"Sly Lives! (AKA the Burden of Black Genius)" paints a complicated portrait of Sly and the Family Stone founder Sly Stewart.

Fred Armisen recalls the making of his famous 'Punk Band Reunion at Wedding' sketch in a new clip from Questlove's upcoming 'SNL' music doc.

The Music of Strangers, an Academy Award-nominated documentary film about Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble, is screened at CCA, ...

The Beatles' 'Now and Then' may win record of the year. Is it singular for the academy, or a boomer-rock harbinger?

A bout an hour into Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson's debut feature "Summer of Soul," Sylvester Stewart (aka Sly Stone) and his ...

Questlove's second documentary levels up from "Summer of Soul," exploring Sly Stone's life and legacy in a kaleidoscopic and ...

The Oscar winner who co-directed '50 Years of SNL Music' on taking on significant performances by Sinead O'Connor, Kanye West and Ashlee Simpson: "I want[ed] to cover every controversial moment on the ...

John has won two Oscars prior to this nomination. Both were in the original song category: in 1994, he won for “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” from “The Lion King” and in 2019 for " (I’m Gonna) Love ...

The startling “cold open” for a documentary about 50 years of “Saturday Night Live” music is proof that a musician — a specific kind of musician — had to put it together.

But Questlove unexpectedly leans heavier on his title’s parenthetical addendum in order to illuminate some deeper truths ...

“Elton John: Never Too Late,” one of The Associated Press’ picks for the best music documentaries of 2024, was inspired by John’s final U.S. tour in 2022 — but quickly became a ...