When rocker Eddie Cochran released "Summertime Blues" in August 1958, the concept of "the song of summer" was born.

Once and future Beach Boys Al Jardine and Brian Wilson look back on the eve of launching Something Great from '68, a tour ...

The Beatles and The Beach Boys went back and forth at each other in the mid-60s. Their friendly rivalry set the tone for the decade's music.

God Only Knows' is more than a song, it is a footnote in musical history, commonly referred to as the moment an entire ...

The Making of Five Leaves Left offers a glimpse into who the cult artist actually was: incredibly gifted, utterly charming, ...

I wasn’t going to write anything about Brian Wilson, who died last month at the age of 82, because what could I possibly say ...

Paul McCartney's three favorite albums were written by his contemporaries. Here's the music that has stuck with him over the years.

Get tickets to see the Beach Boys concert tour at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga, Blue Note Summer Sessions in Napa.

One such surprise arrived on CD from Chill Tone Records: Sub Rosa, the new album by the Julian Shore Trio. It’s an ...

High school boys beach volleyball enters its first fully sanctioned Arizona Interscholastic Association season after doubling to 45 teams.

Think of The Beach Boys' entire run or “Summer in the City” by The Lovin' Spoonful. By the late 1990s and early 2000s, the game changed. Billboard, MTV, and eventually iTunes began to formalize the ...

Pet Sounds and the unfinished Smile loom large over The Beach Boys’ album catalog in the 60s. Their early LPs showed off musical and vocal brilliance but didn’t push the lyrical envelope.