Soft rock is a little hard to define. In general, one could say it’s simply a form of rock music that focuses more on lyrical content and melody over the “harshness” of hard rock’s instrumentation. It ...

When the 1970s rolled around, music fans craved something smoother than the hard-hitting rock dominating the airwaves. Soft rock bands delivered the perfect remedy with their mellow melodies, ...

Need some solid soft rock tune from 1976 to get your through the day? Here are a few of the very best that you're remember instantly.

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 ...

Everybody’s a softie — well, almost everyone — when it comes to a fondness for the not-so-hard-hitting heyday of “soft rock,” which has a strong overlap with what’s come to be known and celebrated as ...

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 ...