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, ...

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 ...

The late 1960s helped to inform the '70s. Revisit three rock songs, all released in 1969, that accidentally invented '70s rock.

DETROIT - One of the most prestigious instrumental ensembles in the country is doing numerous pop culture concerts this summer. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s summer programming will include ...