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Nearly 60 years after it happened, the earliest known live recording of Sly & the Family Stone will finally be released next ...

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Sly Stone, a Grammy winner whose pioneering funk-rock group Sly and the Family Stone produced groundbreaking albums and ...

On the surface, Sly and the Family Stone's revolution in the '60s may not seem all that significant. But pull back the outer level of radio-friendly, era-equipped soul-pop music they pretty much ...

Sly Stone, the pioneering leader of the funk band bearing his name, Sly and the Family Stone, has died, according to his ...

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

Sly Stone, a onetime SF deejay turned funk innovator and leader of Sly and the Family Stone, sang on and produced an album ...

In 1974, decades before Ye, then known as Kanye West, packed Madison Square Garden for a twin album-fashion spectacular, Sly ...