The Hook is what captures our attention and imagination. The Groove is that sound that just makes you feel right. 

Dr. Hook

  • Smooth Seas Lead Us to Yacht Rock Paradise

    If you didn’t pick up on the theme from my first Yacht Rock installment, if you want to plot a course to a treasure trove of Yacht Rock classics you need smooth seas. But while the motion of that ocean is the final, dramatic clue that reveals a Yacht Rock classic like its pulling the Read more

  • The Heart of Yachtness: One Man’s Voyage into the Depths of Smooth Musical Sophistication

    I’ve never been on a yacht. This is literally a journey of discovery out to sea and over the horizon into the unknown. The good news is that you don’t have to know your aft from a hole in the hull to pontificate about the Yacht Rock genre. There’s no seamanship required. Read more

  • We are all curators of music

    When did you make your first mixtape? Did you have the luxury of a Hi-Fi system with a turntable and dual cassettes? Did you perfect your record button timing, developing a hair-trigger efficiency that allowed you to skip the last ramblings of the DJ but still catch the first note of the tune you’d been Read more