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Paisley Park: 'The heartbeat of the building was music'
Guitarist and musical peer to Prince, Donna Grantis, talks with MPR News and The Current about her time at the Park with the music icon.
Remembering Prince at his home and studio
MPR News and The Current teamed up for a live broadcast outside Paisley Park in Chanhassen, Minn. on the one year anniversary of Prince's death.
The Revolution to deejay on The Current on 'Prince Day'
At 4 p.m. on our sister station The Current, members of the Revolution will become the DJs for an hour, introducing their favorite Prince songs in a special Theft of the Dial segment.
She'll be performing Thursday night at the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis.
Judge blocks release of unpublished Prince songs
The ruling bans sound engineer Ian Boxill and his associates from publishing or disseminating six songs. The order also requires Boxil to return the music to Prince's estate.
Prince is gone, but his business empire lives on
Since Prince's death, a mini economy has popped up around his work and his image. From Paisley Park as a meeting space to Prince pins on Etsy, here's a look at the scope of the Purple Economy.
Affidavit: Doctor prescribed meds for Prince in another name
Search warrants made public Monday offer a rare glimpse into the end of Prince's secretive life and more details on his death. It still doesn't detail where Prince may have obtained the narcotic that killed him.