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In 2015, SiriusXM broadcast a limited-time "Yacht Rock Radio" channel on satellite from August 21 – September 22. This SXM satellite channel has "popped up" every summer since, most recently from late May to early October 2021, while also maintaining a year-round dedicated Yacht Rock online streaming channel.
In the late 1970s and early ’80s, the term “yacht rock” was not yet a thing. But everyone knew the music of the Doobie Brothers, Toto and Christopher Cross — who swept the 1980 Grammys ...
The new channel also features "Jimmy Fallon's 12 Days of Christmas," a curation of 12 holiday playlists, including "Yacht Rock Christmas," "Cozy Christmas" and "Jazzy Christmas," to name a few.
The term yacht rock did not exist contemporaneously with the music the term describes, [6] which was produced from 1975 to 1984. [7] [8] It refers to "adult-oriented rock" [6] or "West Coast Sound", [4] [3] which became identified with yacht rock in 2005, when the term was coined in J. D. Ryznar et al.'s online video series of the same name.
The following is a list of bands and artists which have been described as belonging to yacht rock. Yacht rock. Ace [1] [2] Airplay [3] [4] Air Supply [2] Alessi [3]
From 2015–2016, Holly pre-empted Sirius XM's Velvet instead. On May 22, 2015, Sirius XM Love became a limited-run James Taylor Channel. Later, it was the home of Yacht Rock Radio. [2] [3] On August 17, 2017, SiriusXM Love moved to channel 70 and was replaced by PopRocks on Channel 17. [4]
Yacht rock enjoyed a brief window on the charts in the late 1970s and the documentary argues that MTV largely contributed to its demise. Yacht rockers weren't able or willing to transition into a visual space. Once that window closed, yacht rock became derided — mocked in everything from “30 Rock” to “Family Guy.”
The Lynx and Edge radios are on the SiriusXM platform, the Onyx and XM3pi radios are on the XM platform, and the Sportster and Starmate radios are on the Sirius platform. [1] The following is a list of channels on Sirius XM and Sirius XM Canada. There are over 150 full-time channels on Sirius XM, over 140 of which are on Sirius XM Canada. [2]