The Oscar-winning producer shares how he and Questlove created a powerful tribute capturing the funk icon's genius and legacy before his passing.

Sly & The Family Stone got the coveted call to be featured performers on The Ed Sullivan Show in December 1968. Following Sly’s invocation, “Don’t ...

Director Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and Oscar-winning producer Joseph Patel discuss "Sly Lives!" Six New States Now Able to ...

In the fall of 1971, Sly and the Family Stone’s “There’s a Riot Goin’ On” landed like a quiet revolution. After two years of silence following the band’s mainstream success, fans expected more ...

Rickey Vincent is a music historian who's made a career out of studying funk and soul music – including the work of Sly Stone. Rickey teaches at UC Berkeley and he's also a DJ on KPFA up in the ...

Sly and the Family Stone (1968) Stone and his band achieved artistic success and wild popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s with songs such as “Everyday People,” “Hot Fun in the ...

Sly and the Family Stone deliver a blistering cover of Otis Redding's 'I Can't Turn You Loose' in the latest track from a rare 1967 live album.

On July 15, 2025, Living Color ‘s Vernon Reid will pay tribute to Sly Stone at City Winery in New York City with a wine and music pairing commemorating the music of Sly and the Family Stone. Sly ...

Sly’s triumphs, peaked over 50 years ago, have long since been obscured by a widely documented hellscape of drugs, wild extravagances, label disputes, haphazard live appearances, the dissolution of ...

Sly Stone died last month at the age of 82. Sly founded and sang with the funk act Sly and the Family Stone, one of the biggest and most consequential funk bands in the history of modern music.