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

President Donald Trump wants to cancel $9.4 billion in spending already approved by Congress. The package of 21 budget ...

I first met Brian Wilson in early 1962 at a record shop in Culver City when the Beach Boys were doing an in store appearance to promote their record “Surfin’” on the Candix label. In 1965 I talked to ...

Mark Waldoch is one of Milwaukee's most recognizable musicians, not only for his style but also for his distinctive voice. We talk to him about the first vinyl LP by his band, The Hallelujah Ward, and ...

Most cutting of all, Mike Love - Wilson's co-writer on many of The Beach Boys' biggest hits - damned Smile as "a whole album ...

Brian Wilson, co-founder of the Beach Boys, an inventor of what would be called the surf rock sound of the 1960s, a profound ...

I’d walk Main Street with my friends and stop at that payphone, the one that took nickels and dimes. We’d call our crushes’ phones and always get their moms on the other end, because no one had a cell ...

With the assistance of multiple law enforcement agencies, a suspect was arrested and a significant amount of stolen property ...

Just hearing the word “June” floods my mind with conflicting impressions, both positive and troubling. It was James Russell ...

Sevilla, the capital of Spain’s southern Andalucía region, is as soulful a place as I’ve ever been. It’s a ...

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

Sly Stone, the influential but enigmatic funk-rock star whose soulful, socially conscious recordings altered the course of ...