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 ...

“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 ...

Retroactively given to the music of The Doobie Brothers, Toto, and Christopher Cross, yacht rock is defined by glossy production, smooth hooks, and virtuosic musicianship. HBO’s Yacht Rock: A ...

Music fans can’t get enough of Yacht Rock, the breezy, nostalgic genre of music defined by laid-back vibes. From The Doobie Brothers and Kenny Loggins to The Eagles and Orleans, the biggest names of ...

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 ...

In one of the odder developments in the rock era, an entire sub genre of music was named decades after the fact by a comedy team in the mid-2000s. In turn, it evolved into a wholly unlikely phenomenon ...

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Republic file photo Yacht Rock Revue will play the Brown County Music Center again on Jan. 31. The Columbus-infused, nationally touring Yacht Rock Revue will return to Brown County Music Center in ...

May 30, 2025 May 30, 2025 Updated May 30, 2025 0 Yacht rock music — smooth soft rock primarily from the mid-to-late 1970s and early 1980s — is experiencing a resurgence in popularity. For verification ...

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