The Beach Boys were selling the California Dream. And I bought it hook, line and sinker. Today California is a pejorative. The whipping boy of the right. And many on the left too. They have contempt f ...

Built on a rock-solid friendship, Folk Bitch Trio’s captivating indie-folk takes on life’s “pathetic little tragedies” with ...

Brian Wilson and Sly Stone were musical innovators whose public reputations diverged drastically towards the end of their ...

Following Sly Stone's passing, we explore how one of the funk icon's most enduring grooves turns minimal harmony into maximum ...

Very few of the world’s favorite artists actually shape the art they are part of. Most make great, even worthy, music in the mold of their idols. In so many cases, Brian Wilson was the idol they ...