Podcast: 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.
15 Sept 2022
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!
13 Aug 2021
Podcast: All the Critics Love U – A Conversation with Jack Riedy, Author of Electric Word Life
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.
13 Aug 2021
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 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!
16 Jul 2021
Podcast: 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.
15 Jul 2021
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.
11 Sept 2020
Podcast: 40 Years of Dirty Mind
Darling Nisi and Harold Pride return for a third episode in our series of in-depth retrospectives on Prince's albums, this one for the 40th anniversary of 1980’s Dirty Mind.
11 Sept 2020
Coming Soon: 40 Years of Dirty Mind
Well, folks, after a six-month delay (and what felt like six years of editing), the next episode of the D / M / S / R podcast is finally finished! It will be available to the public in a week; in the meantime, here's a short preview. To hear the whole thing a week early, check out patreon.com/princesongs.
19 Oct 2018
Podcast: Prince (1979) Revisited
October 19, 2018 marks the 39th anniversary of Prince's self-titled second album--not the most glamorous occasion, perhaps, but reason enough to reassemble the review panel from our For You podcast for a reappraisal. Once again, Zach is joined by Harold and KaNisa for a track-by-track discussion of this underappreciated album, its resonances throughout Prince's career, and why it still matters. Show notes: https://princesongs.org/2018/10/19/podcast-prince-1979-revisited/
20 Jul 2018
Podcast: New Power – A Conversation with Takuya Futaesaku, Author of Words of Prince
We're back with guest Takuya Futaesaku, author of the book Words of Prince. Takki and I talk about his book and his experiences as a Prince fan in Japan; it was a pleasure to speak with him, so hopefully it will be a pleasure to listen, too! Show notes: https://princesongs.org/2018/07/20/a-conversation-with-takuya-futaesaku-author-of-words-of-prince/
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