David Muir remembers the life and legacy of music icon Brian Wilson, who died at age 82, and the summer anthems he wrote that helped define an era.

UVA pop culture expert Jack Hamilton says the 1960s music icon merged different genres into his unique style, taking rock and pop in new directions.

"Caroline, No" was released as the first solo Brian Wilson song in 1966, and then appeared as the closing track on the legendary Beach Boys album Pet Sounds. The melancholy lyrics and creative instrumentation—including harpsichord, vibraphone, a tambourine hit with a wood block and a water jug hit with a mallet—is classic Wilson.

Culture / When the Beach Boys front man died, the obituaries described him as a genius. Which means what, exactly? Sid Holt Anyone who grew up the 1960s grew up with the Beach Boys. The first time I heard them was on a transistor radio owned by one of the seventh-grade girls who lived in the farm town (pop.

The family of Brian Wilson, the co-founder of the Beach Boys, announced on June 11 that he passed away at the age of 82. Wilson shaped the Beach Boys’ timeless sound as the band’s songwriter and co-lead vocalist,

Brian Wilson was one of the greatest musical minds in history, and the subject of the widely underappreciated 2015 biopic 'Love & Mercy.'

John Stamos, Nancy Sinatra and John Cusack were among the celebrities paying tribute to musician Brian Wilson after his death was announced Wednesday. Wilson's family announced the Beach Boys founder had died in an Instagram post on his account.

Brian Wilson’s passing at age 82 marks the end of an era defined not by postcard-perfect surf scenes, but by something deeper, louder, and chrome-plated. His music echoed the hum of a big block at idle,

If Wilson must be known for one thing, let it be his inimitable sense of harmony, perfected across his craft and completely unignorable on “God Only Knows,” a masterclass in vocals, love, emotional depth, harpsichord and the intersection of all such forces.