I won’t lie, I frequently revisit The Best of Bread whenever I’m hankering for a bit of a self-care day. Picture this, you’ve settled in for the night, you have a candle going and the dulcet vocals of ...

I relish Mike Kerrigan’s contributions (“Easy Listening = Alternative Music + Time,” op-ed, Feb. 29). When I first heard the term “easy listening” applied to rock music, I couldn’t believe it. Rock is ...

We love a heavy rock song as much as anyone else, but no one can deny the enticing pull of a soft rock hit every now and then. In the ’70s, rockers began to experiment with pop sensibilities. The end ...

Los Angeles-based band ‘Yachtly Crew’ is sailing into Wichita this month. The soft rock band will hit the stage at The Cotillion on Monday, September 29 at 8 p.m. Tickets range from $22 to $48.

During a moment in which the ability to remain calm is disconcertingly connected to the size of your Purell and paper towel stockpile, the sanitized pop sounds of 1970s Southern California can project ...

Olivia Newton-John played a good girl gone bad in “Grease,” the movie that turned her into a superstar in 1978. But Newton-John, who died on Monday from breast cancer at age 73, was never truly was a ...

John Mayer winks through his tears in this high-concept pastiche, finding the soft (-rock) spot between early-MTV-era parody and pure earnestness. So, is it possible to wink and cry at the same time?

“The Doobie Brothers were a kickass rock and roll band, then Michael McDonald rolled in with his easy listening voice and ruined everything.” That comment appears on a community page for guitar ...