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 ...

Soft rock helped broaden the audience for rock music. Perhaps Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, and The Rolling Stones were too much for some. The alternative gave listeners rock music without its harsh edges, ...

Soft rock was much more common in the 1970s than it is today, and that’s a shame. There’s something so soothing, relaxed, and musically interesting about soft rock from the latter half of the 20th ...

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