Picture this: sun-drenched decks, smooth tunes, and a carefree vibe. That's the "yacht rock" image many fans adore. But what if the very artists whose music defines this breezy genre for millions ...

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 ...

Kimmel’s late night talk show will feature one 80s icon after another as the musical guests this week, beginning on Monday, November 10 with Christopher Cross of “Sailing” and “Ride Like the Wind” ...

'80s Yacht Rock King, 74, Blows Fans Away With 'Timeless' Performance of Beloved Song originally appeared on Parade. ‘80s legend Christopher Cross dazzled fans with a five-minute-long version of his ...

Ask any two music fans what qualifies as yacht rock, and an argument is sure to ensue. Does Steely Dan count? (Absolutely.) What about Hall & Oates? (No, too East Coast.) In the late 1970s and early ...

Language is a living and breathing organism. It ebbs and flows as generations come and go — holding up certain linguistic rules while discarding others as fresh slang and world events reshape our ...

In 2024, Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary was released in homage to a genre of late ’70s, early ’80s easy listening pop music. The term “Yacht Rock” was actually coined as part of a web series joking that ...

As best-of rankings go, this might be one that some acts hope to avoid. Being one of the “Big 4″ in Yacht Rock has its advantages and disadvantages. The problem is right there in the name. Part ...

One of rock’s most easygoing, gleefully teased and retrospectively celebrated subgenres will receive the feature-length treatment in HBO’s upcoming Music Box: Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary. Although ...