It’s enough of a signature song for Brian that Don Was picked it as the title when he directed a 1995 documentary about Wilson. For a lot of the rest of us, in 2025, this number is still ...

A life of tragedy. Unfortunately, every Beach Boys fan knows that for all their upbeat songs, the group has been marred by many tragedies. Brian and his brothers suffered abuse at the hands of ...

The Beach Boys' co-founder talks to The Times about his longtime former bandmate who helped shape the culture of SoCal music.

Remembering a final visit with Brian Wilson, and some of his favorite songs by the Beach Boys, Ronettes, Stones, Creedence, Elton John, and more ...

In the second hour of "Connections" on June 24, 2025, guest host Patrick Hosken talks with local musicians about Brian Wilson ...

Brian Wilson, cofounder of The Beach Boys and the creative force behind the group’s surf sound, orchestral arrangements and perfect harmonies, has died, his family announced on Wednesday.

The genius behind it and other Beach Boys songs, Brian Wilson, died on June 11 at age 82. ... After that, he worked sporadically with the Boys, still with flashes of genius.

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.

“God Only Knows,” written when Wilson was just 23, is perhaps as close to a perfect pop song as there is—and certainly the most beautiful. Senior Editor, Obsessed You can’t reduce a genius ...

The genius behind it and other Beach Boys songs, Brian Wilson, died on June 11 at age 82. ... After that, he worked sporadically with the Boys, still with flashes of genius.