It’s hard to imagine the course pop music might have taken in the psychedelic ’60s had Sylvester Stewart not emerged at that pivotal moment as the leader of Sly and the Family Stone, a racially ...

Sylvester Stewart — known to most of the world as Sly Stone, who passed away at 82 on Monday — was one of the most important musicians not only of the rock-soul era — because his music combined both, ...

In the prime of Sly & the Family Stone, from 1968 to 1973, the band was one of music’s greatest live acts as well as a fount of remarkable singles including “Everyday People” and “Hot Fun in the ...

Sylvester Stewart, better known by his stage name, Sly Stone, has died at the age of 82. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THANK YOU (FALENTTINME BE MICE ELF AGIN)") SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE: (Singing) I want to ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The world has lost one of its greatest architects of sound. Sly Stone, the enigmatic genius behind Sly and the Family Stone, passed away on June 9 at the age of 82, leaving behind a ...

Sly Stone, born Sylvester Stewart, founder of the legendary, genre-bending Funk band Sly & The Family Stone, has passed away. He was 82. “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of ...

Sometimes there are strange symmetries in death, as in life. The twin passings of Sly Stone and Brian Wilson this week brought that into sharp relief.Both were musical geniuses who paid a high price ...