Anthony Barboza/Getty Images SylvesterThe Queen of Disco1947 – 1988 Few artists have embodied the spirit of liberation quite like Sylvester. As a ...

What is Black genius?” It’s a slightly sideways question that results in some blank looks, but the filmmaker’s point is this: ...

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 ...

Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)” examines the influential Sly and the Family Stone front man. It also probes a ...

This week in Philly music features a 100-year-old saxophonist releasing his first solo album, a reborn 1970s British funk group, a virtuoso guitarist, and a Scottish rock band — all playing in ...

The City of Rayne celebrated the first day of Black History Month with an event honoring African American pioneers in the ...

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

Questlove’s new documentary aims to dissect the forward-looking brilliance of Sly Stone and his band, but mostly it traces their downward arc.

The Sly & the Family Stone leader is the subject of a new documentary directed by Questlove. Here’s what to know about his ...

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 ...

Lizette Martinez, Lisa Van Allen, Kelly Rodgers, Faith Rodgers, Roderick Gartell, and Gem Pratts, who all participated in the “Surviving R. Kelly” docuseries, claim in their lawsuit that they have ...