Credit: Eddie Jim In other words, it’s a feeling as much as a music genre, one explored in depth in HBO’s new film Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary, screening now in Australia on Binge. It’s also ...

The term yacht rock comes from a 2005 viral video ... witness the Yächtley Crëw extravaganza when the band make their maiden voyage to Australia, Ocean wants to be very clear what's expected ...

namely "Shouldn't Matter But It Does" and "All I Want Is to Be with You," that give the album a certified yacht rock rating. Parcels is an Australian band that have dabbled in everything from ...

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 ...

The festival will feature two days of non-stop live music with bands and DJs, headlined by Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Lou ...

Yacht rock is a term often used to described soft rock and smooth pop/R&B-influenced sounds from the 1970s and ‘80s. Artists like Hall & Oates, Steely Dan, Michael McDonald, Seals & Crofts and ...

(Not to split hairs, but Price doesn’t think Hall & Oates qualify as Yacht Rock because they weren’t West Coast-based.) According to Hall, his band’s inclusion in the so-called “yacht rock ...

Directed by Garret Price, Yacht Rock looks at the history and legacy of this genre of music, which was spearheaded by a handful of supremely talented white musicians, drawing on Black music ...

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Ask any two music fans what qualifies as yacht rock, and an argument is sure to ensue. Does Steely Dan count? (Absolutely.) What about Hall & Oates? (No, too East Coast.) In the late 1970s and ...