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By Michaelangelo Matos, eMusic ContributorMaybe the most startling thing about Sly & the Family Stone's peak is how short it was. A mere four years elapsed from the Bay Area funk-rock septet's debut, A Whole New Thing, to the… more »

By Michaelangelo Matos, eMusic ContributorNo one — not Bob Dylan sneering at Mr. Jones, not Roxanne Shanté tearing other female rappers to ribbons, not U-Roy sending up "gal-boy I Roy"— has put so vicious a mockery on record as… more »

By Neal Pollack, eMusic ContributorA few months ago, somewhere between the I-35 North on-ramp and Texas State Highway 183, an important thing happened: I introduced my two-year-old son to jazz. Elijah had been particularly fussy after his nap, and… more »