My first rock concert was to see the Beach Boys in the early 1960s, and I fell in love – not just with the joyous surfin’ sound, but with the ballads like "In My Room" and "Don't Worry Baby," written ...

'Help Me Rhonda' remains one of the most beloved in the Beach Boys catalogue ...

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 ranked by Rolling Stone as one of the 25 best songs Wilson wrote. It's a ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Who knows what really happened to Brian Wilson? By the time modern audiences came to know and love his work, something was deeply, ...

An artist nearly synonymous with Los Angeles made his name crafting songs playing up his home state’s beachy vibes. His inner life, however, was anything but sunny. By Rob Tannenbaum Even though Brian ...

Though Brian Wilson was one of pop’s most studied artists, he largely remained an enigma. The Beach Boys leader, whose death at 82 was announced June 11, made music for the masses with an artisan’s ...

Brian Wilson, the creative force behind The Beach Boys, passed away shortly before his 83rd birthday. While famous for his work with The Beach Boys, Wilson also had a notable solo career spanning over ...

Explore the life and legacy of Brian Wilson, the genius behind the Beach Boys, and revisit his groundbreaking music today.

Brian Wilson is widely hailed as one of the most significant songwriters of the 20th century—the master craftsman behind The Beach Boys' music. Inspired by rock 'n' roll, doo-wop, George Gershwin, ...