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.

We lost the legendary Brian Wilson this week, and it’s hard to sum up just how much Wilson and The Beach Boys mean to me and millions of other fans. Even if you’ve never listened to a Beach Boys album ...

Brian Wilson's talent had no bounds; hence, it is no surprise that he contributed to these three fairly off-brand tracks.

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 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’ ...

In a few short hours, Al Jardine will take the stage with longtime friend and bandmate Brian Wilson for opening night of the Something Great From '68 Tour in Las Vegas. For now, though, he's sharing ...

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.

"Brian Wilson, my friend, my classmate, my football teammate, my Beach Boy bandmate and my brother in spirit, I will always feel blessed that you were in our lives for as long as you were. I think the ...

It happened this past week ... we learned of the passing of two giants of popular music: Brian Wilson, of the Beach Boys; and Sly Stone, frontman of Sly and the Family Stone. Born Sylvester Stewart in ...