Interviews
Interview (2012)
Andy Cassidy speaks to Brian Wilson percussionist and Los Angeles-based musician Nelson Bragg about his long musical career, and just released second solo album,‘We Get What We Want’
Reviews
We Get What We Want (2012)
Exuberant power pop on second solo album from Brian Wilson and Beach Boys percussionist and drummer, Nelson Bragg
Day Into Night (2008)
Perfect upbeat pop on solo debut album from Nelson Bragg, who, as well as playing in several other bands simultaneously, has been Brian Wilson's percussionist for several years
Related
Interviews
Duncan Maitland
Interview
John Clarkson speaks to former Picture House guitarist Duncan Maitland about his long planned debut solo album, ‘Lullabies of the 21st Century’, and his recent tour with Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Anny Celsi and Brian Wilson percussionist Nelson Bragg
Anny Celsi
Interview
Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Anny Celsi speaks to Malcolm Carter about her first album in six years, 'Tangle-Free World', which has been produced by Brian Wilson drummer Nelson Bragg, and her forthcoming European tour
Profiles
Beach Boys
Profile
While he still considers it to be the greatest album of all time, Malcolm Carter finds that the 50th Anniversary version of the Beach Boys' ‘Pet Sounds’ isn’t quite what its promotion states
Book-Jon Stebbins
The Beach Boys FAQ
Andy Cassidy is disappointed by Jon Stebbins' new book, 'The Beach Boys FAQ', who while at one level clearly knowledgeable about his subject, also provides little which is new in the way of insight about them
Live
Brian Wilson
City Hall, Sheffield, 2/8/2017
Nicky Crewe gets nothing but 'Good Vibrations' from Brian Wilson and his amazing band of musicians on this summer’s 'Pet Sounds' tour.
Albums
Re : View-Beach Boys
Pet Sounds
When 'Pet Sounds' first came out in 1966, Malcolm Carter could not understand what all the fuss was about. Many years on he writes about why he now feels that it deserves its seminal reputation
Favourite Albums : Beach Boys
Pet Sounds
When John asked me to pick a favorite album of all time, it was easy. It's a record I've listened to consistently over the last 20 years and it always brings a smile to my face.-'Pet Sounds' by the Be
Features
Brian Wilson
I Am Brian Wilson
Lisa Torem enjoys Brian Wilson's new biography which highlights his gifts as an arranger but also chronicles his struggles with mental illness
AC's A-Z of Music
Beach Boys A-F
In a three part 'AC's A-Z of Music' special, Andy Cassidy provides his own alphabetical tribute to the Beach Boys. He begins by looking at the letters A to F...
AC's A-Z of Music
Beach Boys G-Q
while in the second part G to Q...
AC's A-Z of Music
Beach Boys R-Z
...and in the third and final part R to Z