Having been around almost as long as rock itself, the soft rock subgenre has enjoyed highs, lows, and plentiful evolution over the decades. When it comes to a particular era of public interest and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Was there really ever a genre called yacht rock? Prior to the 2005 online comedy series of the same name, what we now know of as yacht rock was simply soft rock, largely of the 1970s variety, but ...

John Mayer winks through his tears in this high-concept pastiche, finding the soft (-rock) spot between early-MTV-era parody and pure earnestness. So, is it possible to wink and cry at the same time?

John Mayer winks through his tears in this high-concept pastiche, finding the soft (-rock) spot between early-MTV-era parody and pure earnestness. John Mayer’s new album seems like the material of ...