June 11, 2025 • The Beach Boys' co-founder Brian Wilson has died at the age of 82, leaving behind a storied legacy as one of pop music's greatest songwriters and producers. Here are NPR's best ...

From 1988 to when he stopped touring in 2022, Brian Wilson forged an admirable solo career worth remembering. He played South ...

Nobody, not even their record company, believed in the Beach Boys – and who could blame ... offers a more balanced portrait of the band's legacy.) Recruits Blondie Chaplin and Ricky Fataar ...

Amidst palm trees and beaches, “The Beach Boys” documentary starts off in the idyllic neighborhood of Hawthorne, California. In 1961, a group of Hawthorne boys came together to harmonize and ...

The Beach Boys’ story is one of contradictions: genius and triviality, harmony and disharmony, creativity and commodity, Dennis Wilson and Al Jardine, Brian Wilson and Mike Love. Endorsed by ...

Kind of unique in a way, at least in a lot of songs. The Beach Boys also made an impact with your legacy. There was a time nobody thought musical groups in their 60s, 70s and now 80s would still ...

Beach Boys’ cofounder Al Jardine was among the stars serenading fans at the 2024 Sunflower Festival on May 4. JON WOODHOUSE photo Beach Boys’ cofounder Al Jardine was among the stars ...

“Never Learn Not To Love” may not be The Beach Boys’ most famous track but, it definitely has one of their more interesting backstories. The Beach Boys released “Never Learn Not To Love ...

There’s a darkness just below the surface of the Beach Boys’ story tugging on their legacy like a riptide. Their two main protagonists, cousins Brian Wilson and Mike Love, don’t speak.