Last week, two giants of US popular music passed away. Beach Boys legend, composer/songwriter Brian Wilson, and funk pioneer Sly Stone of Sly & The Family Stone fame.

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Chef Anne Burrell died Tuesday at her Brooklyn, N.Y., home at age 55, People and Deadline confirmed via a statement from ...

Sly Stone was more than a legendary musician. He made moments — moments of joy, rebellion, connection and radical love. With ...

Legendary achievements last forever but legends do not. Of course we know this. But in the monotonous run of days when ...

Stand, you’ve been sitting much too long. There’s a permanent crease in your right or wrong.” —Sylvester Stewart, a.k.a. Sly ...

Stone, an eccentric whose songs of uplift were tempered by darker themes of struggle and disillusionment, had a fall as steep ...

Subtlety reigned as the musician played his post-farewell tour in New York, which included a full performance of his ...

Sometimes, in the midst of chaos, I find solace in music. It doesn’t have to be soft music. Play me some classic rock ‘n soul ...

Sly and the Family Stone’s “There’s a Riot Goin’ On” landed like a quiet revolution. After two years of silence following the ...

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Archivist Alec Palao talks about his time spent with the late legend, and how the rare live album The First Family: Live at ...