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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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. He was 82.

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 ...

Brian Wilson, the creative genius behind The Beach Boys, has died at 82. Wilson's innovative harmonies and arrangements revolutionized pop music, creating numerous iconic hits.