Language is a living and breathing organism. It ebbs and flows as generations come and go — holding up certain linguistic rules while discarding others as fresh slang and world events reshape our ...

The smooth sounds of Steely Dan, the Doobie Brothers, Kenny Loggins, Hall & Oates and their vintage ilk get a loving, polyester-clad sendup from Yacht Rock Revue. The Atlanta-based cover band that’s ...

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 Rock. The rhyming phrase started as a joke made by comedians on a web ...

For decades, yacht rock — the genre often associated with smooth soft rock hits of the late ’70s and early ’80s —has lingered in the background of grocery stores, doctors’ offices, and car radios. In ...

Since the mid-2010s, there has been a resurgence of soft-rock songs from the '70s and '80s, often referred to as "yacht rock" (think Toto's "Africa," Christopher Cross's "Sailing," and Boz Scaggs' ...

WISCONSIN RAPIDS − Yacht Rock Gold Experience is set to entertain fans with classic hits. The concert is scheduled for 4 p.m. Aug. 10 at the Performing Arts Center of Wisconsin Rapids, 1801 16th St. S ...

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 ...