When the sad news of Brian Wilson's death was announced last week the tributes poured in, praising him as the guiding light ...

The Beach Boys were selling the California Dream. And I bought it hook, line and sinker. Today California is a pejorative. The whipping boy of the right. And many on the left too. They have contempt f ...

If The Beach Boys felt threatened by the Fab Four's explosive arrival, they were not going down without a fight.

Sometimes a petty disagreement can become a lifelong grudge. Louis Chilton picks 11 of the most notorious feuds between musical collaborators ...

Brian Wilson was a troubled genius who made so many people happy but had far too much sadness in his life already.

CBS will re-air A Grammy Salute to the Beach Boys on Sunday, June 15, 2025, from 9 pm ET/PT to honor the founding member Brian Wilson's death. The 82-year-old artist passed away on June 11, 2025.

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 ...