Fans keep coming back to a 1963 Brian Wilson song that many consider the peak of his early genius. In 2025, "In My Room" was ...

Brian Wilson died today. He was 82 years old. I have been asked to write a column that sums up his impact on modern music. The problem is that this is impossible. It’s like trying to explain the ...

While Brian Wilson was the heart behind many Beach Boys tracks, sometimes the best moments of their career came from his bandmates.

'Don't Worry Baby' remains a definitive Beach Boys track ...

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 ...

Listening to Brian Wilson’s music was like growing up with him. Beginning with songs about teenage kicks like surfing, driving, and chasing girls, he matured into thoughtful and introspective ...

I'll never forget the first time Brian Wilson made me see God. It was 1973, and I was sitting in the mostly empty balcony of a second-run movie theater finally watching "American Graffiti," the movie ...

The Beach Boys loom so large in our shared cultural imagination that it’s surprising to remember that the group only appeared in a single feature motion picture. Yes, the “beach party” movies of the ...

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, ...

Vince Gill has one of the best singing voices in country music today. He has proven himself to be comfortable covering songs from a wide range of artists. However, when called on to sing the Beach ...