Overview
Offers a reappraisal of "yacht rock", a critically neglected era of music popularized by a boom in FM radio stations and its smooth sound. The gleaming yacht sound was, in part, always defined by a group of LA-based session players and composers who worked across a range of yacht bands, informing their specific tone and level of musicianship. Some of these artists talk about the yacht phenomenon and being part of the scene back in the day. The series explores how the music adapted from the the bearded sensitivity of the '70s to the bombast of the MTV '80s, and how a satirical online drama contributed to a revival of interest and enthusiasm for these sounds in the digital era.
ProducersBenjamin Whalley
WritersKatie Puckrik
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Details
First air date2019-06-14
Last air date2019-06-21
Production countriesUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Production companiesIWC Media
Homepagehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000627v
