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

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.

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

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

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 ...

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.

Yacht rock.” Directed by Garret Price ... Yes, tell us how some of these songs came together! There aren’t an abundance of pointless celebrity interviews that add nothing.

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 ...