Rupert Holmes is best known for his Number One 'Escape (The Pina Colada Song),' but his first hit was a song about ...
We're of the opinion that yacht rock need not be a West Coast thing, nor does it need to be confined to jazz-rock hybrid grooves. "Smoke From a Distant Fire" by the Sanford-Townsend Band had the ...
Retro appreciation for “yacht rock” emerged in the 2000s thanks to a viral pre-YouTube web video series of the same name, ...
If you are into yacht rock, then check out these three contemporary yacht rock songs that will remind you of the good ole ...
Artists have long resisted being boxed in by labels, a sentiment now thrust into the spotlight by the release of ': A DOCKmentary'.
Here’s the first thing you need to know about yacht rock: even if you’ve never heard of it, you probably know every song.The ...
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.
Vandross longed for the same acclaim and freedom awarded to his white contemporaries in yacht rock. Photo: David Corio/Redferns/Getty Images Popular music of the ’70s and ’80s mixed and ...
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 ...
Passengers had embarked on the Amore Mio on New Year's Day for a trip along Mexico's coastline - but disaster struck during ...
What is Yacht Rock? After watching the feature-length Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary (Sky Documentaries), I still couldn’t tell you exactly. But I thoroughly enjoyed the programme anyway. We’re ...
The Toto, Christopher Cross and Men At Work tour comes to PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel on July 25, and to Hard Rock in ...