and became friends; and the music and events that influenced him and Prince as they were growing up in Minnesota in the 1960s and 70s. Recorded before a live audience at the Minnesota State Fair on Sept. 2, 2016.

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