Both Wilson and Stone were true originals and are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Brian Wilson has been called a musical ...

A.‍ ‍‍Sly ‍was ‍given ‍a ‍Jewish ‍star ‍by ‍Rabbi ‍Shlomo ‍Carlbach, ‍when ‍they ‍met ‍in ‍Haight-Ashbury ‍in ‍1967. ‍Sly ...

The death of Sly Stone, real name Sylvester Stewart, on June 9 triggered memories of the crazy, off-the-wall show he and his ...

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 ...

It doesn't take much for the threads of a community to begin to unravel, as the isolation of the pandemic proved so starkly ...

I assumed that our new amphitheater would serve as the same magnet for diverse peoples as our annual Richmond Folk Festival, ...

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 ...

Forever No. 1 is a Billboard series that pays special tribute to the recently deceased artists who achieved the highest honor ...

Sometimes there are strange symmetries in death, as in life. The twin passings of Sly Stone and Brian Wilson this week ...

Saying farewell to Sly Stone, whose avant-funk vision changed the world and influenced generations of musicians ...

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

Here are the stars who died this year, including Gene Hackman, Michelle Trachtenberg, Val Kilmer, Sly Stone, David Lynch, and ...