While his talent shone brightly, Sly faced the pressure of living up to those expectations, creating a constant conflict ...

On the first night of her Las Vegas residency, Joan Jett kept it simple and showed that good rock ’n’ roll never goes out of ...

Sly Stone revolutionized music production by transforming the studio into a compositional tool, using overdubs, drum machines, and tape loops to craft deeply personal and experimental tracks like ...

You can hear Sly Stone's influence in tracks by 2Pac, A Tribe Called Quest, and De La Soul --sampling classics like "Sing a ...

The legendary producer worshiped Sly Stone long before he became friends with the funk pioneer, who passed away at 82 on Monday.

Dyana Williams, Kenny Gamble and Ed Wright founded Black Music Month in June 1979.  Also known as African American music ...

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

Two of music’s powerful visionaries died this week. The songs they meticulously constructed offered an escape their makers ...

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

Forever No. 1 is a Billboard series that pays special tribute to the recently deceased artists who achieved the highest honor ...

Sometimes death, as life, brings strange symmetries. Two music revolutionaries, Sly Stone and Brian Wilson, both died within ...

Sly Stone, who created visionary psychedelic rock, soul and pop that helped integrate popular music and captured harsh social ...