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 ...

There are so many iconic classic rock songs, with the best of the best including "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd and "Paranoid" ...

What the hell is yacht rock? Well, the internet has agreed that its defining sonic and aesthetical traits are broad. I’d have to agree, as it’s a sub-genre that stretches into everything from prog and ...

Here are the 11 best progressive rock albums from the 1980s (ranked)! In general, the 1980s were not kind to progressive rock, as the genre largely lessened in commercial viability and ...

I think it’s fair to say that 2022 rocked. It certainly rocked more than 2021. And absolutely, without question, rocked wayyyy more than 2020 (which rocked very little). This year, we got a massive ...

There are various ways to rate the best-selling rock albums of all time. In this case, we went directly to the source: The Recording Industry Association of America® (RIAA). In terms of what ...

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 ...

The best rock music of 2023 spoke loudly and directly. From the guttural screams of Wednesday’s Rat Saw God to the testaments to community on boygenius’ the record, there was no shortage of catharsis ...

The mainstream might be as sniffy as ever about melodic rock and AOR in 2023, but the scene remains as vibrant and exciting as ever. Everyone from veteran acts to thrilling newcomers released albums ...

What were the most popular new rock and metal bands of the 2000s? The 2000s: a decade in which nu-metal, pop-punk and emo thrived. There was also a garage rock revival, a mid-decade influx of U.K. alt ...

Jim Seals, one half of 1970s soft-rock duo Seals and Crofts, has died at the age of 80, according to his family. Seals, together with musical partner Darrell “Dash” Crofts, was best known for hits ...