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Brittany Howard: 'Prince always stayed true to himself'
Brittany Howard, solo artist and frontwoman of Alabama Shakes, talks to Andrea Swensson about discovering Prince as a youngster and about how much Prince continues to inspire her w...
Dez Dickerson: 'Put an explosion over it'
Prince's first guitarist, Dez Dickerson, talks with The Current's Andrea Swensson, taking us back to the early days, into the recording studio, and from the smallest clubs to the b...
The sound of Prince and Peggy McCreary
In the early 1980s, Audio Engineer Peggy McCreary contributed significantly to several projects from the massively creative mind of Prince, including Vanity 6's self-titled debut a...
After talking with Robert Hilburn in 1982, Prince stopped giving interviews for three years. We talked to Hilburn
The Los Angeles Times' music critic Robert Hilburn was the only journalist to interview Prince about the 1999. In fact, Prince would not grant interviews to journalists again for s...
'Purple Rain' Director Albert Magnoli
Film director Albert Magnoli describes the events that led to his first meeting with Prince, and the making of the film 'Purple Rain.'...
Bobby Z - What Makes 1999 Great?
Legendary drummer Bobby Z of The Revolution sat down with Jim McGuinn to talk about working for Prince and what made the 1982 album '1999' an essential masterpiece that catapulted ...
Sharon Smith-Akinsanya on bringing Prince's Glam Slam nightclub to life
Sharon Smith-Akinsanya managed marketing of the Prince-inspired nightclub Glam Slam at all three of its locations: Minneapolis, Los Angeles, and Miami. In 2017, she sat down with J...
DJ Michael Holtz's true stories from Paisley Park
Michael Holtz was one of Paisley Park's house DJs starting in 2014, and he still plays Paisley Park After Dark events. He tells Erianna Jiles about his time at Paisley Park from hi...
Steve Perry on when Prince noted the similarity between 'Purple Rain' and 'Faithfully'
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
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...
Robyne Robinson remembers Prince's Vikings song, playful side
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, includ...
Low Cut Connie's Adam Weiner: Prince photos and Barack Obama
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 Ob...
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