The Beach Boys' founding member never seemed to encounter a genre, instrument or movement he didn’t want to incorporate into his soundscape. That’s why it’s equally surprising and totally believable that at the very start of the '90s he recorded a rap song,

Graham Nash, Mick Fleetwood, Nancy Sinatra, and more celebs share tributes for the singer who died Wednesday at age 82

Brian Wilson’s 1966 masterpiece is now considered a crowning achievement of music. The album’s reputation grew over time.

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Brian Wilson, the musical visionary who captured the optimism ... I’ve often played 'Pet Sounds' and cried." Wilson's innovations — including using the recording studio as an instrument ...

Two of music’s powerful visionaries died this week. The songs they meticulously constructed offered an escape their makers struggled to realize in their own lives.