Sly Stone

Fusion jazz Remembrance 

A Centennial Salute to Miles Davis

May 26, 2026May 26, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments 100th Birthday, Bitches Brew, Centennial, Darryl Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Kassa Overall, Miles Davis, Prince, Sly Stone, Vince Wilburn Jr.

The jazz master was born on this day 100 years ago

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Funk Remembrance Soul 

Forever Fresh: Sly Stone Remembered

June 11, 2025June 11, 2025 Kara Tucker 0 Comments Beastie Boys, Cynthia Robinson, Graham Central Station, Greg Errico, Larry Graham, Lil Wayne, RIP, Sly and the Family Stone, Sly Stone, Sylvester Stewart, The Viscaynes

The funk/soul genius died this week at 82

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Funk Soul 

Early Sly & The Family Stone Performance Tapped for Release 

June 8, 2025June 9, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1967, High Moon Records, reissue, Sly and the Family Stone, Sly Stone, The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967

Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967 out July 18

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Funk Soul 

Time for Livin’: Sly and the Family Stone’s Small Talk at 50

July 23, 2024July 23, 2024 Jeremy Shatan 3 Comments 1974, 50th anniversary, Funkadelic, Loose Booty, Sly and the Family Stone, Sly Stone, Small Talk, Time for Livin'

Saluting the most underrated album in the funk great’s catalog

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Soul 

Is That Enough: Marvin Gaye’s Here, My Dear at 45

December 14, 2023December 14, 2023 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Anna Gordy, Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Sly Stone, Tamla

Reflecting on the soul legend’s complicated masterpiece

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Funk Soul 

Keep On Dancin’: Sly and the Family Stone’s Fresh at 50

June 30, 2023June 30, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Etta James, Fresh, Kermit Ruffin, Larry Graham, Miles Davis, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sly and the Family Stone, Sly Stone, Victor Wooten

How the band’s sixth LP signified a new phase of funk

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Soul 

Spaced Cowboy: Sly Stone at 80

March 15, 2023March 15, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 80th birthday, Cynthia Robinson, D'Angelo, Everyday People, Fresh, George Clinton, Joe Perry, Larry Graham, OutKast, Prince, Sly and the Family Stone, Sly Stone, Stand!, Woodstock

Honoring the unorthodox genius of a soul icon

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adblock Soul 

Swamp Dogg: Janis Joplin, Dionne Warwick and Me

February 15, 2021February 15, 2021 Jason Gross 0 Comments Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, Jerry Williams, Joyful Noise, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Patti LaBelle, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Sly Stone, Smokey Robinson, Sorry You Couldn't Make It, Sorry You Couldn’t Make It Demos, Stevie Wonder, Swamp Dogg

Soul great also known as Jerry Williams tells all: “Ask me anything you want. I had a good night sleep.”

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Beatle Soul 

All Things (Must) Pass: Encouraging Words Turns 50

September 21, 2020September 21, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1970, 50th anniversary, All Things Must Pass, Apple Corps, Apple Records, Apple+, Billy Preston, Bobby Keys, Delaney Bramlett, Encouraging Words, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Jim Price, John Lennon, My Sweet Lord, Neil Diamond, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Sam and Dave, Sly Stone, The Band, The Beatles, the Edwin Hawkins Singers, the Red Hot Chili Peppers

Originally released on September 11, 1970, Billy Preston’s second Apple LP is a soulful paean to his status as “The 5th Beatle”

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Rock 

Nils Lofgren Goes Fishing

August 21, 2020August 21, 2020 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments and Eric Clapton, Andy Newmark, Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Cindy Mizelle, Crosby, David Bowie, Full Circle, Jackson Browne, John Lennon, Keb' Mo', Kevin McCormick, Lou Reed, Luther Vandross, Melissa Etheridge, Neil Young, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Nils Lofgren, Nils Lofgren Band, Sly Stone, Steely Dan, Stills and Nash, Tom Lofgren, Weathered, Whitney Houston

An exclusive chat with the guitar innovator for Crazy Horse and E Street about his killer new live album

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Blues Folk Soul 

Still Bill, Just As He Was

April 6, 2020 James Porter 2 Comments Bill Withers, Columbia Records, Curtis Mayfield, Funkadelic, Gil Scott-Heron, John Hammond, Marvin Gaye, Sly Stone, Stevie Wonder, Swamp Dogg, Terry Callier

There was almost no precedent for Bill Withers in the 1970s

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