Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Funk music pioneer Sly Stone has died "after a prolonged battle with COPD and other underlying health issues," his family said ...

Chart-Topping “King of Funk Rock” Returns with a High-Energy Party Anthem on MTS Records. LEWISTON, ID – Acclaimed funk rock powerhouse Billy Ray Rock, widely known as the “King of Funk Rock,” is set ...

Sly Stone, the frontman of the revolutionary band Sly and the Family Stone, has died following several health issues. He was 82. “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our ...

Stone, a Grammy winner whose pioneering funk-rock group Sly and the Family Stone produced groundbreaking albums and singles has been battling COPD. Musician Sly Stone has died aged 82. He was a ...

Sly Stone, leader of the self-named genre-bending funk band Sly and the Family Stone, has died at 82. A statement released by his family shared, “After a prolonged battle with COPD and other ...

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 ...

Although pan-genre party-starters Universal Funk Orchestra have been a live presence in Orlando for years, they’re only now releasing a debut album. Yes, this brand-new eponymous album is a long time ...

Detroit PBS’ “Best of Concert of Colors” features a performance by “WAR.” A performance by funk, soul and rock band “WAR” was featured in Detroit PBS’ “Best of Concert of Colors.” It is part of a ...

Funk music pioneer Sly Stone has died "after a prolonged battle with COPD and other underlying health issues," his family said Monday. (Martial Trezzini / Keystone / Associated Press) Sly Stone, a ...

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,” “Stand!” and ...