Revisit three songs from 1969 that set the precedent for soft rock. These songs, more or less, built an entire sub-genre.

If there was ever an oxymoron to rival the famous examples of "jumbo shrimp," "deafening silence," or open secret," it's the term for one of the worst of all music genres: soft rock. I mean, what is ...

Soft rock songs can’t rock hard, can they? I mean, the name says they can’t. But if soft rock has taught us anything, it’s that you don’t always need volume to be impactful. Rock’s lighter side often ...

Ahead of the full reveal on Dec. 9 -- after The Billboard 2025 No. 1s Livestream, hosted by Druski -- check out a pair of year-end rock top 10s.

What the hell is yacht rock? Well, the internet has agreed that its defining sonic and aesthetical traits are broad. I’d have to agree, as it’s a sub-genre that stretches into everything from prog and ...

“Hit Me Hard and Soft,” her third album, is both concise and far-reaching. By Jon Pareles “Twenty-one took a lifetime,” Billie Eilish, 22, sings in “Skinny,” the song that opens her third album, “Hit ...