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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. (L-R) Michael McDonald and Christopher Cross from 'Yacht Rock: A ...

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' ...