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, ...

The Summer of Love went up in smoke with Altamont, but where did peace and love go in the aftermath? As the 1960s faded into a new decade, the world began to come down from years of war and social ...

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 ...