As a Bay Area DJ, Sly Stone slipped Bob Dylan and the Beatles into R&B playlists, foreshadowing the genre-blurring of his own music. “He was always trying to mix up boundaries,” says Sheffield.

Kazuo ‘Kaz’ Kajimura, co-founder of Yoshi’s jazz club, helped the Oakland club become one of the most beloved concert venues ...

Lou Christie, who topped the charts in 1966 with "Lightnin' Strikes" and made waves with the controversial "Rhapsody in the ...

It goes without saying that Brian Wilson, who died last week at the age of 82, was a pure product of Southern California. His ...

The Beach Boys were led by Brian Wilson. Indeed, Brian Wilson was the Beach Boys. He largely wrote, performed, and produced the recordings they made in the 1960s, from “ Surfin’ ” in 1961 to “ Do It ...

Chunks of work by the Beach Boys' founding genius went unpublished during his tumultuous life. Here's a look at his phases and some pieces likely to be released.

Brian Wilson, the chief architect behind surf-rock supernovas The Beach Boys, who soundtracked a generation of youthful ...

The Beach Boys were selling the California Dream. And I bought it hook, line and sinker. Today California is a pejorative.

Sid Holt is a former editor of Rolling Stone. He is currently the executive director of the American Society of Magazine Editors.