UVA pop culture expert Jack Hamilton says the 1960s music icon merged different genres into his unique style, taking rock and ...

Brian Wilson, the chief architect behind surf-rock supernovas The Beach Boys, who soundtracked a generation of youthful ...

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If The Beach Boys felt threatened by the Fab Four’s explosive arrival, they were not going down without a fight.

American music's equivalent to John Lennon has crossed the rainbow bridge, an ever-tedious euphemism for death.

Dive into the melodies, memories, and moments that defined Brian Wilson—from his favorite song to the Beatles track that left him in tears.

The Beach Boys were selling the California Dream. And I bought it hook, line and sinker. Today California is a pejorative. The whipping boy of the right. And many on the left too. They have contempt f ...