D’Angelo’s debut album was supported by its three singles: “Brown Sugar,” “Cruisin” and the top 10 hit “Lady.” The album ...

His extraordinary musical gifts were apparent early on. After a teaser opening that poses one of the film’s central questions ...

For its fifth annual New Works Fest, San Jose Jazz is showcasing six Bay Area artists who will premiere an original ...

Dir. Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson. At the beginning of Sly Lives!, director Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson asks his i ...

For decades, Sly had been one of music’s great cautionary tales. In the late 1960s and early ’70s, Sly and his band, the ...

Billboard‘s Deputy Editorial Director Damien Scott spoke with Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson (executive producer and director) and Joseph Patel (producer) of Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black ...

But in his brilliant new documentary SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius), Oscar-winning director Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson does a phenomenal job of bringing Stone to life. I spoke ...

Record producer and musician Questlove directed the film, following his Oscar-winning documentary "Summer of Soul." ...

The film focuses on a series of hunger strikes organized by those incarcerated at California’s Pelican Bay State Prison, in protest of conditions in highest-security prisons. By Alissa Wilkinson ...

After earning a 2022 Oscar for Best Documentary Film with his directorial debut, ‘Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)’, Philadelphia native Ahmir “Questlove” ...