Musically, that is. Most people know him as the enigmatic visionary of the Beach Boys, but Wilson’s career extended far beyond that group into unexpected territories. Wilson was asked in 2016 by the ...

I made Brian Wilson sad once. I didn’t mean to. We were doing a radio interview, the first time I’d ever spoken to him, and I was so excited that I’d spent the entire morning organizing nearly every ...

Brian Wilson, a two-time Grammy Award winner and steward of ecstatic, sobering pop music, died last Wednesday at the age of 82. Immediately, every social media feed imaginable flooded with anecdotes, ...

The upshot of Jim Watt’s misguided prudery was a vice-presidential rebuke (“They're my friends and I like their music,” said George Bush), followed by a White House photo op featuring the Beach Boys ...

Brian Wilson, the prodigious visionary engine behind the Beach Boys, composer of “teenage symphonies to God,” the big, gentle, sweet-voiced soul whose music touched generations, has died at 82. It’s a ...

Brian Wilson, the creative genius behind The Beach Boys, has died at 82. Wilson's innovative harmonies and arrangements revolutionized pop music, creating numerous iconic hits. Despite his musical ...