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The Jonas Brothers' Yacht Rock Revival

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Yacht Rock: A Parody of Smooth Rock

Yacht Rock is not a genre from its time period, but rather a parody made up in the early 2000s. It focuses on this style of music from the mid 70s to roughly the mid 80s by artists like Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins. Since the web series premiered, acts like Thundercat have capitalized on a resurgent interest in Yacht Rock. The term may be kind of adjacent to the pejorative term, Dad Rock.

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