Post Tagged with: "Yacht Rock"

Young Gun Silver Fox, "Winners" (2022): Something Else! sneak peek

Young Gun Silver Fox, “Winners” (2022): Something Else! sneak peek

The advance single “Winner” is just another effortlessly pleasing soft-rock tune from the talented duo and ambassadors from 1979, Young Gun Silver Fox.

Young Gun Silver Fox, "West Side Jet" (2022): Something Else! sneak peek

Young Gun Silver Fox, “West Side Jet” (2022): Something Else! sneak peek

“West Side Jet” is the newest single from the Andy Platts/Shawn Lee yacht-rock project Young Gun Silver Fox. It’s the perfect song to start this summer.

Doobie Brothers - 'Livin' on the Fault Line' (1977): On Second Thought

Doobie Brothers – ‘Livin’ on the Fault Line’ (1977): On Second Thought

‘Livin’ on the Fault Line’ was the Doobie Brothers’ lowest-selling Michael McDonald-era album. But it might just be the band’s best.

Michael McDonald, Sept. 3, 1987: Shows I'll Never Forget

Michael McDonald, Sept. 3, 1987: Shows I’ll Never Forget

It was Baltimore, on a hot September night, and Michael McDonald, on his second solo tour since the breakup of the Doobie Brothers.

Firefall – 'Comet' (2020)

Firefall – ‘Comet’ (2020)

Decades after first hitting the charts, Firefall is still plying their trade with easygoing harmonies, catchy choruses and country-rock licks.

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.

Vinyl

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.

Vinyl

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