If you enjoy most any kind of pop music, you’re a cork in Brian Wilson’s ocean. The principal songwriter and sonic architect of the Beach Boys, he bottled the vibes of Southern California — and really,

For the last quarter-century, no one shared more musical moments with Brian Wilson than Darian Sahanaja, who was part of the Beach Boys architect's solo band from his return to live shows in 1999 through his final tour dates in 2022.

We pick Brian Wilson's five greatest songs from a long career that moved from the Beach Boys to his eclectic solo creations.

Brian Wilson was a troubled genius who made so many people happy but had far too much sadness in his life already.

As the Beach Boys sang “house,” the song, “All Summer Long,” didn’t just change chords — in a luscious instant, it ascended to a higher place. Another wave of voices flooded in, but it was the revelation of that chord that was the hook, the spice, the thing that made me melt.

Paul McCartney claimed Brian Wilson's efforts in creating The Beach Boys' 1966 album Pet Sounds were a massive influence on this Beatles album.

So, it was greatly refreshing to watch a biopic that truly digs deep into Brian Wilson, and not just one period of his life, but two very separate times in the musician’s existe

Brian Wilson brought some unseasonable warmth in what turned out to be his first and only Gulf concert, at Dubai Tennis Stadium in 2016. A near-capacity audience, a mixture of diehard Beach Boys fans,

Tiring of making frothy pop, the late Brian Wilson threw away his Beach Boys’ template, assembled a battalion of top session players, and began recording an all-time classic