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yacht rock

American

[yot rok] / ˈjɒt ˌrɒk /

noun

a loosely defined style of smooth music influenced by jazz and rhythm and blues, and associated with the American soft rock of the 1970s and 1980s: perceived as having a natural affinity with sailing or relaxing on a boat.

Coined in 2005 by U.S. writer and filmmaker J. D. Ryznar

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