Need a break? Here’s an idea: Relax on the couch and enjoy the smooth sounds of a wrongly mocked music genre: yacht rock. The late-’70s songs of Steely Dan, Michael McDonald and Christopher Cross take ...

That’s a controversial question that’s been swirling for years among music aficionado. It pertains to whether or not a song from the ’70s or ’80s falls into this smooth, relaxing, soft rock music ...

Yacht Rock Revue excels at escapism. If you want to steal away into the night or are in need of a cool change, Yacht Rock Revue is your band. But the members of the group aren’t just the world’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

Animus ruled the monoculture recently when lionine Daryl Hall, shorn last year of mustachioed appendage John Oates, balked at the “yacht rock” phenomenon, despite its official statisticians’ ...

The emails started arriving sometime early Saturday of Labor Day Weekend: Was I listening to KLOS (95.5 FM)? Have I heard the “yacht rock” they were playing? So I tuned in; yes, indeed, they were ...

Anyone who can appreciate the musical complexity of Dire Straits and groove to the smooth sounds of Kenny Loggins would have been ecstatic about the upcoming Sunset Fest Cabo, scheduled to take place ...

It’s hard to believe that the online series “Yacht Rock” is now 10 years old. But Rolling Stone’s (deliriously overlong, yet still somehow incomplete) “oral history” of the show recently made me aware ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The stress of Thanksgiving is over. Now it's time to heat up leftovers, relax on the couch and enjoy the smooth sounds of a wrongly mocked music genre: yacht rock. The late-'70s songs ...