The Beach Boys' founding member never seemed to encounter a genre, instrument or movement he didn’t want to incorporate into his soundscape. That’s why it’s equally surprising and totally believable ...

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

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 ...

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

Brian Wilson's personal life was never been easy—he long struggled with mental illness and addiction, and in the '70s and '80s, he fell victim to a manipulative and controlling psychologist.

Beach Boys singer Brian Wilson has died at age 82. Tributes poured in for Beach Boys singer Brian Wilson on Wednesday following his death at age 82. The singer's family shared the news of his death on ...

Brian Wilson, the creative leader of the Beach Boys and one of the most significant figures in 20th century pop music, has died at the age of 82, his family announced on his Facebook page. “We ...

But Brian Wilson was the high priest of pop music as the incarnation of religious feeling. We all have our favorite Brian Wilson songs, the ones that produce a particular swoon.

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.

But Brian Wilson gave us a whole lifetime of those moments. As the great critic Tom Carson once wrote, Brian’s eternal dream was to put his “I Get Around” and “In My Room” in the same song.

The music world is mourning Brian Wilson, one of the most influential songwriters of all time. Founding member of the Rolling Stones Keith Richards, singer-songwriter Mick Fleetwood, the legendary ...

Brian Wilson, a founding member and the visionary guiding force of the Beach Boys, has died. Wilson was 82. News of Wilson’s passing was made public on Wednesday morning by the pop music legend ...