The eccentric frontman and producer of his family group, Sly & the Family Stone, endured a "prolonged battle" with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and suffered with "other underlying ...

Sly Stone died at age 82, his family announced in a statement on Monday, June 9 According to Sly's relatives, his death came after "a prolonged battle with COPD and other underlying health issues" ...

In the mid-‘60s, Stone was a DJ in San Francisco, and a producer at Autumn Records, best known for the group The Beau Brummels. His group, Sly and the Family Stone’s Top 40 debut, “Dance to ...

In the fall of 1971, Sly and the Family Stone’s “There’s a Riot Goin’ On” landed like a quiet revolution. After two years of ...

Rickey Vincent is a music historian who's made a career out of studying funk and soul music – including the work of Sly Stone. Rickey teaches at UC Berkeley and he's also a DJ on KPFA up in the ...

Paying tribute to Stone, who died June 9, 2025, at age 82, the evening will include eight iconic songs carefully paired with eight City Winery wines, “to evoke the feeling, rhythm, and cultural ...

Sly and the Family Stone was inducted into the Rock & Roll of Fame in 1993 and honored in 2006 at the Grammy Awards, but Sly released just one album after the early ’80s, “I’m Back!