When the 1970s rolled around, music fans craved something smoother than the hard-hitting rock dominating the airwaves. Soft ...

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

In 1997, Blur, one of Britpop’s giants, released its biggest single, “Song 2”. The irony being that it sounded like an American record. Oasis continued with Britpop on Be Here Now, the same year, and ...

Kalapana is finally getting its close-up on PBS Hawaiʻi’s Nā Mele, half a century after the Honolulu band turned soft-rock grooves into island standards. The group will be featured in an hourlong ...

Was there really ever a genre called yacht rock? Prior to the 2005 online comedy series of the same name, what we now know of as yacht rock was simply soft rock, largely of the 1970s variety, but ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. (L-R) Michael McDonald and Christopher Cross from 'Yacht Rock: A ...

Singer and songwriter, Momo Boyd, talks to NBC News' Savannah Sellers about her heartbreak anthem American Love Song and the upcoming world tour for Infinity Song, the soft rock band group made up of ...

“The Doobie Brothers were a kickass rock and roll band, then Michael McDonald rolled in with his easy listening voice and ruined everything.” That comment appears on a community page for guitar ...

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NPR's Eric Deggans talks with director Garret Price about his new documentary, "Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary," about a specific California soft rock sound. I have a confession to make. I am a fan of ...

As with most irritants in life, I blame Lionel Richie. Of course, I am talking about the soft-rock genre of music labeled as Yacht Rock. The rhyming phrase started as a joke made by comedians on a web ...