1.0New Noise Magazinehttps://newnoisemagazine.comJohn Moorehttps://newnoisemagazine.com/author/johnmoore/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="898qgBithz"><a href="https://newnoisemagazine.com/reviews/book-review-yacht-rock/">Book Review: The Yacht Rock Book: The Oral History of the Soft, Smooth Sounds of the 70s and 80s</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://newnoisemagazine.com/reviews/book-review-yacht-rock/embed/#?secret=898qgBithz" width="600" height="338" title="“Book Review: The Yacht Rock Book: The Oral History of the Soft, Smooth Sounds of the 70s and 80s” — New Noise Magazine" data-secret="898qgBithz" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://newnoisemagazine.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://newnoisemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/The-Yacht-Rock-Book.jpg11Ah, Yacht Rock – the guiltiest of all the musical guilty pleasures. That 1970s soft rock sound best associated with Southern California (though the bands were from all over). Think linen sports coats and espadrilles; soft jazz, clean vocals, catchy hooks and maybe a little white boy R&B. Kenny Loggins? Yup; Hall & Oates? Sure […]