Articles tagged "sly stone"

Sound Affects

Musical Genius & Its Discontents (i): American Style

by G E Light

[21.Jul.09] :. F. Scott Fitzgerald was wrong. Artists as various as Roky Erickson, Brian Wilson and Shuggie Otis prove there are second acts in American popular music.

Sound Affects

 

Books Review

Please Step Back by Ben Greenman

by Michael Buening

[28.May.09] :. It’s maddening to see addiction for the way it turns a person into the one-dimensional cliché familiar from a hundred After School Specials and Behind the Musics.

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Books Review

I Want to Take You Higher by Jeff Kaliss

by Andrew Zender

[11.Mar.09] :. Although the Viscaynes had disbanded by the time their music hit the airwaves, Stone had solidified his decision to continue pursuing a career in the music industry.

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News

Sly Stone says he’s ready to step back into the spotlight

by Greg Kot [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[30.Apr.08] :. The phone rings, and it’s Sly Stone. He has brought his own emcee, his daughter Sylvette Phunne Robinson, who ushers in the interview from Los Angeles with a rap about her father. Sly then...

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News

30 years ago, Sly Stone’s music led the national dialogue on race

by Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press (MCT)]

[17.Apr.07] :. In 1969, I was summoned to the office of the jewelry store attached to the record store that I managed. The idea was you would come into the record store for a $5 LP and be enticed next door for a...

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TV DVD Review

The Dick Cavett Show: Rock Icons

by Michael Buening

[26.Aug.05] :. For classic rock fans, the set contains some fascinating moments, and it's a testament to Cavett's willingness to play with format that they don't seem dated.

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