Post Tagged with: "Yacht Rock"

Young Gun Silver Fox - 'Canyons' (2020)

Young Gun Silver Fox – ‘Canyons’ (2020)

I’m not sure if there is such a music idiom as “neo-yacht rock” but if there is, Young Gun Silver Fox would surely be at the top of that heap.

Jeff Coffey, "This Is It" from 'Origins: Singers and Songs that Made Me' (2020): One Track Mind

Jeff Coffey, “This Is It” from ‘Origins: Singers and Songs that Made Me’ (2020): One Track Mind

Former Chicago singer and bassist Jeff Coffey tackles this Kenny Loggins classic with an all-out embrace of its formidable original vocal challenges.

State Cows - 'Challenges' (2019)

State Cows – ‘Challenges’ (2019)

State Cows, often referred to as yacht rock, is an example of why musical labels are such a disservice.

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Young Gun Silver Fox – AM Waves (2018)

Anyone who liked the MOR music coming from the radio forty years ago will find everything to like about Young Gun Silver Fox’s ‘AM Waves.’ Yacht rock has a new soundtrack, and it’s a good one.

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Biscay – Burnt Mementos EP (2017)

Jazzy, R&B-inflected pop — aka ‘yacht rock’ — is music that had its day in the USA through the 70s and into the early 80s but since then the UK became the main mecca for this kind of music. From the time that You May Also Like: Burnt Sugar theRead More

Doobie Brothers' Minute by Minute was more than 'What a Fool Believes'

Doobie Brothers’ Minute by Minute was more than ‘What a Fool Believes’

The Doobie Brothers’ ‘Minute by Minute,’ released on Dec. 1, 1978, features most people’s favorite Michael McDonald-era song. But mine’s not “What a Fool Believes.”

Songs about Boats, Sailing and the High Seas by Crosby Stills and Nash + others: Gimme Five

Songs about Boats, Sailing and the High Seas by Crosby Stills and Nash + others: Gimme Five

Crosby Stills and Nash, Los Lobos and Richard Thompson, and Lyle Lovett are a few of the artists who can help get you ready for summer.

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Are Hall and Oates yacht rockers?: ‘I don’t even know what that means’

John Oates is taking Hall and Oates’ more recent categorization as yacht rockers in stride – though he insists he’s never worn “the stupid hat.”

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Christopher Cross – A Night In Paris (2013)

Christopher Cross, because he had so much success in such a small window of time in the early 1980s, has a caught-in-time sound — one that remains, even on this expansive live document, redolent of a specific moment. You May Also Like: Catherine Sikora and Ethan Winogrand – ‘Things ToRead More

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Dukes of September [Donald Fagen / Michael McDonald / Boz Scaggs], July 14, 2012: Shows I’ll Never Forget

The Dukes of September gave middle-aged and empty-nesters another good reason to get out of the house and see a rock concert.