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

Michael McDonald

  • A Little On-Deck Entertainment

    Like every genre of music, the definition on the fringes is where we find debate and descension, and Yacht has its fair share of stowaways below deck, but topside, the captains are not subject to mutinous challenges to their pedigree. There’s an indisputable group of artists in the Yacht Rock pantheon, but also a library… Read more

  • 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