Jazz pianist and singer Diana Krall’s most recent studio album is the early-2015 release “Wallflower,” an exploration of, mostly, soft-rock hits from the 1970s — indeed, the golden age of soft rock.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: C Brandon/Redferns via Getty Images In 1970, DeWayne “Blackbyrd” McKnight was a ...

Whether referred to as “smooth music,” “my favorite songs” or perhaps something involving expletives, the easy-rocking singles from the ’70s and early ’80s known as “yacht rock” still have a sizable ...

3 Interview: The Infamous Stringdusters US Tour Comes to NYC's Bowery Ballroom Top Shelf Classics-the one-of-a-kind Bay Area party band specializing in Motown, '60s, '70s, smooth jazz, and classic ...

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 ...

Smooth jazz can sometimes be an awfully self-serious genre. But perhaps the reason that saxaphonist Boney James is one of the genre’s last remaining chart-toppers – his most recent album, ‘futuresoul, ...

Whenever I’m asked to provide a “fun fact” about myself, I usually say that I worked as a smooth-jazz radio announcer back in college. It wasn’t the kind of unsuitable, faintly ironic part-time job ...

The Newport Jazz Festival brings out the same reaction in me, a proper grown-up, that going to Disneyland did as a kid — okay, also as an adult. After about a four-hour drive from New York, you check ...