The new documentary “Sly Lives, aka the Burden of Black Genius,” which focuses on the life and career of the brilliant but ...

I think that shows a lot of understanding on his part: The film was about Sly and the Family Stone, but it’s also ... and seeing that American flag [album cover] and my dad’s record set ...

One critic said the group was too hot and Black to be rock, too positive to be the Blues, and too wild to be Soul. Sly's ...

Two of the greatest rock bands of all time are the subjects of new documentaries which take very different approaches into ...

Partway through this new Questlove documentary about Sly Stone, his band, the Family Stone ... s a Riot Goin’ On,” “Fresh,” “Small Talk.” Drugs certainly helped do in the music ...

His latest triumph, "SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)," reunites him with collaborator Questlove to explore not just the meteoric rise of Sly ...

But one performance in the documentary about 1969's Harlem Cultural Festival was singularly captivating: that of multiracial ...

Boom laka laka laka! Boom laka laka laka!” It’s hard to believe that there was a time when such an utterance was unknown to ...

and no small amount of celebration. For decades, Sly had been one of music’s great cautionary tales. In the late 1960s and early ’70s, Sly and his band, the Family Stone, effectively ruled ...