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Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, who directed the new documentary “Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius),” has shared a remembrance of the subject of his film, Sly Stone. The 82 year-old ...
Sly Stone, born Sylvester Stewart, left this earth today, but the changes he sparked while here will echo forever. From the moment his music reached me in the early 1970s, it became a part of my soul.
Producer Michael Nash wanted to do something special to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Sound Summit, the annual rock ...
The music world mourns the loss of funk pioneer Sly Stone, who passed away at 82 after battling COPD and other health issues. His family confirmed his peaceful death, surrounded by loved ones.
Beyond Sly and the Family Stone as individuals, Questlove deep dives into the group’s biggest hits. During the ‘60s, Sly’s music did not play it safe like the soft ballads of Motown.
Sylvester “Sly” Stewart and his bride Kathy Silva, right, are congratulated during their wedding ceremony at a rock concert by Sly and the Family Stone at New York’s Madison Square Garden on ...
Formed in 1966-67, Sly and the Family Stone was the first major group to include Black and white men and women, and well embodied a time when anything seemed possible — riots and assassinations ...
Sly Stone, the revolutionary musician and dynamic showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular music in the 1960s and ’70s and beyond with such hits as “Everyday People ...