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Revisiting Prince's rollercoaster 1999 Bass Player interview: "Bass is primal, and it reminds me of a large posterior"

By Karl Coryat Published

That time BP was summoned to Paisley Park for an audience with Prince Rogers Nelson

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The Prince estate shares previously unheard track, Hot Summer

By Matt Owen Published

The feel-good track will crop up on the never-before-heard Prince album, Welcome 2 America, which will be released on July 30

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Andy McKee
Andy McKee announces first studio EP in almost a decade, Symbol

By Matt Owen Published

A Guitar World-exclusive premiere of the effort's lead single, a cover of Michael Hedges' Ragamuffin, sees the fingerstyle master unleash his dazzling array of extended techniques

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Julien's Auctions Music Icons lot
Julien’s Auctions 'Music Icons' lot, featuring Eddie Van Halen and Prince-played guitars, rakes in nearly $5 million in three days

By Matt Owen Published

Prince's Blue Cloud fetches $281,250, while EVH's Charvel Art Series models sell for a total of $210,225

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Sultry, wah-drenched new Prince track, Born 2 Die, unveiled

By Michael Astley-Brown Published

The funk ballad is the latest song to be revealed from the previously unreleased Welcome 2 America album

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Starr Cullars
Starr Cullars: "Prince used to come out to P-Funk shows – he was tripping that I was playing with them"

By Bass Player Staff Published

The former Parliament-Funkadelic bassist and solo artist recalls her early career, and a legendary encounter with Prince

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Prince plays While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Watch a new director’s cut of Prince’s legendary While My Guitar Gently Weeps solo, now with more Prince

By Richard Bienstock Published

Re-edited clip still doesn’t reveal where his guitar landed

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Never-before-heard Prince album, Welcome 2 America, set for release

By Michael Astley-Brown Published

Listen to the title track, featuring Tal Wilkenfeld on bass, now

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Prince yellow cloud guitar auction
Prince-owned Cloud guitar sells for $133,000 at auction

By Matt Owen Published

The bright yellow electric guitar fetched over double what it was initially expected to sell for, and was sold alongside a handful of other Prince-related memorabilia

Electric Guitars
Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes performs on stage during Day 2 of Cruilla Festival at Parc del Forum on July 9, 2016 in Barcelona, Spain.
Brittany Howard: “Sister Rosetta Tharpe created rock and roll as we know it”

By Richard Bienstock Published

The Alabama Shakes leader and solo artist talks Tharpe’s significance and her unpredictable jams with Prince

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