A new documentary examines the golden age of funk music, when large, often interracial bands lay down syncopated grooves that packed dance floors. John Blake says that today’s pop music, largely ...

Spurred by the continued interest in their old music, band members had a few short reunions beginning in the mid-2000s and released an album, “A Simple Act of Faith,” in 2015 that missed the ...

Sly Stone, the pioneering leader of the funk band bearing his name, Sly and the Family Stone, has died, according to his family. Stone was 82 years old.

In the late ’70s, when the star hip-hop producer Prince Paul was just 10 years old, he heard a song that stopped him cold. “Bra,” by a little-known British funk group named Cymande ...

Influential leader of revolutionary funk band dies at 82 Published: Jun. 09, 2025, 1:42 p.m. Rock star Sylvester "Sly" Stone of Sly and the Family Stone appears in April 1972.

Legendary '70s Funk Band Returns to the Stage and Sound 'Flawless' first appeared on Parade on Jun 30, 2025 This story was ...

A new documentary examines the golden age of funk music, when large, often interracial bands lay down syncopated grooves that packed dance floors. John Blake says that today’s pop music, largely ...

Music legend Sly Stone, the pioneering leader of the funk band bearing his name, Sly and the Family Stone, has died at 82 years old. More for You.