Get ready for a deep dive into the Purple One. Among the questions suggested by Rashad Shabazz’s “Prince’s Minneapolis” are: ...
Prince fans got a long-awaited surprise Saturday at Target Center following a screening of “Purple Rain.” The man born Prince Rogers Nelson finally was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Since the title song of Prince’s 1984 hit movie was featured in the finale of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” Dec. 31, “Purple Rain” is enjoying another life. The mesmerizing guitar-centric tune has seen ...
*Securing iconic music for television is famously difficult, but the appearance of Prince‘s “When Doves Cry” and “Purple Rain” in the “Stranger Things” finale represented a uniquely complex challenge.
Securing the rights to use a song in film or TV is a challenging and expensive task — and the more iconic the song, the more challenging and expensive the clearance is likely to be. So when two of ...
Stranger Things‘ final season will forever be remembered as a major pop-culture milestone, for many reasons. Season 5 completed a nearly decade-long run for Netflix ...
Over the course of its five-season run, Stranger Things repeatedly found ways to resurrect Eighties culture, perhaps no more potently than through its many memorable needle drops. And the show’s ...
What vinyl record does Murray play in the “Stranger Things” finale? And why does the album play such a key role? Note: This article contains mild spoilers for “Stranger Things” season 5, episode 8.
A maximalist magnum opus that’s sold 25 million copies and counting, Purple Rain catapulted Prince into the immortal pop pantheon with its audacious blend of machine-tooled sex-funk, heavy metal ...
The Minnesota Timberwolves brought back their Prince-inspired City Edition uniforms for the first time this season during Saturday’s (Nov. 15) home game against the Denver Nuggets, debuting a matching ...