Black Music Month and DC Public Library&rs quo\;s Discover S ummer kicks off with a celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Purple R ain\, the Grammy and Oscar-winning album by Prince and the Revolution. Min neapolis-based music journalist Andrea Swennson debuts her new work Pr ince and Purple Rain: 40 Years\, a definitive look at Prince the arti st\, the creation of The Revolution\, and the legendary film and multi-pla tinum soundtrack.
\nThe first twenty-five registrants received a com plimentary copy of &ldquo\;Prince and Purple Rain: 40 Years&rdquo\; sponso red by the DC Public Library Foundation.
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&ldquo\;This book is a love letter to Prince and Purple Rain . . . the mo ment in his career when he went from buzzy to red-hot\, and from an acclai med yet still somewhat underground art-funk-rock star to a blazing superno va who had the world&rsquo\;s attention\, and who set the tone for not jus t music but pop culture for the rest of the 1980s.&rdquo\; &mdash\;Author Andrea Swensson\, from her introduction.
\nAuthoritatively written a nd including rare photography and memorabilia\, this beautiful slip-cased volume is a stunning and in-depth celebration of Prince&rsquo\;s most icon ic album and film\, Purple Rain.
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Andrea S
wensson is an author\, podcast host\, and music journalist based
in Minneapolis. She hosts the Official Prince Podcast\, produced in collab
oration with Paisley Park Enterprises\, NPG Records\, Warner Records\, and
Sony Music Entertainment\, and has contributed music journalism to numero
us publications including NPR Music\, Pitchfork\, The Minneapolis Star Tri
bune\, City Pages\, and The Current\, where she previously hosted The Loca
l Show.
El
liot Williams \;is a WAMU radio reporter covering arts\, cult
ure\, and the ways the D.C. region&rsquo\;s history and \;its possibil
ity intersect. He previously worked as an assistant editor at Washingtonia
n Magazine\, and his reporting has appeared in The Washington Post\, The A
tlantic\, and The New York Times For Kids\, among other publications. Elli
ot grew up near Philadelphia and holds an M.A. from Syracuse University&rs
quo\;s Newhouse School and a B.A. from Villanova University. He is the fou
nder and former editor of the music and pop culture blog UTIOM &ndash\; Un
der the Influence of Music.
Discover
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Discover Summer you will enjoy great reads\, fun events\, and activities t
hat encourage you to explore your neighborhood and D.C. By reading for jus
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