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Sly and the Family Stone

Sly Stone

“I’m looking for albino musicians”: The band Sly Stone thought could end racial tension in music

A bold idea…

Ben Forrest
Jun 15, 2025
Sly Stone - Sylvester Stone - American Musician - 1970s

“People kept turning up”: the legendary gig that Sly Stone called scary

“I just wanted to play the best we could.”

Ben Forrest
Jun 13, 2025
Sly Stone - Sylvester Stone - American Musician - 1970s

“You take the acclaim”: Did Sly Stone have any regrets?

Any regrets?

Dale Maplethorpe
Jun 10, 2025
Janet Jackson - 1989

How Janet Jackson foreshadowed Sly Stone’s resurrection in hip-hop

Showing the potential.

Dale Maplethorpe
Apr 30, 2025
Sly Stone

Five songs from the 1970s that were years ahead of their time

Big moments in music.

Dale Maplethorpe
Apr 9, 2025
The Sly and The Family Stone - 1969

The tragic show that marked the end of Sly and the Family Stone: “Thank you for letting us be ourselves”

A tragic end.

Dale Maplethorpe
Mar 3, 2025
Disco - Disco Ball - Mirrorball - 1970s - Soul - Funk - General Use

‘Mother Goose’: the peculiar nursery rhyme that inspired a funk revolution

Childhood revolution.

Lauren Hunter
Feb 1, 2025
Sly Stone

Tragic downfall: How Sly Stone went from funk royalty to homelessness

A depressing tale.

Ben Forrest
Oct 17, 2024
Sly Stone

Sly Stone’s disastrous Coachella comeback

A bad gig.

Dale Maplethorpe
Jan 24, 2024
Sly Stone

The hit songs written in Sly Stone’s “secret room”

His hidden room was a musical haven.

Aimee Ferrier
Oct 19, 2023
What was the first pop song to use a drum machine? - 2023

What was the first pop song to use a drum machine?

The early drum machines.

Tyler Golsen
Jul 17, 2023
Brian Eno imparts musical wisdom at the Barbican

The musician Brian Eno compared to Jackson Pollock

“It’s like the first time I saw a Jackson Pollock or something.” 

Elle Palmer
Jun 5, 2023

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