#yacht-rock tag

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Release Rob Lowe's Cocaine-Fueled Toto Demo

Rob Lowe explored a potential music career by recording with Toto during a chaotic period in his life.

8 months ago

Writing

Steve Lukather on the Most Essential and Vindicating Music of His Career

Toto's influence in music has gained renewed respect, attracting a diverse, younger audience.

Miscellaneous

Release Rob Lowe's Cocaine-Fueled Toto Demo

Rob Lowe explored a potential music career by recording with Toto during a chaotic period in his life.

8 months ago

Writing

Steve Lukather on the Most Essential and Vindicating Music of His Career

Toto's influence in music has gained renewed respect, attracting a diverse, younger audience.

Music

HBO Releases Trailer for New Yacht Rock Documentary

HBO's Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary explores soft-rock's rise in the 1970s and recent resurgence, featuring interviews with key artists and contemporary musicians.

fromwww.npr.org

Arts

What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing, listening and gaming

The latest trends in pop culture include a documentary on Yacht Rock, an album inspired by family love, and an innovative game featuring illuminated manuscripts.

Miscellaneous

Donald Fagen Defines Yacht Rock: 'Go F- - - Yourself'

Donald Fagen's disdain for the term 'yacht rock' contrasts with his eventual acceptance, allowing six Steely Dan songs for the documentary.

fromPitchfork

Music

HBO Releases Trailer for New Yacht Rock Documentary

HBO's Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary explores soft-rock's rise in the 1970s and recent resurgence, featuring interviews with key artists and contemporary musicians.

fromwww.npr.org

Arts

What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing, listening and gaming

The latest trends in pop culture include a documentary on Yacht Rock, an album inspired by family love, and an innovative game featuring illuminated manuscripts.

Miscellaneous

Donald Fagen Defines Yacht Rock: 'Go F- - - Yourself'

Donald Fagen's disdain for the term 'yacht rock' contrasts with his eventual acceptance, allowing six Steely Dan songs for the documentary.

more#documentary

Miscellaneous

The Music Industry Couldn't Handle Luther Vandross

Popular music of the '70s and '80s redefined genres, transcending racial boundaries while challenging the music industry's categorization.

The yacht rock genre emerged from a mix of influences, creating a complex narrative of music and cultural identity.

fromwww.nytimes.com

4 months ago

NYC music

The Ultimate Yacht Rock Playlist

The documentary reexamines yacht rock, a genre born from a California music scene blending jazz, soul, and pop influences in the late 1970s.

fromThe Ringer

Miscellaneous

The Definitive Yacht Rock Dictionary

Yacht rock is a retroactively defined genre, blending elements of rock, jazz, and R&B, creating confusion in its definition.

fromThe Ringer