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Sly Stone Created Black Music Without Boundaries
With his diverse band and a jaw-dropping list of musical inspirations, Family Stone frontman changed the face of modern music ...
Sly Stone Believed Everybody Is a Star: The Massive Legacy of an Avant-Funk Revolutionary
Saying farewell to Sly Stone, whose avant-funk vision changed the world and influenced generations of musicians ...
The musical world that Sly Stone made for us still spins
Mixing styles at a critical moment in American history, Sly Stone helped create the musical world we live in today.
Two musical revolutionaries, Sly Stone and Brian Wilson, leave life's stage nearly simultaneously
Sometimes there are strange symmetries in death, as in life. The twin passings of Sly Stone and Brian Wilson this week ...
Dos revolucionarios musicales, Sly Stone y Brian Wilson, dejan el escenario casi simultáneamente
Por DAVID BAUDERA veces hay simetrías extrañas en la muerte, como en la vida. Los fallecimientos de Sly Stone y Brian Wilson ...
Sly Stone turned isolation into inspiration, forging a path for a generation of music-makers
Long before the home studio became an industry norm, Stone, who died on June 9, 2025, turned the studio into both a sanctuary and an instrument. And long before sampling defined the sound of hip-hop, ...
Dionne Warwick, Jamie Foxx Among Those Paying Tribute to Sly Stone: "May He Rest in Paradise"
"From the moment his music reached me in the early 1970s, it became a part of my soul," 'Sly Lives!' director Questlove also ...