Here are four unforgettable songs featuring and co-written by Deep Purple and Rainbow guitarist Ritchie Blackmore in honor of ...

Deep Purple is a deeply conflicting band for most rock music fans. On one hand, you have to say that their music is inescapable, and captures something exquisite about the spirit of the 1960s and ...

THE BASICS: THE COLOR PURPLE, music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray; book by Marsha Norman, based on the 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker, directed by ...

Purple Rain climaxes with a seven-minute performance of the title song at First Avenue, a beloved music club in downtown Minneapolis. Prince reportedly wrote “Purple Rain” (the song ...