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How psychedelic funk band Sly and the Family Stone cut through the bigotry of 1960s America with an integrated lineup and an ...
For decades, the music of Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and his band, The Roots, has defied the conventions of hip-hop and soul ...
Following Sly Stone’s passing, Sly and the Family Stone return to Billboard’s R&B Digital Song Sales chart with five tracks, ...
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Blessed be the funk
Last week, two giants of US popular music passed away. Beach Boys legend, composer/songwriter Brian Wilson, and funk pioneer Sly Stone of Sly and The Family Stone fame.Both created magic that changed ...
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Chef Anne Burrell died Tuesday at her Brooklyn, N.Y., home at age 55, People and Deadline confirmed via a statement from ...
Sly Stone was more than a legendary musician. He made moments — moments of joy, rebellion, connection and radical love. With ...
Stone, an eccentric whose songs of uplift were tempered by darker themes of struggle and disillusionment, had a fall as steep ...
Sometimes, in the midst of chaos, I find solace in music. It doesn’t have to be soft music. Play me some classic rock ‘n soul ...
Sly and the Family Stone’s “There’s a Riot Goin’ On” landed like a quiet revolution. After two years of silence following the ...
'The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967' shows what we've lost.
Archivist Alec Palao talks about his time spent with the late legend, and how the rare live album The First Family: Live at ...