While growing up in Hawthorne, California, Brian Wilson shared a room with his brothers Dennis and Carl, and was entranced by the vocal harmonies of the male quartet the Four Freshmen and the group’s ...

My first rock concert was to see the Beach Boys in the early 1960s, and I fell in love – not just with the joyous surfin’ sound, but with the ballads like "In My Room" and "Don't Worry Baby," written ...

If you enjoy most any kind of pop music, you’re a cork in Brian Wilson’s ocean. The principal songwriter and sonic architect of the Beach Boys, he bottled the vibes of Southern California — and really ...

We’re picking up sad vibrations. But how traumatized can we feel, once the first few notes of any of Brian Wilson’s most classic songs hits our tympanic membrane? Even his most sorrowful songs — and ...

Wouldn’t it be nice? Beach Boys singer and co-founder Mike Love fought back tears over the weekend as he paid tribute to late ...

Sweet dreams, Brian Wilson. The world is already a lonelier place without him, after the news of his death on Wednesday, the week before his 83rd birthday. For the ultimate poet of summer, it’s ...

About 15 minutes into the first conversation we ever had, back in 1987, Brian Wilson looked down, tugged at his shirt and whipped it off. “There,” he said with a laugh. “Now I look like a real Beach ...

Recovering a music and film legacy in the age of rage Brian Wilson’s legacy came into focus while the California riots raged. As the chief conceptualizer and composer of the California pop band the ...