Yacht rock is one of those genres of music that you know when you hear it. It’s a combination of a lot of styles, from rock to jazz to blue-eyed soul to disco, but in the end what it constitutes is ...

What is yacht rock? In the new HBO movie, Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary, no one can agree on a definition. For the comedian Fred Armisen, yacht rock is “a very relaxing feeling.” But for the writer Rob ...

In the mid-1970s and ‘80s in SoCal, bands like Steely Dan, the Doobie Brothers, and Toto blended jazz chords with R&B grooves and pop melodies to create a new soft style. Much of “yacht rock,” as the ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- It's been a long, long ... long winter. But with the arrival of the Memorial Day weekend and, with it, the unofficial start of the summer season in Minnesota, we thought it best to don ...

To a certain generation, Gwen Stefani will always be the pink-haired ska goddess she was circa No Doubt's Return of Saturn, but for her latest solo album, she took her sound in a very different ...

Kimmel’s late night talk show will feature one 80s icon after another as the musical guests this week, beginning on Monday, ...

Yacht Rock, a genre encompassing smooth soft rock hits from the late 70s and early 80s, is experiencing a resurgence in popularity. Yachtley Crew, a prominent Yacht Rock band, will perform at the 2025 ...

Chris Shepherd and friends at Southern Smoke Festival 2023 Credit: Photo by Jesse Sendejas Jr. The music theme of Southern Smoke Festival 2023 was yacht rock and that seemed altogether fitting. The ...

Toto enjoyed the big career blastoff in 1979 with a Top-10 self-titled debut album and a Top-5 lead single (“Hold the Line”). Then there was the massive Toto IV in 1982, which churned out big hits and ...

To a certain generation, Gwen Stefani will always be the pink-haired ska goddess she was circa No Doubt’s Return of Saturn, but for her latest solo album, she took her sound in a very different ...