Philadelphia’s Dyana Williams, Kenny Gamble and Ed Wright founded Black Music Month in June 1979. Also known as African American Music Appreciation Month, it was first officially celebrated by Preside ...

"Sunday Morning" looks back at the legacies of two musical giants – the beating hearts of Sly and the Family Stone and the ...

I assumed that our new amphitheater would serve as the same magnet for diverse peoples as our annual Richmond Folk Festival, ...

The legendary producer worshiped Sly Stone long before he became friends with the funk pioneer, who passed away at 82 on Monday.

Musician Sly Stone spent the years leading up to his death as a recovering drug addict who was forced to live in a van, Knewz ...

His songs, for generations of listeners, provided community, solace, and a sense of understanding.

Brian Wilson and Sly Stone were musical innovators whose public reputations diverged drastically toward the end of their ...

Two of music’s powerful visionaries died this week. The songs they meticulously constructed offered an escape their makers ...

By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Sr Natl Correspondent ...

Sylvester Stewart, better known by his stage name Sly Stone, was an American musician, song writer and record producer.

Woodstock is often remembered as a rock concert celebrating peace, love and music. But one of the best parts of the original ...

With the death of Sly Stone, Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid goes deep on the greatness and enduring influence of Stone and his band.