The music industry is obsessed with "new". The charts discriminate against aging songs; radio stations stake their reputation on premieres; and Ofcom sets quotas for new music on the BBC.

How does one describe yacht rock ... the '80s, there are some notable tunes of the ilk (smooth rhythms, light or "breezy" vocals, well-polished and produced) from earlier in the '70s that fall ...

Yacht Rock Revue: 70s & 80s Hits, Live from New York is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV ...

Amidst the disco balls, rock anthems, and soulful melodies, a unique phenomenon emerged-one-hit wonders. These songs captured the ... one-hit wonders of the 70s, exploring what made them special ...

their 2013 single “Fragments of Time” is undeniably a tried and true yacht rock song. Featuring Todd Edwards, Punk takes listeners back to the ’70s and ’80s. Released in 2013, nothing ...

Steve Lukather's best-known work with Toto yielded some mighty popular pop-rock songs in the '70s and '80s. But his solo offerings -- which began in the '80s when his band was at the height of its ...

In the mid-1970s and ‘80s in SoCal, bands like Steely Dan, the Doobie Brothers, and Toto blended jazz, R&B, and pop to create a new soft style: yacht rock.

Today, it is featured on channels of soft rock songs grouped in a genre called ... part of the music industry in the late ’70s and early ’80s. These tunes included “Help is On Its Way ...