Stone, an eccentric whose songs of uplift were tempered by darker themes of struggle and disillusionment, had a fall as steep ...

Our time here in comparatively short, and we all want to know that we made a difference in our lives, that our lives mattered ...

Both were musical geniuses who paid a high price for their gifts. They burned bright, with art they created at their peaks ...

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

Sly Stone, the iconic frontman of the band Sly and the Family Stone, and an influential figure in funk, soul and rock, has ...

Sly Stone, the visionary frontman of Sly and the Family Stone, died at age 82 on June 9, 2025, after a groundbreaking career that revolutionized popular music with its blend of funk, soul, rock, and ...

His songs, for generations of listeners, provided community, solace, and a sense of understanding.

Based in San Francisco, Sly and the Family Stone was responsible for some of the biggest anthems of the late ’60s and early ...

There's immense variety in popular music careers, even beyond the extremes of one-hit wonders and the long-haulers touring ...

But those brief, incandescent years of pop genius deserve to be legacy enough. Image What always sounded casual in Sly Stone’s music was complex and disciplined.Credit...ABC Photo Archives ...

Two Musical Revolutionaries, Sly Stone and Brian Wilson ... who lovingly tended to Stone's legacy, wrote this week. “He dared to be simple in the most complex ways — using childlike joy ...

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 ...