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 ...

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

Two of the most original and tortured talents passed away this week in Sly Stone and Brian Wilson, who died on Monday and ...

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 ...

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

Lenny Kravitz is tributing one of the greats. Sly Stone died on June 9th at the age of 82. Known for his music that became popular in the '60s and '70s with the band Sly & the Family Stone, he died ...

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 ...

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 ...