First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Katie Puckrik explores the 1970s American music phenomenon of yacht rock, a halcyon period of Los Angeles studio craft that married R&B with themes of longing, aspiration and melancholy. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Katie Puckrik explores the progress of yacht rock in the 1980s and how its protagonists, including Hall & Oates, Toto and George Benson, adapted its sounds to the changing times in popular music. Show more