There was an odd symmetry to the near-simultaneous deaths of Sly Stone and Brian Wilson at age 82 last week. "Both of them poets of summer," Rob Sheffield says in the new episode of Rolling Stone ...

"Sunday Morning" looks back at the legacies of two musical giants – the beating hearts of Sly and the Family Stone and the Beach Boys.

June 2025 will be remembered for what it took away: two of American music's most visionary architects, Brian Wilson and Sly Stone. Wallace Stevens once wrote, "The pure products of America go crazy." ...

Brian Wilson performs at the historic Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis on Sept. 30, 2004. (Craig Lassig/The New York Times) Prince, Public Enemy and OutKast counted Sly Stone as a major influence.

In Memoriam June 2025: Brian Wilson, Sly Stone, Mick Ralphs, more originally appeared on Goldmine. June 2025’s music losses include Brian Wilson, Sly Stone, Mott the Hoople/Bad Company’s Mick Ralphs, ...

Did Sly Stone and Brian Wilson live lives of tragedy or triumph? It's hard to say now. One suspects it will become easier with the passage of time, when only the work remains.

Both Wilson and Stone were true originals and are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Brian Wilson has been called a musical ...

Did Sly Stone and Brian Wilson live lives of tragedy or triumph? It's hard to say now. One suspects it will become easier with the passage of time, when only the work remains.