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The Vallejo native, revolutionary musician and dynamic showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular music in ...
I wrote a piece for this publication called “In Defense of Dad Rock.” It wasn’t a defense of the term itself, but rather the ...
The legendary group, which fused funk, rock and soul into a new form, charted three Hot 100 No. 1s among 10 top 40 hits.
Sly Stone, an electrifying musician, songwriter and showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular music in the ...
Sly Stone, the multitalented musician whose psychedelia-laced funk enraptured Woodstock Nation in the late '60s and early ...
Sly Stone has died at the age of 82, his family announc. The musician was best known as the leader of Sly and the Family ...
Documentaries and fiction films centered on musical artists dominate NYC's 2025 Tribeca Festival, with films devoted to Billy ...
In rock’s house there are many mansions ... But in the run-up to their final performance this summer, we’ve allowed Black Sabbath, our cover stars, to be our guide to our 200 excellent ...
We’re starting our list of the greatest ... by the iconic rock muse, Marianne Faithfull. Mick Jagger and Faithfull had a public relationship for several years in the late ’60s/early ’70s.
The great rock-funk-soul band Sly and the Family Stone didn’t just make hits in the 1960s and ‘70s ... (aka the Burden of Black Genius), directed by Oscar winner Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson.