It is fair to say, therefore, that Wilson has been among the most influential figures in rock and pop music for some decades now. So, who inspired Wilson himself? Aside from the aforementioned ...

They counted Bruce Springsteen and Brian Wilson among their famous fans. She was married to Phil Spector between 1968 and 1974, decades before he would be convicted of second-degree murder in the ...

"I have definitely lapsed in my passion and discipline for crate digging, but I haven’t ever lost my OCD fandom for psychedelic music of all varieties—the weirder and more awkward the better" - Willia ...

Andy Paley, a prolific musician and producer who worked on records by Brian Wilson ... the brothers also worked with Phil Spector at L.A.’s storied Gold Star studio on Santa Monica Boulevard ...

Last November, talented singer and songwriter Andy Paley passed away. Many of his incredible friends are coming together to celebrate his life. Before he and his family pulled up stakes and moved to ...

Brian Wilson played no part in this song for the first time in the band’s history. He doesn’t sing or play on it, he didn’t produce it, he didn’t even write it. Instead, the track was written by Ellie ...

It was a track that saw Wilson’s vocals softly gliding on top of a melancholic ... Adding, “I wanted pianos and organs and guitars to make one big new sound, like the Phil Spector sound. It wasn’t ...

Key contributors include Wilson’s charmingly eccentric collaborator Van Dyke Parks and bandleader Darian Sahanaja, without whom the resurrected SMiLE would never have happened. As for the fragile ...

and aunt Wendy Wilson. Which, yes, makes Lola one of Brian Wilson's grandchildren. Lola, Carnie and Wendy first sang the 1990 chart-topper "Hold On" as Underwood mouthed along. But it was time for ...