Bilal & The Roots "Sister" (Live At City Winery, March 6, 2013)

As we mentioned earlier today, many of the participants in tonight's "The Music Of Prince" tribute at Carnegie Hall held an open "rehearsal" in front of a packed crowd at City Winery in New York City last night, March 6th.  Our favorite performance of the night was Bilal's intense reading of Prince's still-shocking "Sister" from 1980's Dirty Mind.  With former Prince guitarist Wendy Melvoin sitting in with The Roots, Bilal transformed Prince's original punk-influenced song into a genre-hopping and wonderfully disorienting lament on an incestuous tryst.

Side note: Does anyone have video of Bilal & The Roots covering Prince's "International Lover" at BAM back in 1999?  If so, let us know in the comments!!!!

Producer + Editor: Allison Swank

Videographers: Chinisha Scott + Jay Sprogell