Soft rock often transcends its designated genre. Like the best popular music, soft rock encompasses a range of styles within its parameters, including pop, jazz, soul and more. As outlined in the list ...

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 radio station that once delivered the "beautiful music" is now delivering the hit music. WMEZ-FM 94.1, known for decades as Soft Rock 94.1 and beloved for its blend of soothing adult contemporary ...

Soft rock songs can’t rock hard, can they? I mean, the name says they can’t. But if soft rock has taught us anything, it’s that you don’t always need volume to be impactful. Rock’s lighter side often ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- It's been a long, long ... long winter. But with the arrival of the Memorial Day weekend and, with it, the unofficial start of the summer season in Minnesota, we thought it best to don ...

That’s a controversial question that’s been swirling for years among music aficionado. It pertains to whether or not a song from the ’70s or ’80s falls into this smooth, relaxing, soft rock music ...

Soft rock is a subgenre that by its very name is easy to make fun of. It’s goopy. It’s sappy. It’s full of pianos and emotional longing. Now it’s gotten the documentary treatment on Paramount+. The ...

Since the mid-2010s, there has been a resurgence of soft-rock songs from the '70s and '80s, often referred to as "yacht rock" (think Toto's "Africa," Christopher Cross's "Sailing," and Boz Scaggs' ...

Soft rock is a creature of the 1970s, often derided as insipid, saccharine, and soul-killing. Yet, many of us secretly sing along to songs like “Tiny Dancer,” “All Out of Love,” and “Baby Come Back.” ...