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 ...

Joni Mitchell has a secure place in music history, courtesy of gorgeous albums that made her famous in the late 1960s and throughout the ‘70s. The Canadian singer-songwriter, 81, is beloved by ...

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's a lot to love in '70s music, and though some of the tracks found reasonable success, there are a few that deserve just a bit more.

If there was ever an oxymoron to rival the famous examples of "jumbo shrimp," "deafening silence," or open secret," it's the term for one of the worst of all music genres: soft rock. I mean, what is ...