Sly Stone, founder, frontman and namesake of Sly and the Family Stone, has deserved to be the subject of a documentary since the heyday of his eponymous, chart-topping, mixed-gender, racially integrated 1960s and ‘70s funk band.
Tragically, Duane Allman died in a motorcycle accident just three months after “Push Push” and “At Fillmore East” were released. He was just 24. In an interview with rock magazine Creem published posthumously in 1973, writer Laurel Dann asked him if he was pleased with the sessions for Mann’s album.
The album features contributions from Samantha Urbani, Eddie Chacon, Sam Wilkes, Laraaji, Reggie Watts, André 3000, Samiyam, Brijean, Julia Holter, Total Blue and others. Curated by the label’s ...
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The gripping story of 1960s/early 70s musical supernova Sylvester Stewart, better known as Sly Stone, will unfold in the upcoming musical doc Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius).
A biopic about the complicated legacy of Michael Jackson was always going to be an ambitious undertaking. The planned release of the film, starring Jaafar Jackson as his late uncle, has been moved ...
Filming for the forthcoming Michael Jackson biopic Michael wrapped in May 2024. Now, its cast and crew are being called back in to re-shoot scenes that shape a significant portion of the third act.
MADISON - Michael Thomas Dowell, age 67, of Madison, passed away on Monday, January 20, 2025. He was born on November 15, 1957, in Madison, the son of Thomas and Dorothy (Hefty) Dowell.
“The ensuing scenes dramatise the extensive police investigation, including a ‘traumatising’ strip search of Michael that scars him for life”. The problem, he reported, is that the Jackson ...