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

Enter Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary. The new HBO film looks at the breezy musical stylings of bands that ruled the airwaves of ...

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

The web series Yacht Rock brought the style back in the public consciousness. It has never really left, as evidenced by 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.

As the ’70s progressed, a collection of studio musicians unknowingly created a new sound by combining high-level musicianship with pop songwriting. This new sound—with its polished production and ...

The Doobie Brothers were a kickass rock and roll band, then Michael McDonald rolled in with his easy listening voice and ...

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Director Garret Price discusses his upcoming doc 'Yacht Rock,' and a new clip about the genre's unique currents of male vulnerability.

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

The yacht-rock era is finally getting the official documentary ... the musician’s manager called him back and gave him permission use six Dan songs in the documentary. Along with McDonald ...

The worst one? “A lot of people assume something is Yacht Rock if the song has any nautical themes or lyrics,” notes Price. “In fact, there’s very few Yacht Rock songs that actually deal ...