May 29, 2012

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"Midnight Blue" & Beyond: A Conversation With Melissa Manchester

Mike Ragogna | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Melissa Manchester, Sesame Street, Kenny Loggins, Paul Simon, Greg Barnhill, The Captain & Tennille, Al Kooper, Carol Bayer Sager, The Beatles, Tom Snow, The Roches, Stevie Wonder, Bette Midler, Peter Allen, Tony Bennett, Laura Nyro, Stevie Nicks, The Harlettes, For Colored Girls, Carole King, Susan G. Komen, Arif Mardin, Robby Benson, Tyler Perry, Sly Stone, Dean Pitchford, Joni Mitchell, Barry Manilow, Clive Davis, James Taylor, Rupert Holmes, Jeff Sweet, Entertainment News

"One of the things that I learned from Paul Simon's class is that all the stories have been told, it's the way you tell that story that's your thumbprint. That's really the job of the writer."

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Nile Rodgers Talks Memoir, Sly Stone's Drug Addiction And Love Of Lady Gaga

HuffingtonPost.com | Brennan Williams | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Lady GaGa, Janelle Monae, Nile Rodgers, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family Disco Faith-and-Destiny, Chic, Bv-Pop-Culture-Entertainment, Sly Stone, Black Voices News

In the midst of music's most decadent eras during the '70s and '80s, Nile Rodgers was at the forefront of pop music. With his dynamic ear for producin...

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Yellowcard's Audio Exclusive, Chatting With Pegi Young, Van Hunt and Tommy Keene, Plus PopMarket and Girl Talk's Halloween Playlist

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.30.2011

Read More: Pegi Young, John Hampton, Alan Ginsberg, Prince, Los Lobos, The Ramones, Tommy Keene, Merle Haggard, Occupy Wall Street, Neil Young, Live Nation, Girl Talk, The Heartbreakers, Danny Whitten, Lincvolt, Crazy Horse, The Beatles, The Who, Don Dixon, Robert Pollard, David Bowie, Ben Keith, The Bridge School, Van Hunt, James Brown, The Rolling Stones, Simon & Garfunkel, Elliot Mazer, T-Bone Burnett, The Beats, Muddy Waters, Jack Kerouac, Thelonious Monk, The Stooges, The Keene Brothers, Paul McCartney, Iggy Pop, Roy Thomas Baker, Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, Nils Lofgren, Tom Petty, Es Sullivan, Chuck Berry, Rick James, Pearl Jam, Guided by Voices, Jennifer Aniston, Steve Berlin, Gillian Welch, The Sex Pistols, Brian Eno, Sly Stone, American Idol, Mathieu Bitton, Bruce Springsteen, The Replacements, Popmarket, Grin, Entertainment News

With Yellowcard's release of the acoustic version of their critically-acclaimed album When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes last week, it only proved that Yellowcard is indeed back.

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Sly Stone Not Homeless, He's Just Not Living In His House: Friend

Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Sly and the Family Stone, Video, Homelessness, Bv-Pop-Culture-Entertainment, Sly Stone, Homeless, Slidepollajax, Sly Stone Homeless, Homeless Celebrities, Black Voices News

Earlier this week, funk legend Sly Stone made headlines due to a New York Post story that alleged that the music icon is currently homeless and living...

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Don't Lose Hope When a Celebrity Becomes Homeless

Joel John Roberts | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Jim Carrey, Poverty, Homelessness, Los Angeles, Jewelry, Nick Ashford, Third World America, Sly Stone, Impact News

Sly Stone was that legendary soul singer who wooed the hearts of millions of Americans with his paradigm-shifting funk that formed the foundation for today's urban music. The media found him self-medicating his sorrow, living in a van in south Los Angeles.

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A Weakened, Homeless Sly Stone Admits To Drug Use

The Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Video, Sly Stone Cocaine, Sly Stone, Sly Stone Homeless, Sly Stone Drugs, Music, Culture News

The latest development in sad Sly Stone news shows the soul icon looking weakened, lying in his camper and discussing his drug addiction in an intervi...

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Sly Stone Living In A Van Down By The River?

The Huffington Post | Sasha Bronner | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Sly-Stone-Homeless, Sly & the Family Stone, Sly Stone, Los Angeles News

The New York Post broke the news that funk legend Sly Stone, pioneer of late 1960's and early '70s funk and ringleader of the funk-a-licious band Sly ...

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Soul Legend Sly Stone Is Homeless, Living Out Of A Van

www.nypost.com | Posted 11.25.2011

Read More: Sly and the Family Stone, Music, Sly Stone, Culture News

Today, Sly Stone -- one of the greatest figures in soul-music history -- is homeless, his fortune stolen by a lethal combination of excess, substance ...

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PLAY > SKIP: This Week's New Music

Shawn Amos | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Eli Young Band, Jeff Bridges, New Music, Psychostick, Blue October, Album Reviews, Sly Stone, Entertainment News

This week is full of funky flashbacks, false steps, and bad musical jokes. Sly Stone is still missing and Blue October can't get beyond the rage. Leave it to Jeff Bridges and his country heart to keep the week from being a total blow-out.

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A Prayer for the Planet: Chatting With DJ Logic Plus Nikka Costa

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, The Story of Stuff, Prince, Ronald Reagan, Justin Stanley, Dave Matthews, Jason Miles, Miles Davis, Blues Traveler, Vernon Reid, DJ Logic, Ben Taylor, John Mayer, Jeff Coffin, Carly Simon, Nikka Costa, Falguni Shah, Romero Lubambo, Johnny Depp, Living Colour, B.B. King, Nancy Reagan, Doyle Bramhall, Neil Diamond, Stax, Robert Randolph, The Roots, Ben Harper, Lee Oskar, Don Costa, Wall-E, Concord, Michael Caine, John Popper, Courting Alex, Malika Zarra, Inxs, Annie Leonard, Mickey Mouse, Sly Stone, Tommy Hilfiger, Phoenix House, Buddy Guy, Frank Sinatra, Kenny Rankin, Karl Denson, Rupert Holmes, Medeski Martin and Wood, Falu, Entertainment News

A Prayer For The Planet, DJ Logic's latest album, is a collaboration with Jason Miles, his partner, and also Falguni Shah.

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Interview: Nick Hornby gets Naked about Education

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: An Education, Nick Hornby Interview, Juliet Naked, Vanity Fair, Sly Stone, Bruce Springsteen, Marshall Fine Interview, Entertainment News

Compact, wearing jeans and a gray t-shirt, Nick Hornby admits he knows a thing or two about a fan's obsession with an artist's work.

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My Top Ten Old New (Or Is It New Old?) Records of 2009

Tony Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Brendan Benson, Dave Champagne, Jim Fitting, Miles Davis, A.C. Newman, The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Treat Her Right, Ella Fitzgerald, Mark Sandman, Carnegie Hall, Bing Crosby, Love, Scott LaFaro, Betty Davis, Morphine, Billy Conway, Death, Bob Dylan, Herb Alpert, The Disciplines, Arthur Lee, Paul Smith, Don Friedman, Bill Evans, Sly Stone, Pete LaRoca, Frank Sinatra, Clive Davis, Lani Hall, Jimi Hendrix, Marvin Gaye, Jackson 5, Entertainment News

Most of the "new" music I've gotten into this year is actually old music that's never been heard before, dredged up from the vaults just in time to make a buck before recorded music ceases to have any monetary value whatsoever.

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Annie Leibovitz: Still One of the Greatest Artists Ever

George Alexander | Posted 11.17.2011

Annie Leibovitz and the description "struggling artist" can't even be mentioned in the same hemisphere. So I thought.

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"Everyday People" Turns Forty -- and the "Good Sixties" Triumph

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pop Music, 1960s, Religion, Civil Rights Movement, Rock Music, Sly Stone, Everyday People, 2008 Election, Music, Barack Obama, Spirituality, Culture, Grand Theft Jesus, Politics News

This month, "We shall overcome" overcame "I shall overindulge" as the meaning of the Sixties.

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Beyond Thunderdome: Tina Turner's Greatest vs. Nikka Costa's Latest

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Australia, Zoolander, Duffy, Ken Russell, Tina Turner, Elizabeth Lea, EMI Records, Robert Palmer, Sarah Palin, Motown Records, Aretha Franklin, Marilyn Monroe, Concord Records, Blondie, The Who, Chaka Khan, Nikka Costa, Irma Thomas, Capitol Records, Tokyo, Jan Brady, Stax Records, Johnny Guitar Watson, R&b, The Brady Bunch, Ike & Tina Turner, Nona Hendryx, Gospel, Mad Max, Mother's Finest, Los Angeles, Ann Peebles, Japan, Don Costa, Virgin Records, Beyond Thunderdome, Mel Gibson, Al Green, Sly Stone, Tommy Hilfiger, El Rey, Pete Townsend, Frank Sinatra, Pop, Joyce Kennedy, Thunderdome, Tommy, Entertainment News

Competing for the title "Best Female Pop-R&B Artist Deserving Your Limited CD Dollars" come two fierce competitors, both with new projects worthy of your consideration.

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Sly Stone's Druggie Concert Debacle

Fox News | Roger Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sly Stone Drugs, BB King's, Sly Stone, Entertainment News

It only took a few minutes Friday night at BB King's in New York to confirm the worst about funk and R&B legend Sly Stone. That's because Stone only m...

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