BY MELISSA RUGGIERI/AJC Music Scene
Prince receives plenty of respect for pioneering the "Minneapolis sound."
But that sound - an amalgamation of funk, rock and New Wave - filtered down South as well.
Jason Orr, founder of Atlanta's annual FunkJazz Kafé event, talks about Prince's influence on the Atlanta music scene.
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