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Grantis was the co-lead guitarist in Prince’s final band, 3rdeyegirl, and was asked to take the solo on the spot ...

After the third chorus, he’s singing ‘in the purple…’ and then he pointed at me, which was the cue to take the solo," says guitarist Donna Grantis ...

In that moment, I mean, what are you gonna do, right? There’s about two seconds and then you’ve got to hit the overdrive pedal, add the flanger on there and just jump in” ...

"He said, 'Hey, would you like to visit Paisley Park and jam with Prince and his band?"' she recalled ... Hannah Welton and Eda Nielsen. Soon after, Prince walked in. "I was so excited," she said. "We ...

This is a 10% increase over 2023, which tallied 21 million years of streaming. To help the media industry better understand the key trends driving streaming’s growth, Nielsen has released our annual ...

Overall time spent watching television in December rose 4% compared with November, according to a report from Nielsen, driven by high viewership of sporting events and special programming during ...

A single home in the rural southeastern U.S. stands at the center of a growing rift between Nielsen and the Spanish-language broadcasting giant whose audiences it measures. Executives at ...

are present in the Ocean Band, Nike Sport Band, standard Sport Watch bands. Meanwhile, PFAS compounds are known for their propensity to linger in the environment and the human body. These chemicals ...

The Big Bang Theory finished 2024 as the year’s “most-binged title” in streaming, according to a new report from Nielsen. The sitcom averaged 265.5 episodes per viewer on Max, the ...

What previously might have required a whole band can now be done by a single artist with the help of a producer and some session musicians. It’s no secret musicians are doing it tough in the ...