Paul McCartney has written and performed some of the most iconic songs of all time, but one track by his 1960s contemporaries ...

The Beach Boys' co-founder talks to The Times about his longtime former bandmate who helped shape the culture of SoCal music.

The '60s is back with shows at local bandstands and festival this summer. The veteran band focuses on British and American song classics from the 1960s. Holdin' Back's schedule includes Aug. 21 at the ...

The Byrds released the Mr. Tambourine Man album in June 1965. About 60 years later, it stands as a defining moment in folk ...

Part I Wouldn’t It Be Nice The eulogies for Brian Wilson continue to roll in like the surf break at Huntington Beach. Testimonials to Wilson’s ...

In Steven Gaines’s racy, now out-of-print Beach Boys biography Heroes and Villains, he recounts that Gary Usher – who wrote ...

Saying farewell to Sly Stone, whose avant-funk vision changed the world and influenced generations of musicians ...

Sly Stone, an electrifying musician, songwriter and showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular music in the ...

Brian Wilson, cofounder of The Beach Boys and the creative force behind the group’s surf sound, orchestral arrangements and ...

Brian Wilson introduced the song “God Only Knows” at his June 14, 2016, show in Burlington with a story that’s familiar to fans of The Beach Boys.

The Who's Pete Townshend on parents, partnerships, punk, songwriting, the aristocracy, addiction, the internet and the ...