When Sly and the Family Stone performed, it felt like the band was "speaking to you personally," Clinton said. Stone made his California-based band, which included his brother Freddie and sister Rose, ...

At a time of protests over conditions in inner cities and police killings of Black Americans, as well as an ascendant women's liberation movement, Sly and the Family Stone featured Black and white ...

Cynthia Robinson, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted co-founding trumpeter of Sly and the Family Stone, passed away yesterday (November 23) following a battle with cancer. She was 69 years old.

After leading a band called Sly and the Stoners, featuring trumpet player Cynthia Robinson, Stone brought in his brother Freddie on guitar, sister Rose on keyboards, Gregg Errico on drums, Jerry ...

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And Freddie Stone, he was almost the power behind the throne. It’s not just that Sly was a singular genius — that band was incredibly impactful. He was the original code-switcher.

The band's breakthrough came in 1968, when the title track to their second album, "Dance to the Music," cracked the Top 10. A year later, Sly and the Family Stone performed at Woodstock before dawn.

Thank you, Sly. You will forever live.” Besides his children with Silva and Robinson, Stone is survived by another daughter, L.A. musician Novena Carmel. Best of Variety ...

Sly Stone, the driving force behind Sly and the Family Stone, a multiracial American band whose boiling mix of rock, soul and psychedelia embodied 1960s idealism and helped popularize funk music ...

In 1971, Sly and the Family Stone released “There’s a Riot Goin’ On”, which became the band’s only No. 1 album.

The band's breakthrough came in 1968, when the title track to their second album, "Dance to the Music," cracked the Top 10. A year later, Sly and the Family Stone performed at Woodstock before dawn.