Billy Jackson had a varied career, which included recording Choice 4 Inc.'s 'Clean Up Your Mind.' That album is being ...

Helen L. Stone, 81, passed away peacefully at 11:15 p.m., Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at OSF St. Anthony’s Hospital in Alton, with her family by her side. She was born on August 24, 1944 in Obion County, ...

Two-time Grammy Award-winning reggae drummer Sly Dunbar, who fueled countless tracks from Bob Marley to Bob Dylan and was one-half of the influential reggae rhythm section Sly & Robbie, has died. He ...

In 2025, the Bay Area said farewell to residents whose names were household fixtures — and to others whose impact was felt more quietly, in classrooms, kitchens, locker rooms and neighborhoods. Stan ...

EXCLUSIVE: Sylvester Stewart Jr., son of famed funk artist Sly Stone, is teaming with Leslie Small to direct a doc exploring the music, mystique, and enduring cultural impact of one of America’s most ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Sly Stone, the revolutionary musician and dynamic showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular music in the 1960s and ’70s and beyond with such hits as “Everyday People,” ...

Sly Stone was a musical alchemist, combining soul, funk, and psychedelic rock with elements of gospel, jazz, and Latin music to create the new sound of the 1960s. With his prodigious Afro and platform ...

Sly Stone’s journey highlights the difficulty of showing emotions, something that is even more difficult for Black people in the U.S. Expressing feelings at times felt dangerous for us. You could get ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Sly Stone, the revolutionary musician and dynamic showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular music in the 1960s and ’70s and beyond with such hits as “Everyday People,” ...

It’s a real American moment out there: battle lines drawn, tear gas drifting, charity and gentleness on their heels. Turn inward, inside ourselves, and it looks even worse, the mind’s landscape pocked ...