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 ...

By November of the same year, Sly Stone seemed to pose an answer: “There’s a Riot Goin’ On.” At the time that album was ...

Sly & the Family Stone's second Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 started to take a very different tone from its first, but with ...

Long before the home studio became an industry norm, Stone, who died on June 9, 2025, turned the studio into both a sanctuary ...

Nearly 60 years after it happened, the earliest known live recording of Sly & the Family Stone will finally be released next ...

On the surface, Sly and the Family Stone's revolution in the '60s may not seem all that significant. But pull back the outer level of radio-friendly, era-equipped soul-pop music they pretty much ...

The Winchester Cathedral recordings showcase a one-of-kind outfit that was already at the peak of its powers, long before it ...

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

The 1966 album “Pet Sounds” was a peak ... He descended into a well-chronicled period of darkness. Sly Stone helped ...