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 ...

Is there any more gentle genre of music than soft rock? The guitars were acoustic, their harmonies were pop and all breezes were summery. Soft rock is as inoffensive as it gets, all the better to ...

“Hit Me Hard and Soft,” her third album, is both concise and far-reaching. By Jon Pareles “Twenty-one took a lifetime,” Billie Eilish, 22, sings in “Skinny,” the song that opens her third album, “Hit ...

Maybe there was a better era for love songs. But it certainly didn't feel that way. Everything about the 1980s and its music was big. The blockbuster pop album became a regular thing. Various genres ...

Much like a smell or a picture, a song can bring back so many memories. Sometimes, it's just the first note that makes you reminisce about the past, especially when it's about relationships long lost ...

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 ...