We pick Brian Wilson's five greatest songs from a long career that moved from the Beach Boys to his eclectic solo creations.

LOS ANGELES — Brian Wilson’s death on Wednesday at the age of 82 heralds an end to one idea of Southern California — as the temperate paradise of ascendant Americana. Exuberance and ...

But Brian Wilson was the high priest of pop music as the incarnation of religious feeling. We all have our favorite Brian Wilson songs, the ones that produce a particular swoon.

After previously shrugging The Beach Boys off as merely another West Coast band, two "perfect" songs made Paul Simon fall in ...

For half a century, Beach Boys songs like "Fun, Fun, Fun" have promised unending summers of fun in the sun -- not at all like the life founding Beach Boy Brian Wilson actually led for many years ...

NEW YORK — The musical world lost a giant with news that Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader, had died. He was 82.

While most artists don't have the kind of luxuries that Brian Wilson did, he knew that there were some artists who had a bit ...

I made Brian Wilson sad once. I didn’t mean to. We were doing a radio interview, the first time I’d ever spoken to him, and I was so excited that I’d spent the entire morning orga… ...

The musical mysteries Brian Wilson left behind Chunks of Beach Boys founder’s work went unpublished during his tumultuous life. Here’s a look at his phases and some pieces likely to be released.

Doubtless Wilson’s songs will live on in recordings, and other artists will render their own interpretations of them as well, but the book of Brian Wilson’s oeuvre is now closed for all time.

John Mason knew that Brian Wilson needed help – but it came at a high price. “Brian was in a weak mental state,” the ...