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"Piano & A Microphone" is compiled from a 1983
home studio cassette of the late musician playing jazz piano
versions of some of his own songs and those of others, record
company Warner Bros. said on Thursday.
Prince, 57, died of an accidental overdose of the opioid
fentanyl in 2016, leaving behind thousands of recordings and
videos in the vaults of his home studio in suburban Minneapolis.
The new video, shot recently in New York City, accompanies the
album track "Mary Don't You Weep," a 19th century spiritual. It
is intended to pay tribute to the hundreds of people who are
killed or wounded by gun violence in the United States, the
record company and the singer's estate said in a statement.
Prince in 2015 performed at a Rally 4 Peace concert in Baltimore
following the death of Freddie Gray from injuries suffered in
police custody. The "Mary Don't You Weep" video begins with a
quote the musician made at that rally, "The system is broke.
It's going to take young people to fix it."
"Piano & A Microphone" hears Prince working through his songs
"Purple Rain" and "17 Days," as well as a version of Joni
Mitchell's "A Case of You."
It is one of a handful of recordings released posthumously by
Prince's estate, including an expanded edition of his "Purple
Rain" album and "Anthology: 1995-2010," a selection of 37 of his
biggest hits.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Chris Reese)
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