Fittingly, they get the party started with “Give up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)” by Jerome Brailey, George ...

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

Stone died after a battle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other health issues, a statement from his family ...

Barry Diller’s book tour for his recently published memoir “Who Knew” hit New York City’s 92Y, where moderator Anderson ...

Born March 15, 1943, in Denton, Texas, Stone helped pioneer the emerging psychedelic soul movement in the 1960s and ‘70s with ...

Sly Stone and his band synthesised disparate strands of American popular music, tracking the musical and social shifts as the 1960s wore into the 1970s.

Sly Stone, the influential but enigmatic funk-rock star whose soulful, socially conscious recordings altered the course of ...

Funk pioneer Sly Stone, a onetime San Francisco DJ turned pop music innovator and leader of Sly and the Family Stone, has ...

Sylvester Stewart, known as Sly Stone, turned soul, rock and R&B into something kinetic, kaleidoscopic and irreversibly Black ...

Sly Stone, the visionary multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter who led Sly and the Family Stone – in doing so helping ...

The music pioneer succumbed after a prolonged battle with COPD and other underlying health issues, his family says.