: rock music that is less driving and gentler sounding than hard rock
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But elsewhere the dominant influence seems to be seventies soft rock.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026 The Dead was already such a crazy scene, but there are all these soft rock stations playing that song.—Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026 The meltwater carved a deep channel through the soft rock and, over the ensuing millennia, patiently fashioned the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon.—
Anthony Fredericks,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Apr. 2026 Yacht rock is a term to describe soft rock from the late 1970s and early 1980s.—
Janelle Ash , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
1 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for soft rock