The last time I saw Brian Wilson was in March of this year. I’d been going to visit him every few months or so since his wife, Melinda, died in 2024. Brian had quit touring two years earlier, so he ...

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. It’s a ...

The death of Brian Wilson on June 11 has inspired a myriad of tributes. He has been compared to classical musical figures and been the subject of adulation by many well-known musicians, including Paul ...

Beach Boys founding member and his wife Melinda talk about their biopic. — -- Through the 1960s, Beach Boys founding member Brian Wilson dreamed up songs of pure pop bliss, such as “I Get Around, ...

Brian Wilson was laid to rest nearly two months after his death at 82. The late Beach Boys legend’s daughter, Carnie, 57, took to Instagram Wednesday, Aug. 6, to share the news. “Today we laid my ...

The idea of “the tortured artist” is a familiar one. People often think of Van Gogh cutting off his ear, or Hemingway shooting himself as proof that a “true” artist needs to suffer in order to be “a ...

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 ...