The Beach Boys mastermind has been the subject of pop scholarship and major boxed sets, but some corners of his oeuvre remain ...

Smile' stands as one of the great what-if projects in rock history. In 1967, The Beach Boys officially gave up on the ...

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The already-announced Front List series of events at the McEwan Hall features such names as Nicola Sturgeon, Maggie O’Farrell ...

Brian Wilson was a troubled genius who made so many people happy but had far too much sadness in his life already.

Darian Sahanaja, a crucial part of Brian Wilson's band since 1999, shares his thoughts about the late Beach Boy's brilliant ...

Reflecting on Brian Wilson’s life, especially in light of his recent passing, brings into sharp focus the complex genius ...

Following the death of Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson, Doug Kolk took a moment to break down why Wilson is so widely regarded as a musical genius. From inspiring The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper to ...

Brian Wilson was troubled and fragile and undeniably brilliant, driven to make music of surpassing beauty, complexity and ...

Sly Stone, who created visionary psychedelic rock, soul and pop that helped integrate popular music and captured harsh social ...

Brian Wilson, cofounder of The Beach Boys and the creative force behind the group’s surf sound, orchestral arrangements and ...

Wilson, who died Wednesday at 82, was one of music’s true visionaries, if that’s the right word for a guy who dealt in the endless possibility of sound.