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The great rock-funk-soul band Sly and the Family Stone didn’t just make hits in the 1960s and ‘70s, they made ...
For 'Sly Lives,' Questlove asked artists 'the most frightening question.' Watch him discuss that in our Pass the Remote panel ...
The great rock-funk-soul band Sly and the Family Stone didn’t just make hits in the 1960s and ‘70s, they made “culture-changing hits,” in the words of no less a figure than record mogul ...
How's this for a hot 45? In 1969, Sly and the Family Stone released the song "Stand!" as an A-side. On the B-side: "I Want to Take You Higher." A and B are considered two of the greatest rock songs ...
In Fort Worth at Dickies Arena, thousands of fans cried "more, more, more" to Billy Idol.
Family Junket mentioned inspirational touchstones like Sly and the Family Stone, Sault and Stevie Wonder. They also take inspiration from each other. “In many musical spaces, where you have to ...
Following his Best Documentary Oscars win in 2022, the Summer of Soul director and Roots drummer returns with a deep look into Sly and the Family Stone. Sly Lives! examines an artist who sought to ...
Daily Dirt for Wednesday, May 7, 2025 Sly Stone: The J.D. Salinger of funk … Welcome to today’s three thoughts that make up Vol. 1,277 of The Daily Dirt. 1. Today we reveal the No. 4 group in our week ...
As the frontman of Sly & The Family Stone, the African American musician was becoming a chronicler of a paradigm shift and the voice of a new horizon shaped by the hippie dream, protests against the ...