Rock 'n' roll will never die, and to prove it, subgenres like prog rock, shoegaze, garage rock, and these others that faded from the mainstream have come back.

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 ...

To paraphrase crooner Michael McDonald, one of the signature players of the music style, Yacht Rock has a place in our lives. And there’s also a ton of misconceptions about Yacht Rock. The worst one? ...

Someone has to be the first to do everything. Though the origin of a movement can be hard to pinpoint, there are tentpole figures we can point to for a pretty good picture of how it develops. Music is ...

Sometimes it is necessary for a Rock band to abandon their original genreand incorporate new elements to help further their success. The music industry has seen artists like Ronnie James Dio leave the ...

In one of the odder developments in the rock era, an entire sub genre of music was named decades after the fact by a comedy team in the mid-2000s. In turn, it evolved into a wholly unlikely phenomenon ...

Rock music has gone through many evolutions. It only takes one song to come in and shake things up, and all of a sudden, there’s a new sonic direction dominating the airwaves. The three songs below ...

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Michael McDonald’s distinctive, soulful voice, often described as smooth and soothing, became a hallmark of yacht rock. However, the former The Doobie Brothers member didn’t understand the term upon ...