Questlove’s Brilliant New Documentary Is About So Much More Than Sly Stone
For decades, Sly had been one of music’s great cautionary tales. In the late 1960s and early ’70s, Sly and his band, the ...
‘Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)’ Review: Struggling to Transmit
Questlove’s new documentary aims to dissect the forward-looking brilliance of Sly Stone and his band, but mostly it traces their downward arc.
‘SLY LIVES!’ asks: What is the burden of Black genius?
Questlove’s follow-up to "Summer of Soul" is a darker film that explores the question through the famous frontman of Sly & ...
André 3000 Reflects on Sly and the Family Stone's Influence on Outkast in ‘Sly Lives!': Watch
But one performance in the documentary about 1969's Harlem Cultural Festival was singularly captivating: that of multiracial band Sly and the Family Stone in all its glorious, psychedelic soul-funk ...