Funk music has been around since the 1960s, developing out of gospel, R&B and soul, with a distinct emphasis on "syncopated ...

Lionel Hahn/ Questlove defends the “audacity” Maria Shriver showed — in an old interview that’s central to his film — by trying to get Sly Stone to acknowledge he “blew it” in letting drugs derail his ...

(aka The Burden of Black Genius), Questlove delves into the genius and torments of Sly Stone — and uses that story as window into many other artists’ lives, including interviewees D’Angelo ...

By Tracey Thorn The other night Ben and I watched the new Sly Stone documentary, Sly Lives! (AKA The Burden of Black Genius). Directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, it’s an exploration and ...

A newly restored trailer for Slade 's classic Slade In Flame movie has been released. The 1975 movie, which saw the Brummie ...

Sly Stone and feel-good funk music seemingly go hand in hand, but there’s a darker message hiding behind his upbeat hits from the 1970s and ‘80s that music historian and famed Roots founder ...

In a corner of McSorley’s, the J. Geils Band survivor unspools some tales: sharing pants with Bob Dylan, being David Lynch’s ...

(aka The Burden of Black Genius),” which details the rise and fall of the enigmatic Sly Stone. President Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Egg prices are rapidly falling so far in March ...

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Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters, and Goddesses Peter Wolf is best known as the lead singer of the J. Geils Band.  Even ...

The documentary makes the essential point that “Curtis,” an album shot through with social protest, was released before Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On,” Sly and the Family Stone’s ...