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"Sunday Morning" looks back at the legacies of two musical giants – the beating hearts of Sly and the Family Stone and the ...
I assumed that our new amphitheater would serve as the same magnet for diverse peoples as our annual Richmond Folk Festival, ...
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, and suddenly I’m in a ...
Books & the Arts / His songs, for generations of listeners, provided community, solace, and a sense of understanding. Marcus ...
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 ...
Brian Wilson and Sly Stone were musical innovators whose public reputations diverged drastically toward the end of their ...
Based in San Francisco, Sly and the Family Stone was responsible for some of the biggest anthems of the late ’60s and early ...
Sly Stone, frontman of Sly and the Family Stone, has died at the age of 82 after a battle with health complications.
Two of music’s powerful visionaries died this week. The songs they meticulously constructed offered an escape their makers ...
Woodstock is often remembered as a rock concert celebrating peace, love and music. But one of the best parts of the original ...
With the death of Sly Stone, Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid goes deep on the greatness and enduring influence of Stone and his band.