Sly Stone, the influential but enigmatic funk-rock star whose soulful, socially conscious recordings altered the course of popular music before he abruptly retreated from the spotlight and became ...

Sly Stone, one of the pioneers of funk music, has died aged 82, his family have said. As front man for his band Sly And The Family Stone, the musician fused soul, rock, psychedelia and gospel to ...

funk and world music. But a free fall into serial drug addiction led first to erratic behavior and then to seclusion after 1987 that permanently sidelined him from the music business. Mr. Stone ...

Sly Stone, the multitalented musician whose path-finding, psychedelia-laced funk enraptured Woodstock Nation in the late ’60s and early ’70s, has died. He was 82. “After a prolonged battle ...

Sly and the Family Stone entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. Sly Stone, the pioneering leader of the funk band bearing his name, Sly and the Family Stone, has died, according to his ...