"Sly's innovative spirit foreshadowed much of what would come in hip-hop," Questlove writes in a new essay for Rolling Stone - Credit: Ron Pownall/Getty Images Sly Stone’s journey highlights the ...

The recent passing of soul music star Sly Stone at age 82 was a sad reminder of how we need to treasure our groundbreaking icons while they’re still with us. Fortunately, Questlove was able to ...

A snippet of music history will hit the shelves on July 18 with the new Sly & The Family Stone album The First Family: Live ...

Live at the Winchester Cathedral 1967 shows Sly and the Family Stone as a killer soul band on the cusp of developing the ...

Sly & The Family Sone was one of the first self-contained, multi-gender, interracial, genre-fluid bands to ever top the ...

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson will be honored with the SummerStage Icon award for his artistic contributions to New York City, the City Parks Foundation has announced. The Grammy-winning artist will DJ a ...

"In terms of impact and the kind of shift they created, there isn’t a greater American band," said Vernon Reid of Sly and the ...

Sly Stone was a musical alchemist, combining soul, ... But in recent years "his musical legacy was fortified" when Questlove featured him in a 2021 documentary; another film followed this year.

The twin passings of Sly Stone and Brian Wilson this week brought that into sharp relief. ... “Yes, Sly battled addiction,” Questlove wrote. “Yes, he disappeared from the spotlight.

Sly Stone's journey highlights the difficulty of showing emotions, something that is even more difficult for Black people in the U.S. Expressing feelings at times felt dangerous for us. You could ...

FILE - Rock star Sylvester "Sly" Stone of Sly and the Family Stone appears in April 1972. (AP Photo, File) FILE - Musician Brian Wilson poses for a portrait at his home in Los Angeles on July 28 ...

Sometimes there are strange symmetries in death, as in life. The twin passings of Sly Stone and Brian Wilson this week brought that into sharp relief. Both were musical geniuses who paid a high ...