You didn’t used to have to be an expert on intellectual property law just to be a music fan. You would just put on your headphones, hit play, and enjoy whateve...

Hearing the news yesterday that Robert Redford had passed away reminded me of one of the most moving, and bittersweet, memories that Prince shared with us towa...

I don't think I've ever felt more tension in the room during a live performance than when I was standing five feet in front of Sly Stone, in a room that felt l...

By many measures, 1986 was the greatest year of Prince’s extraordinary career. One of the most remarkable metrics was that he recorded over 250 songs that ye...

David Letterman (whose team is doing a wonderful job of presenting and narrating his formidable archives) recently posted an amusing anecdote about Prince's fi...

The Webby Awards have recognized Kevin McCoy and I with their Lifetime Achievement Award this year , for "developing a blockchain powered way for artists...

Recently, a motivated Prince fan created a spreadsheet that attempts to catalog the entirety of Prince's thousands of recordings over the course of his caree...

On this day in 2007, Prince won Super Bowl XLI with a soaring halftime performance that climaxed with the skies opening up to honor his guitar solo. It is not...

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to watch the most definitive record of Prince and the Revolution at their commercial peak, on one of the bigges...

There could be no more fitting remembrance of Prince than Questlove going deep into his catalog and spinning some of Prince's greatest works into a multi-hour...

Even though I watched the medium of podcasting being created since its inception, I'd always resisted a little bit participating myself. I think I just felt mo...

Prince was an astoundingly prolific artist, releasing nearly 40 albums under his own name(s), and thousands of songs for himself and others. His concerts were...

I struggled for a long time when the nice folks at the Heat Rocks podcast asked me which Prince album I’d want to talk about on their show. Oliver Wang and M...

I was delighted to get to talk to Ben Greenman for an episode of “Dig If You Will The Podcast,” his series in honor of his book “Dig If You Will The Picture”....

With the recent availability of nearly all of Prince’s catalog on the most popular streaming services, it’s a great time to (re?)discover the breadth of Prince...

When Prince’s first greatest hits collection was released, Prince made private comments as a guide for the liner notes. Later briefly posted on his website the...

Twenty years ago, at the height of his battle for control over his musical career, Prince posted an unusually candid and direct letter to his fans, including a...

One time, I got invited to Prince’s house but I couldn’t go. Somehow I ended up with an even better Prince story. That brief message from Scott Addison Cla...

I’ve been struggling to find words to express how I feel in the week since Prince died. He’s obviously the artist that’s had the most impact on my life, and wa...

0:00 — 0:10 In the summer of 1983, Wendy Melvoin was just 19 years old. She’d flown halfway across the country from Los Angeles for her first professional gi...

After at least 15 years of debating whether I should spend money on this, I recently took the plunge and acquired one of my most-desired Prince collectibles....

I’ve been trying to do more things that are unfamiliar or slightly out of my comfort zone lately. Here’s a quick roundup: I got to participate in Rhizome’s...

[11:05pm] Well, that’s a wrap. It’s hard for me to say how that ranked as a New Girl episode, but it seemed the narrative of the show may have been subordina...

Every great career in rhythm and blues leads only to heaven or hell. The path to hell is obvious: From Sam Cooke gunned down to James Brown leading a multi-sta...

My brilliant friend Caterina Fake wrote about the Fear of Missing Out last year, and the FOMO meme took instant hold amongst those of us who love the digital...

Despite his obviously profound impact on popular culture, Prince has generally not been the subject of nearly as much academic study as his peers such as Micha...

One of the most frequent questions I get when I talk to people who are unfamiliar with social media on the web is, “Who writes all these blogs or Wikipedia? Wh...

Right now I am here, but soon I may be somewhere near you! Let’s see where I’ve been lately, and where I’m going to be: Across the internets, Choire asked a...

Put these in your browser, and shake well. Facebook apps are not a long tail . So says Chris Anderson, who oughtta know. The tougher question is: Since th...

In the New Yorker, Bruce Wagner tries to live my life : The performance began at two in the morning and took place in a bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hote...

In the New York Times, Jon Pareles gets it exactly right : Prince’s priorities are obvious. The main one is getting his music to an audience, whether it’s...

As much as we like to blame the RIAA for all the evils of the recording industry, leave it to my man Prince to bring out the best in the execs over in the U.K....

Sasha Frere-Jones bears witness to Prince’s ageless funk in this week’s New Yorker. As much as I admire Prince’s gifts, it’s Sasha’s job I want....

Always trust the guys at The Smoking Gun to ferret out the good stuff. “ Thanks CBS for turning my son GAY. ” This, of course, is the substance of one of the...

Most everybody who knows me well knows that I’ve been a fan of Prince for pretty much my entire life. So when casual fans or non-fans hear that Prince is playi...

Sure, everybody’s linking to Ironic Sans’ (admittedly entertaining) Celebrity Patents , since Waxy pointed them out, but did you know Prince actually has a...

A little more than two decades ago, popular music was under fire by Tipper Gore’s PMRC, the Parents’ Music Resource Center . Tipper was aghast at popular musi...

Just found this, though it’s an older post:  Michael Koppelman’s PodCasts about his time working with Prince. Koppelman was the engineer on a bunch of great...

These are hyperlinks to internet websites you should read. Rhino is doing a Prince retrospective . Though there’s certainly more than enough retrospective...

Prince.org has a great interview entitled " ALAN LEEDS – THE QUESTIONS, THE ANSWERS & MORE BESIDES… .", with some terrific insights from Alan Lee...

Prince’s S.S.T. , his (surprisingly good) Hurricane Katrina relief track is now up on the iTunes Music Store . Nice that you don’t have to be in his little o...

I’m really enjoying " A LETTER TO PRINCE ROGERS NELSON ." Newbie thinks that the fansite is run by Prince himself, hilarity ensues. Big bonus points...

I was reading the  TIME interview with Dave Chapelle , and the way he’s tripping, it reminds me of the (first) time Prince retired from making music. Right wh...

With the news that Toyota is launching a record label , I guess we can officially say that the music industry has gone completely random. Though most people...

From Entertainment Weekly’s Entertainers of the Year : For Prince, the best part of his ’04 triumph was that it was all about the music, not about marke...

From the Star Tribune, " When Prince tours, he’s king ". Madonna generated more tour revenue than Prince in 2004, but only ’cause she was willing to...

GQ has a range of different celebrities fawn over Prince . From Jermaine Dupri: "I remember when I was 8, Prince was opening for Rick James, and my mothe...

Since the Commons is going to Minneapolis , it might make sense to read Prince’s thoughts on maintaining control of one’s intellectual property ....

I won’t be in NYC to see it myself, but you might want to check out the Prince movie marathon that’s coming up....

Milking the “controversy” over Cinnamon Girl for all it’s worth, the local Twin Cities press talks to the guys who made the video . If nothing else, they shou...

McSweeney’s asks the important questions . I got 100% correct....

…controversy. Seems like Prince’s attempt to promote the new record with a predictably-controversial video is working, since even Billboard is picking up the...

Now listen, I’m glad to see Prince being all everywhere these days. Really, I am. Kinda feels like I imagine my older sister felt about me when we were kids, y...

So, Prince is playing the Fillmore in San Francisco this weekend, two shows, and I need tickets. His online music club is supposed to hook us fans up, but I mi...

I find it fascinating that I can say "New York is my favorite city!" and half the responses will say "No! New York is a terrible city because I...

There’s a little promotional page for Prince’s new live DVD up, and you can download some sound and video clips there. I’ll probably write up more of a revie...

Terrific interview of Cornell West on the Tavis Smiley Show where they discuss an event Prince is hosting at his studios in Minnesota, including not just mus...

Just for me: Jim Walsh remembers ....

I just got back from a two and a half hour show where Prince led a band consisting of, at various times, George Clinton, Maceo Parker, Larry Graham, ?uestlove...

Sippey does Purple Rain in keywords. Did I mention I’m gonna go see Prince on Saturday? Crazy little funky Jesus freak....

Okay, first to the inane news . It’s been reported all over that Prince is now a Jehovah’s Witness . I went around refuting it everywhere, based on comme...

Great post from a musician’s point of view about the whole Napster debate over at Prince’s site called COMMENTARY: 4 The Love Of Music . Incidentally, there...

I was listening to Madonna ‘s single Music and it occurs to me… didn’t Prince release this song fifteen years ago ?...

Let me just say this… I found out a few weeks ago that Prince was changing his name back from the symbol. I was hoping it wasn’t true, but seeing the press con...

Regular visitors will know that I’m deeply enamored of musical artists who take ownership of their own works . Interestingly, many of them were among my favor...

Dammit, I just can’t stop starting trends . I half-jokingly put up my "FadMaker" section on the sidebar when Ani signs Arto Lindsay to her label....

Everything that rises must converge. If pressed to recite a short list of some of my favorite pop musicians, that list would undoubtedly include Prince , A...

Separated at birth? The opening bars of Stevie Wonder’s "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" features vocals being handed off from a male vocal to a f...

Actually, it’s technically very early on 21st July, 3:45a to be exact. That bastard Prince made us wait 5 hours until he showed up. In my opinion, of cours...