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Purple Rain revisited: the making of an icon

Purple Rain revisited: the making of an icon-Housequake

With all the initial noise -which for whatever reason seems to have vanished- made about the agreement between Warner Brothers and Prince to release a remastered edition of his album Purple Rain, I thought these days would be great to watch attentively the movie. And this week, a day alone at home proved to be the perfect opportunity.

Prince in 2014: A story of huge talent, random success and unfulfilled expectations

A personal view on the current status of Prince’s career. For longtime fans of Prince’s music, as me, this is a weird time in his career. The figure of Prince holds a status of legend which is unreachable for most musicians, from any period. His track record is nothing short of astonishing because of many reasons: he demonstrated his talent to Warner Brothers executives when he was still very...

Robert Whitman Interview

Robert Whitman Interview-Housequake
Proudly presenting Robert Whitman as our guest for a Housequake interview.

Probably all of you remember that, some months ago, there was an exhibition of stunning Prince pictures at the very beginning of his career (1977), taken by the photographer Robert Whitman.

Rad. Interview

Rad. Interview-Housequake

After a year in Prince's band New Power Generation, new motherhood and a following hiatus rad. returns with a new album named "East Babe" and currently a European Tour. Much thanks to our fellow Housequake member Juize, we can now present an exclusive interview with Rad.

Alan Leeds Interview

Alan Leeds Interview-Housequake
Proudly presenting Alan Leeds as our guest for a Housequake interview.

Housequake is very proud to present an interview conducted with Alan Leeds, one of the persons with a deeper knowledge on Prince's career, and a fan of his music like all of us. We hope you will enjoy reading the interview!

Cathy ‘Cat’ Glover Interview

Cathy 'Cat' Glover Interview-Housequake

They say Justin Timberlake is bringing sexy back. He's got moves that make the girls scream. Well, back in the day, the subject of this interview had moves that could make both boys and girls scream. She is perhaps best known for her work with Prince in the late 1980s and she appeared in several videos and the concert film Sign 'O' the Times... Purring yet? I'm talking, of course, about Ms. Cat...

Harlan V. Austin Interview

Harlan V. Austin has 20 years of field experience as a Close Protection Operative Bodyguard, seven years of which he served as Director of Security Services for Paisley Park Productions. Foremost in his duties was assuring the safety and welfare of the musical artist Prince, as well as various celebrities with whom Prince collaborated or associated with...

Michael Koppelman Interview

We are happy to present you an interview conducted with Michael Koppelman, who worked since Graffiti Bridge to the 0(+> album as main engineer for Prince. He has previously released two very interesting and insightful podcasts on his experience working for Prince. He kindly agreed to answer a few questions from us, we hope you will enjoy reading it...

Susan Rogers Interview

Susan Rogers Interview-Housequake
Proudly presenting Susan Rogers as our guest for a Housequake interview.

With much pride we can present you the interview we have conducted with Susan Rogers. She is a well known name in the Prince community, because she was responsible for his engineer work between 1983 & 1988 and during the eighties she was around to help Prince with recording his classics.

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