Sly Stone to get back to work

Famously reclusive funkster Sly Stone broke his 25-year silence by granting his first interview since the ‘80s to Vanity Fair. In the magazine’s August issue, the frontman of the late-’60s band Sly and the Family Stone talks about his music, his disappearance from public view and his long-awaited return.

Stone, 64, who made a brief, blond-Mohawked appearance at the 2006 Grammys, says he plans to start work on a new album in the fall. “I got a lot of songs I want to record and put out,” he tells the magazine, “so I’m gonna try ‘em out on the road. That’s the way it’s always worked the best: Let’s try it out and see how the people feel.”