All Songs +1: Remembering Prince, The Utopian
"I always talk about Prince as a 'Utopian,' as someone who imagines the best possible world." Hear our chat with Ann Powers about the artist forever known as Prince.
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Pop Culture Happy Hour Small Batch: Remembering Prince
Linda Holmes and Stephen Thompson discuss the way Prince changed music, supported other artists, defied creative constraints and challenged the notion of what it means for a pop singer to rebel.
A 'Once In Forever Artist': Celebrities Pay Tribute To Prince
The news has drawn shocked, sad reaction from the music industry and beyond, as celebrities express heartbreak and love for the singer on social media.
Crosss' Occult-Ridden 'Golden Hearth' Video Is The Stuff Of Nightmares
The sludgy rock 'n' roll band gets the horror flick its creepy-crawly music demands, complete with Wicker Man-inspired costumes and grisly dealings.
Iconic Performer Prince Dies At Age 57
Renowned musician Prince died at his home in Minneapolis Thursday at the age of 57. NPR has this remembrance.
Music Legend Prince Dies At Paisley Park Residence
Iconic performer Prince died Thursday at his Paisley Park residence in Minnesota. He was 57.
Sense Of Place North Carolina: Hiss Golden Messenger With Tift Merritt
Hear M.C. Taylor's roots-rock band perform with collaborator Tift Merritt in a session recorded for World Cafe's North Carolina trip.
Jack DeJohnette: A Drummer Who Stays 'In Movement' By Keeping Good Company
DeJohnette has been playing jazz long enough to have jammed with two generations of Coltranes. He speaks with Robert Siegel about staying fresh after 50 years behind the kit.
The Legacy Of The Benny Goodman Quartet
The small group that made a bespectacled white clarinetist a star happened to be of jazz's first racially integrated bands. Wendell Pierce and four young clarinetists tell the story live on stage.
The 'Leningrad' Symphony At Carnegie Hall
Dmitri Shostakovich's powerful Seventh Symphony was written during the devastating World War II siege of Leningrad. Hear Mariss Jansons lead the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.