"People would be surprised how many country artists are obsessed with yacht rock," says Lady A singer Charles Kelley, host of a new yacht-rock show on SiriusXM ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

The music industry is reeling from Davis' passing, including this Yacht Rock king.

The pop culture world can be an endless churn of regurgitated trends. This time around it’s the easy listening, soft rock by Kenny Loggins, Chris Cross, Steely Dan, Michael McDonald, Boz Scaggs, Phil ...

“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 ...

If Country King Keith Urban has anything to say about it, Summer 2026 is the summer of Yacht Rock.

The film profiles the history of yacht rock, which first enjoyed popularity from the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s. It featured jazz, R&B, and light-rock influences associated with, but not limited ...

NEW YORK — 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 of ...

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The leisure vibes of yacht rock might be too schmaltzy for you. But the smooth groove of this West Coast sound wasn’t limited to the 1970s or early 80s. It returned in the 90s on West Coast hip-hop ...