Wilson had intended to build on the creative strategies deployed when making Good Vibrations with a 12-track concept album, entitled Smile, but the project was derailed due to Wilson's growing ...

Columnist and film critic Richard Roeper joins Bob Sirott to talk about the death of Mike Love and the impact The Beach Boys’ music has on many generations. They also discuss the creative rivalry ...

It's a conversation among Al Jardine, Brian Wilson and Arizona Republic music writer Ed Masley. In a few short ...

I wasn’t going to write anything about Brian Wilson, who died last month at the age of 82, because what could I possibly say ...

6/26/2025 | 52m 41sVideo has Closed Captions| CC Brian Wilson’s legacy lives on; artists discuss his impact on music and their lives. the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson died on June 11.

Brian Wilson’s death provides another opportunity for a review of his creative output and artistic struggles. Both were a reflection, if indirectly, of the broader contradictory interaction ...

Of course, Wilson’s authenticity was different from the rest of these figures. (After all, among his brothers, Brian wasn’t even the surfer!) ...

In that respect, Brian [Wilson] was the Claude Monet of rock and roll. He was considered to be a genius, but I think it’s deeper and much more mystical than that.

Wilson’s family posted news of his death to his website and social media accounts June 11. He was 82. Wilson was born on June 20, 1942, and died weeks before his 83rd birthday, People reported.