At the time of his passing in April, Prince had plans to make the Paisley Park After Dark series more regular and accessible to the public. The Friday night dance party that kicked off the resurrected After Dark moniker went above and beyond that call in a unique fashion last night: it provided a warm…

ZULUZULUU, “What’s The Price?” Picked to Click winners ZULUZULUU undergo a brutal traffic stop to illustrate how dangerous it is to drive while black. It all reiterates the central question: “What’s the price for a young black man’s life?” Har Mar Superstar, “How Did I Get Through the Day?” Har Mar Superstar can turn down the lights without…

It’s finally here. Fans of Hamilton, the hip-hop musical that took home 11 Tony awards this year, have been eagerly anticipating companion project The Hamilton Mixtape. When the mixtape’s tracklist went public last month, expectations racheted up even higher, with Chance the Rapper, Ashanti, and Minnesota’s own Dessa announced as collaborators. Now, the whole project is out. Dessa’s contribution is…

Dolly Parton has established a fund “to aid those who have lost property and loved ones in the wildfires that have devastated portions of eastern Tennessee – particularly the Great Smoky Mountains in Sevier County – over the past week,” reports Rolling Stone. Parton was raised in the area, and owns extensive property there. The fires came…

“We’ve been trying for a while to get here,” said Darlene Love on Wednesday night as she beamed out at her Ordway Concert Hall audience. That’s an understatement: in a career spanning well over 50 years, the St. Paul show marked her Twin Cities debut. Fortunately for those of us who have been patiently waiting…

Bob Dylan swears he’s excited to be the first rocker to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature — it’s “amazing, incredible” — but he’s not going to be able to make it to Sweden next month to pick up his prize in person. Oh, and he’ll also be passing on a White House reception for this…

“Baby it’s Cold Outside” is one of those classic Christmas songs we’ve been listening to every year since it was first penned by Frank Loesser in 1944, making its debut in the 1949 film Neptune’s Daughter. Today, though, it’s hard to listen to the song without cringing. The charged duet between a man and a woman…

Prince’s 1987 classic Sign “O” the Times is among this year’s inductees into the Grammy Hall of Fame. The album enters the hall alongside 24 additional titles including Elvis Presley’s “Jailhouse Rock,” David Bowie’s “Changes,” and N.W.A.’s Straight Outta Compton. “The Grammy Hall Of Fame was established by the Recording Academy’s National Trustees in 1973 to honor…

Paisley Park has announced that will host a four-day gathering this spring to mark the first anniversary of Prince’s April 21 death. “Celebration 2017,” which will take place at the Chanhassen venue from April 20-23, is billed as an event “bringing together musicians, creative personnel, special guests and friends who worked closest with Prince and…

Shortly after announcing that Paisley Park After Dark would live on through Friday night dance parties and Saturday movie screenings, Prince’s studio has slotted the first After Dark events — a dance party and a screening of 1987 movie Sign O’ The Times — for Dec. 2-3. On Friday, Dec. 2, DJ Michael Holtz will take over the…