sly
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Locally, Sly & Robbie founded an influential label, Taxi Records, in 1980 and performed in the house band at Jamaica’s formidable Channel One studio.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026
Reggae legend Sly Dunbar, who played with everyone from Bob Marley to The Rolling Stones, has died at the age of 73.
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026
Sly, wry, adorable and deplorable, Guillaume Marbeck is priceless as the endlessly irritating and yet frustratingly charismatic Godard in one of the year’s brightest pictures, a rare standout in a sea of multiplex mediocrity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
Born Michael Eugene Archer in Virginia, D’Angelo was an artist in the tradition of the soul greats like Marvin Gaye and Al Green, but also Otis Redding, the Isley Brothers and Sly Stone.
From Salon • Oct. 19, 2025
On this late night, not only was my radio working but the station was also hosting a retrospective on the music of Sly and the Family Stone.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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