Easy listening

Easy listening is a musical style that on the face of it emphasises relaxation and lack of emotional challenge, but at its best can have hidden depths.

To be written:

• 1960s easy listening
  • Burt Bacharach
  • Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass[?]
  • Ray Conniff[?]
  • Burt Kaempfert[?]
  • James Last[?]
  • Guy Lombardo
  • Henry Mancini
  • Mantovani[?]
  • Lawrence Welk
• Easy listening falls out of fashion
• "Ironic" easy listening revival: The Mike Flowers Pops[?]
• New Age music[?]
• Easy listening returns again, chill-out[?] music, easy listening vs. trip-hop