The HBO doc 'Yacht Rock' takes a fond, ironic look at how 1970s bands like Steely Dan, Toto and Christopher Cross found a new ...

When documentarian Garret Price called up Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen to request an interview for his new film, the ...

The label “yacht rock” came much later thanks to a comedy series of short films by J.D. Ryznar and Steve Huey, who currently ...

A Dockumentary," now out on Max, explores the sub genre of jazz and R&B-inflected 1970s and early 1980s rock that was named decades after the fact.

A phone call featured in the documentary “Yacht Rock” captures the moment director Garret Price offered Steely Dan founding member Donald Fagen the chance to appear in the film. Price discusses the ...

Today’s playlist is one such opportunity. It features some of the aforementioned yacht rock luminaries alongside a few of the ...

The term “yacht rock” didn’t exist in the 1970s and early ’80s. Retroactively given to the music of The Doobie Brothers, Toto ...

San Francisco band 37 Houses brings their indie rock chops to the renowned Bottom of The Hill. TV on The Radio is back—they too have SF roots. Drew Daniel of Soft Pink Truth lets the fever dream ...

Michael McDonald, Christopher Cross, Kenny Loggins and other masters gamely explain the genre in breezy and comprehensive HBO ...

Yacht rock, soft rock – call it what you will. Here are five brilliant albums that define the genre in all its bearded, ...

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 Steely Dan, Michael McDonald and ...