Edgar Kruize

Edgar Kruize is a freelance author, journalist and content creator based in the Netherlands. He is co-owner of communications agency buro33. He is specialized in music in general and specifically the entertainment industry. Kruize has been working for various (trade) magazines, concert and tour promoters, festival organizers and record companies for over two decades. He has written nine books on various musical subjects and is co-owner and publisher at Permafrost Publishers.

All it took was a cough in the Raspberry Beret video to have the young Edgar notice the artist he’d later found out to be Prince. Prince’s impressive body of work has been an inspiration in life and work. Kruize is the author of the book Prince: The Dutch Experience (2017), in which all of Prince’s steps in the Netherlands are retraced. Also he co-hosts the Dutch Prince-blog PurplePicks.net, wrote the liner-notes for the 2019 Sign “O” The Times deluxe dvd/blu-ray set (along with appearing in the documentary about the making of that movie) and (co)hosted multiple Prince themed lectures and live interviews.