As the yacht rock label caught on, it gave a set of younger listeners a way to explore and maybe embrace - even if ironically - music that had become a kind of cultural shorthand for uncool, the ...

Kevin "Geordie" Walker, best known as guitarist of English rock band Killing Joke, died Sunday morning of a stroke. He was 64 years old. Kevin “Geordie” Walker, best known as guitarist of the ...

The Yacht Rock Joke Is Getting Old: Critic’s Take. The "yacht rock" label helped a new generation of listeners rediscover overlooked gems. But the music shouldn't be treated as a punchline.

Daryl Hall is finally taking a stand against yacht rock. In a recent interview with Justin Richmond and Rick Rubin’s “Broken Record” podcast, the Hall & Oats singer railed against the ...

Yacht rock is not a real genre of music. It’s a label that was retroactively applied to a certain form of smooth, mellow ’70s and ’80s pop music, and it comes from a series of comedy videos ...

As the yacht rock label caught on, it gave a set of younger listeners a way to explore and maybe embrace — even if ironically — music that had become a kind of cultural shorthand for uncool ...