When meeting someone for the first time, there are certain social expectations you can anticipate during the interaction—unless, of course, you’re Elton John meeting Brian Wilson for the first time.

We’re picking up sad vibrations. But how traumatized can we feel, once the first few notes of any of Brian Wilson’s most classic songs hits our tympanic membrane? Even his most sorrowful songs — and ...

The whole world sees the California Dream to the soundtrack of Beach Boys songs. “If everybody had an ocean / Across the U.S.A. / Then everybody’d be surfin’ / Like Californ-i-a.” That’s from “Surfin’ ...

The Beach Boys paid tribute to co-founder and musical genius Brian Wilson Wednesday after his family announced his death — calling him the “soul” of their surf rock sound. “The world mourns a genius ...