‘Yacht Rock’: HBO Doc Shows How Bands Like Steely Dan, Christopher Cross and Toto Became Cool All Over Again
The HBO doc 'Yacht Rock' takes a fond, ironic look at how 1970s bands like Steely Dan, Toto and Christopher Cross found a new generation of fans.
‘Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary’ Review: Smooth-Sailing Tunes on HBO
A nonfiction music film based on a web series that was based on a joke, “Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary” isn’t really about a genre of music as much as it is a bunch of highly skilled musicians who helped make a catalog of expertly produced pop records in the ’70s and ’80s.
Yacht Rock Gets Celebrated — Smoothly, of Course — in New Documentary
The stress of Thanksgiving is over. Now it's time to heat up leftovers, relax on the couch and enjoy the smooth sounds of a wrongly mocked music genre: yacht rock. The late-'70s songs of Steely Dan, Michael McDonald and Christopher Cross take center stage Friday in the well-crafted Max documentary “Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary.
‘Yacht Rock’ Documentary Makes A Case For The Smooth Legacy Of ‘70s And ‘80s Soft Rock
Garret Price's new film celebrates the era of smooth rock, featuring interviews with Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, Christopher Cross and more.
Entertaining 'Yacht Rock' doc makes a case for respecting those smooth easy-listening sounds
Michael McDonald, Christopher Cross, Kenny Loggins and other masters gamely explain the genre in breezy and comprehensive HBO/Max film — while another singer wants nothing to do with it.
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary’ on HBO, Celebrating The Irony And Ecstasy Of 1970s Smooth Rock
A Dockumentary, which assesses soft rock of the 1970s and early ’80s and the musicians who made it while winking at the sound’s re-emergence as a source of ironic enjoyment. Executive produced by Bill Simmons,
The greatest songwriter of all time according to Steely Dan’s Walter Becker
Steely Dan's Walter Becker declared this one artist the greatest songwriter of all time, with the entire lineup of the rock ...
“Potential for the world’s most unlikely mash-up”: Steely Dan v Megadeth in the Battle of Black Friday!
“Without music, life would be a mistake,” writes O.G. Krautrocker Freddy ‘Phat Mo’ Nietzsche in Twilight of the Idols, his ...
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The Steely Dan Lyric About Ending a Marriage in a Hurry
Steely Dan's 1976 song "Haitian Divorce," which appears on the classic album The Royal Scam, features a plot worthy of ...
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Kenny Loggins Recalls Stevie Nicks' Offer That Led to 'My Breakthrough' in 1978: 'Probably We Were Drunk'
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The five most controversial Steely Dan songs
Steely Dan were misanthropic masters, but some songs overstepped the mark. Together, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen wrote ...
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3 Times Steely Dan Caused a Stir With Fellow Musicians
When one thinks of Steely Dan, one rarely thinks of the word “divas”. However, the original lineup of the 1970s antihero ...
Jimmy Page on the guitarists he admires and the word he hates when it comes to describing them
And, “in a totally different style,” Page offered “the guy who played on the Maria Muldaur single, "Midnight at the Oasis," ...
How I learned to stop worrying and love Black Friday
Through movies and real-life horror stories, our film critic takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the biggest shopping day of the ...