News

F ifty-five summers ago, a riot broke out in Chicago’s Grant Park, where Sly and the Family Stone was booked to play a ...
His songs, for generations of listeners, provided community, solace, and a sense of understanding.
Saying farewell to Sly Stone, whose avant-funk vision changed the world and influenced generations of musicians ...
Two of the most original and tortured talents passed away this week in Sly Stone and Brian Wilson, who died on Monday and ...
Sometimes death, as life, brings strange symmetries. Two music revolutionaries, Sly Stone and Brian Wilson, both died within ...
Featuring John Cusack and Paul Dano playing versions of Brian Wilson, and with Paul Giamatti’s role as Dr. Eugene Landy, the film alternates between the making of the album Pet Sounds, and said period ...
Everyone knows who Sylvester "Sly" Stallone of Rocky and Rambo fame is. But not everyone knows who Sly Stone was. For those ...
NORTH TEXAS - Sly Stone’s legacy started in North Texas, and Denton will always be remembered as his place of birth. It was new, and it was different. The music of Sly and the Family Stone took off ...
The statement from Stone’s family hailed him as “a monumental figure, a groundbreaking innovator and a true pioneer who redefined the landscape of pop, funk and rock music,” one whose songs “have left ...
The influential funk maestro Sly Stone passed away on Monday at age 82. Born in Denton, Texas, Stone moved to California as a ...
"From the moment his music reached me in the early 1970s, it became a part of my soul," 'Sly Lives!' director Questlove also ...
It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved dad, Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone,” his ...