Famous for his hits with Sly and the Family Stone, the abundantly talented musician created infectious and enduring music in the 1960s and 1970s.

Sly Stone turned solitude into sonic innovation, inspiring generations with home-studio funk and loop-based recording.

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Sly Stone was more than a legendary musician. He made moments — moments of joy, rebellion, connection and radical love. With ...

It takes one music icon to know one. Nile Rodgers, the legendary producer and Chic bandleader, worshiped Sly Stone long before he became friends with the funk pioneer, who passed away at 82 on ...

Gov't Mule guitarist Warren Haynes took to social media to pay tribute to the groundbreaking musical legacy of the late Sly Stone.

Sly Stone helped assemble a new kind of musical landscape. Stone’s skills came in creating a musical world that others only dreamed of at the time. The Family Stone was an integrated world — Black and ...

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 ...

That’s because Sly Stone created music without boundaries or regard for the constraints of genre. ... Perhaps there’s no better voice to speak about the impact of Sly Stone than Sly himself.

Despite personal struggles, his impact on music remained strong. Sly and the Family Stone were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 and honoured at the 2006 Grammy Awards.