I assumed that our new amphitheater would serve as the same magnet for diverse peoples as our annual Richmond Folk Festival, ...

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

Sly & The Family Stone's "Family Affair" saw a splintering band reach the highest heights of pop music one last time.

Brian Wilson and Sly Stone were musical innovators whose public reputations diverged drastically toward the end of their ...

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

Born on March 15, 1943, in Texas, Sylvester Stewart grew up in North Carolina where he fell in love with music as a young boy ...

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

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

With the death of Sly Stone, Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid goes deep on the greatness and enduring influence of Stone and his band.

Sometimes the simplest songs convey the deepest truths, as seen in the first of the late Sly Stone and his Family Stone's ...

Sly Stone, the leader of Sly and the Family Stone, died Monday at age 82. The pioneering group was best known for popular ...

Sly Stone, the revolutionary musician and dynamic showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular music in the 1960s and ’70s and beyond with such hits as “Everyday People,” “Stand!” and ...