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, ...

From the smooth gold of Laurel Canyon to the polished perfection of AOR, here are the 21 definitive soft rock masterpieces ...

Building on the folk-singer-songwriter phase of the ’60s, the 1970s rock scene began to take on a softer edge. This would, rather uninventively, become known as “soft rock.” The ’70s would be rife ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the legendary '70s soft rock duo Air Supply celebrates 50 years of music-making, the pair has announced on Wednesday that their ...