The Yacht Rock Joke Is Getting Old: Critic’s Take

The Yacht Rock Joke Is Getting Old: Critic’s Take

What is yacht rock? In the new HBO movie, Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary, no one can agree on a definition.  For the comedian Fred Armisen, yacht rock is “a very relaxing feeling.” But for the writer Rob Tannenbaum, yacht rock is a space where singers “could declare not just your sensitivity but your torment at how sensitive you are, your sense of being ravaged by having feelings.” He calls this “fairly unique to yacht rock,” which would be true i…

A new documentary shows the rise of the California soft rock sound

NPR's Eric Deggans talks with director Garret Price about his new documentary, "Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary," about a specific California soft rock sound.

Review: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary

The best-realized episode of 2022’s Sometimes When We Touch, the three-part Paramount Plus documentary on late ‘70s/early ‘80s soft rock was its final installment. That segment was the one covering Yacht Rock, powered by interviews from Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins, as well as Steve Huey and Dave Lyons, who helped retroactively define the subgenre with their YouTube series. You might reasonably wonder what content, or viewer enthusiasm, is…

HBO Max Sets Sail with ‘Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary’

Photo Credit: HBO HBO’s “Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary” sets sail on the high seas of easy listening, covering a catalog of pop records produced in the ‘70s and ‘80s. The impossible-to-escape easy-listening soft rock phenomenon of the 1970s and 1980s has been retroactively referred to as Yacht Rock, and HBO Max’s new documentary celebrates the rise, fall, and rise again of the genre. Artists like Christopher Cross, Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins,…

New Documentary ‘Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary’ Celebrates the Rise and Revival of Soft Rock

timesng.com: A new documentary titled ‘Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary’ has been gaining traction, particularly among music enthusiasts. This film chronicles the rise, fall, and subsequent resurgence of the soft rock genre, often referred to as ‘Yacht Rock,’ which was popularized in the late 1970s and early 1980s by artists such as Christopher Cross, Michael […] This post New Documentary ‘Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary’ Celebrates t…

New documentary Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary just hit HBO Max – watch it for a total steal thanks to this unmissable early Cyber Monday streaming deal

A new Yacht Rock documentary has been released on streaming, available over at HBO Max. Not a HBO Max subscriber? Now might be a good time to change that, because as part of their early Cyber Monday s