When meeting someone for the first time, there are certain social expectations you can anticipate during the interaction—unless, of course, you’re Elton John meeting Brian Wilson for the first time.

MOJO celebrates Brian Wilson: a true genius who hymned the American dream and its shadow flipside with raw spirituality and ...

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 ...

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 Beach Boys paid tribute to co-founder and musical genius Brian Wilson Wednesday after his family announced his death — calling him the “soul” of their surf rock sound. “The world mourns a genius ...

The whole world sees the California Dream to the soundtrack of Beach Boys songs. “If everybody had an ocean / Across the U.S.A. / Then everybody’d be surfin’ / Like Californ-i-a.” That’s from “Surfin’ ...

During his final performance, Wilson performed for 90 minutes and played numerous Beach Boys’ classics as well as his infamously written track, “God Only Knows”. Although, per reports, it was ...

The music world is reacting to the death of Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson, who passed away June 11 at the age of 82. Read messages below from Paul McCartney, Elton John and Carole King, plus Wilson’s ...

It's not often that Paul McCartney dares to call a song his favorite. He always has a hard time choosing, even among his own songs. But when it comes to this one Beach Boys song, he has a soft spot.