Sly & Robbie, 9 at Slim's. $28. “”I close my eyes, the bass in my hand, and my channel open to God,” reggae legend Robbie Shakespeare once said, explaining his approach. “I try to look for the perfect ...

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. If you ...

Every time you turn on the radio, you are hearing Sly Stone. That’s not literal. It’s not just a poetic exaggeration, either. Whether your bag is rock or rap or soul or pop, the artists you love ...

Sly Stone, the singer-songwriter who rose to fame with the band Sly and the Family Stone, has died. He was 82. “After a prolonged battle with COPD [chronic obstructive pulmonary disease] and other ...

The tragic truth is that Sly Stone's recording career was only a very short part of his life. The singer and bandleader, who died this week at 82, was a groundbreaking figure in popular culture of the ...

Reggae producers/musicians Sly & Robbie performed last night at Yoshi's San Francisco with the Taxi Gang. Our own Tomas Palermo was on hand and caught a few pics of the reggae godfathers onstage.

The influential musician, who died on Monday at 82, forged harmony — musical and otherwise — that he wasn’t able to hold together on his own. By Wesley Morris “Landscape” is just one of those words.

Questlove is remembering the late great, Sly Stone. In a lengthy and emotional Instagram post, the musician — who directed the documentary Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius), about Stone’s ...

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 & the ...