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Conversations about Prince, from the author of princesongs.org.

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Conversations about Prince, from the author of princesongs.org.

    41 Years of Controversy - A Conversation with Harold Pride and De Angela Duff

    41 Years of Controversy - A Conversation with Harold Pride and De Angela Duff

    Here we are again, my first podcast in more than a year, and I couldn't have asked for better guests than Harold Pride and De Angela Duff to discuss Prince's fourth and quite possibly most underrated album, 1981’s Controversy. If you've been listening to these deep-dive album retrospectives, Harold needs no introduction; and, since the Prince scholarly community is a pretty small one, De Angela may not need one either. Suffice to say that she's the biggest advocate of Controversy I know, and she makes a convincing case that it's not only a great album in its own right, but also the linchpin of Prince's entire career.

    • 3 hr 44 min
    Coming Soon: 41 Years of Controversy

    Coming Soon: 41 Years of Controversy

    Last October, I had every intention to mark the 40th anniversary of Controversy with another installment of our in-depth album retrospective podcast series, but life (i.e., my increasingly-predictable end-of-year burnout) intervened. Now, having finally gotten my shit together, I'm putting the finishing touches on the episode, and it will be dropping next Friday (tomorrow for patrons)! I'm joined as always by Harold Pride and, for the first time, by longtime friend of the show De Angela Duff, who was actually the one to get my butt in gear because she's just that passionate about the album! Very excited for you to hear it and (knock on wood) to be back with more in less than a year.

    • 1 min
    All the Critics Love U - A Conversation with Jack Riedy, Author of Electric Word Life

    All the Critics Love U - A Conversation with Jack Riedy, Author of Electric Word Life

    As promised/threatened, we're back to a monthly schedule on the D / M / S / R podcast! For this month's episode, it was my pleasure to speak to music writer Jack Riedy (Pitchfork, GQ, VIBE) about his new book Electric Word Life: Writing on Prince 2016-2021. It was a really fun conversation, running through each of the pieces collected in his book and covering everything from Prince’s influence on Chicago house to the degree to which the Batman album goes (spoiler: it’s hard). Check it out, and if you're so inclined, get yourself a copy of Jack’s book! It's a great read and highly recommended. Show notes: https://princesongs.org/2021/08/13/podcast-all-the-critics-love-u-a-conversation-with-jack-riedy-author-of-electric-word-life/

    • 1 hr 30 min
    Coming Soon: All the Critics Love U - A Conversation with Jack Riedy, Author of Electric Word Life

    Coming Soon: All the Critics Love U - A Conversation with Jack Riedy, Author of Electric Word Life

    This month, it was my pleasure to speak to music writer Jack Riedy (Pitchfork, GQ, VIBE) about his new book Electric Word Life: Writing on Prince 2016-2021. It was a really fun conversation, running through each of the pieces collected in his book and covering everything from Prince’s influence on Chicago house to the degree to which the Batman album goes (spoiler: it’s hard). The full episode will be out in a week–unless, of course, you’re a patron, in which case you’ll be able to hear it later today. In the meantime, you can check out this trailer–and consider buying Jack’s book, which is available now!

    • 2 min
    40 Years of The Time - A Conversation with Darling Nisi and Harold Pride

    40 Years of The Time - A Conversation with Darling Nisi and Harold Pride

    July 2021 marks the 40th anniversary of the self-titled debut album by the Time; so, I decided to commemorate the occasion by bringing back Darling Nisi and Harold Pride for one of our trademark track-by-track deep dives. As always, the conversation left me thinking about the album in new ways: from KaNisa's interpretation of it as Prince's tribute to the funk music of his youth, to Harold's insight on its significance to the development of electronic dance music. I remain grateful to be able to talk about music with these two brilliant people.



    Show notes:https://princesongs.org/2021/07/16/podcast-40-years-of-the-time-a-conversation-with-darling-nisi-and-harold-pride/

    • 1 hr 56 min
    Coming Soon: 40 Years of The Time

    Coming Soon: 40 Years of The Time

    Friday, July 16 marks the 40th anniversary of the self-titled debut album by the Time; so, I decided to commemorate the occasion by bringing back Darling Nisi and Harold Pride for one of our trademark track-by-track deep dives. The episode will be available next week; in the meantime, here's a short preview.

    • 2 min

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Among the very best discussions of Prince music

These discussions are thought-provoking and make all kinds of interesting connections. I’ve learned a lot. Truly one of the best Prince-related conversations out there.

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