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.

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 ...

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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.