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 ...

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, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and other summertime ...

Brian Wilson, cofounder of The Beach Boys and the creative force behind the group’s surf sound, orchestral arrangements and perfect harmonies, has died, his family announced on Wednesday. “We are ...

Brian Wilson, co-founder of the Beach Boys, an inventor of what would be called the surf rock sound of the 1960s, a profound and influential voice of the era’s adolescent experience and one of the ...

Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and other summertime ...