Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys passed away June 11 at age 82, just two days after fellow Californian Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone left us at the same age. We remember Wilson with five Beach Boys flip sides and conclude with a Sly and the Family Stone flip side.

Brian Wilson, an eclectic genius whose sunny Beach Boys songs like "God Only Knows" and "Good Vibrations" helped define American pop music, has died.

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,

As the Beach Boys sang “house,” the song, “All Summer Long,” didn’t just change chords — in a luscious instant, it ascended to a higher place. Another wave of voices flooded in, but it was the revelation of that chord that was the hook, the spice, the thing that made me melt.

Wilson's compositional genius and studio prowess influenced rock musicians from the Beatles to Radiohead and points between The post Brian Wilson, Beach Boys Singer and Master Composer of Seminal Albums Like ‘Pet Sounds’ and ‘Smile,

So, it was greatly refreshing to watch a biopic that truly digs deep into Brian Wilson, and not just one period of his life, but two very separate times in the musician’s existe

Brian Wilson brought some unseasonable warmth in what turned out to be his first and only Gulf concert, at Dubai Tennis Stadium in 2016. A near-capacity audience, a mixture of diehard Beach Boys fans,

For the last quarter-century, no one shared more musical moments with Brian Wilson than Darian Sahanaja, who was part of the Beach Boys architect's solo band from his return to live shows in 1999 through his final tour dates in 2022.

Paul McCartney has paid tribute to the late Brian Wilson, 82, whose death was announced on Wednesday (June 11), calling his songs "achingly special" and that "I loved him." Yesterday, news broke that the Beach Boys leader had died,