Sly Stone Turned Isolation Into Inspiration, Forging a Path for a Generation of Music-Makers

By:Jose Valentino Ruiz |theconversation.com | Editorial Photo: IQ Inc In the fall of 1971, Sly and the Family Stone’s “There’s a Riot Goin’ On” landed like a quiet revolution. After two years of silence following the band’s mainstream success, fans expected more feel-good funk from the ensemble. What they got instead was something murkier and […]