June saw the loss of several influential figures in music, sports, and beyond. Brian Wilson was the creative force behind The ...

From Eddie Cochran’s “Summertime Blues” to Sly and the Family Stone’s “Hot Fun in the Summertime” to Harry Styles’ ...

Famous for his hits with Sly and the Family Stone, the abundantly talented musician created infectious and enduring music in the 1960s and 1970s.

James McMurtry reminds me, line by line, that music can still do more than decorate our playlists. It can hold our hands ...

Sly Stone turned solitude into sonic innovation, inspiring generations with home-studio funk and loop-based recording.

Playing as many as 150 gigs a year in 38 states and in more than nine different countries, the Lincoln-based Josh Hoyer & ...

Mick Ralphs, founding guitarist and a key songwriter for rock groups popular Bad Company and Mott the Hoople, has died at 81.

(Shenandoah) – The past two weeks have been rough ones for lovers of music history.

The lakefront show provided fans an opportunity to cheer the return of a band that rocketed to mainstream acclaim in 1985 ...

He scored another hit with “Rhapsody in the Rain,” a song banned by the Catholic Church for its risque lyrics, and took his act to British TV shows like “Top of ... LLC. Sly Stone, leader of funk ...

And long before sampling defined the sound of hip-hop, he was using tape and machine rhythms to deconstruct existing songs ... producer Sly and the Family Stone's early albums -- including "Dance to ...

Today, millions of musicians record and splice tracks from their bedrooms, closets and garages. Half a century ago, the funk ...