Sometimes there are strange symmetries in death, as in life. The twin passings of Sly Stone and Brian Wilson this week brought that into sharp relief. Both were musical geniuses who paid a high ...

Sometimes there are strange symmetries in death, as in life. The twin passings of Sly Stone and Brian Wilson this week brought that into sharp relief. Both were musical geniuses who paid a high ...

Melodie de Nelson’ on Big Stir Records is a pop anthology of Nelson Bragg’s 21st century recordings plus a new bouncy opening ...

June 2025 will be remembered for what it took away: two of American music's most visionary architects, Brian Wilson and Sly Stone. Wallace Stevens once wrote, "The pure products of America go crazy." ...

Sly Stone and Brian Wilson died two days apart, both 82 years old, geniuses of vastly different musical persuasions whose periods of greatest flourishing melded into one another.

Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967 captures Sly and the Family Stone just before they released their debut album ...

This week’s Indiecast opens with a tribute to two fallen icons, Brian Wilson and Sly Stone, who both passed away at the age of 82 within a few days of one another.The guys discuss their ...

Carnie Wilson, the Beach Boys, John Cusack, John Stamos, Elizabeth Banks, and more paid tribute to Brian Wilson following the 'God Only Knows' songwriter's death: 'The world mourns a genius today.' ...

The Otis Redding cover appears on the upcoming LP The First Family, which contains the earliest known live recording of the band ...

Did Sly Stone and Brian Wilson live lives of tragedy or triumph? It’s hard to say now. One suspects it will become easier with the passage of time, when only the work remains.

Sly and the Family Stone rip through a rendition of Otis Redding’s “I Can’t Turn You Loose” in the latest offering from the upcoming album, The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967.