Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sly Stone, one of the most legendary performers in rock music history, died at 82. “After a prolonged battle with COPD [chronic ...

Programs about influential musicians Sly Stone and Fela Kuti are among the 2026 Peabody Award winners announced late ...

Sly And The Family Stone featured a unique makeup among 60s groups. "Everyday People" offered their band credo.

(THE CONVERSATION) – In the fall of 1971, Sly and the Family Stone’s “There’s a Riot Goin’ On” landed like a quiet revolution. After two years of silence following the band’s mainstream success, fans ...

Every time you turn on the radio, you are hearing Sly Stone. That’s not literal. It’s not just a poetic exaggeration, either. Whether your bag is rock or rap or soul or pop, the artists you love ...

In his final years, Sly Stone found sobriety, spent more time with his family, and experienced a quieter sense of clarity and ...

Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone died Monday (June 9) at age 82, and the music community is grieving the groundbreaking funk pioneer. Questlove, who directed the new documentary Sly Lives (aka ...

His songs, for generations of listeners, provided community, solace, and a sense of understanding. Sly Stone, 1969. If you want to see my aunt Pam stop what she’s doing and dance, play Sly and the ...

The journalist who got the late funk legend to break his decades-long silence pays tribute to his indelible message of hope — needed now more than ever. By David Kamp David Kamp | The Hollywood ...

Questlove is remembering the late great, Sly Stone. In a lengthy and emotional Instagram post, the musician — who directed the documentary Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius), about Stone’s ...