The thing about soft rock is that it was never an exclusive genre. Cross-pollinating among pop, rock, country rock and, especially, adult contemporary music of the day, the best soft rock records ...

The smooth ballad became a defining soft rock breakup anthem.

We tend to think of the 80s as the era when the power ballad flourished. In truth, the idea of a band that usually played hard rock slowing things down and delivering some emotional lyrics actually ...

A beloved 1982 chart-topper has just earned a major honor. It was ranked the greatest soft rock song of all time, decades after its release.