Pete Townshend was an essential figure in the development of rock and roll guitar playing, but The Who songwriter wasn't overly impressed by funk maste rPrince.

You can’t judge a songwriter by their first hit. That’s certainly true for Dan Wilson, who topped the charts and earned his ...

Purple Rain climaxes with a seven-minute performance ... to feel like a slightly different person after you hear it. The guitar Prince plays in this climactic scene was custom-made for him by ...

"I love this town," country singer Brady Paisley told a huge crowd during his free 50-minute concert to close out the NFL ...

Celebrating the Minneapolis wunderkind’s  endless innovation and inspiration by spotlighting his best songs gifted to or covered by other artists.

Rock music's greatest albums also have great endings. The following classic records feature some of the best closing tracks ...

On characteristically short notice, Prince invited me here to report what we intend to be his seventh Rolling Stone cover story. I spend seven hours at Paisley Park, and he sits for two lengthy, ...

While we lost The Purple One (RIP Prince) too soon, the weather phenomenon of purple rain lives on. And so, apparently, does ...

Dwayne Johnson undergoes his most dramatic on-screen transformation yet in the first trailer for “The Smashing Machine,” a biopic about two-time UFC heavyweight champ Mark Kerr. A24 pulled the curtain ...

From Saigon to a Finnish village via the Australian outback, the sound of music thrums through these fantastic films.

steel guitar, Prince’s “Purple Rain” and a sing-along of Alabama’s “Mountain Music” all included. “I love this town. I’ve been here many times. This is the greatest place to see ...

Dez Dickerson was a teenage Minneapolis guitar prodigy – then he teamed up with another one. He describes his Mick-and-Keith chemistry with the Purple One, recording at Paisley Park (before Prince), a ...