The 1960s was one long party for Dave Davies. While his older brother, Ray, observed and wrote about Swinging London from a distance, The Kinks’ guitarist was aptly dubbed Dave The Rave. He took an ...
For a song that’s two minutes and change in length, “You Really Got Me” has kept guitarists entertained for decades with stories about its creation and recording. The 1964 Kinks classic rose to the ...
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The multi Olivier award-winning hit musical Sunny Afternoon will return to Milton Keynes Theatre, bringing the music of The ...
Nobody was better at the detailed character sketch than Ray Davies of The Kinks during that band’s late ‘60s, early ‘70s heyday. Davies often delivered these snapshots as part of the concept albums ...
Nobody told Ray Davies that there was a somewhat limited range of topics about which most songwriters were expected to write. Davies, frontman of The Kinks, tended to stray far from the rock and roll ...
Ray Davies has taken an unusual approach to reinterpreting songs from their massive catalogue by inviting the 65-member Crouch End Festival Chorus to collaborate. Epic arrangements to classic songs ...
Ray Davies still struggles to talk about the 2004 shooting that left him hospitalised – but feels sorry for his attacker. The Kinks frontman, 79, was shot when he chased muggers who targeted him and a ...
As a member of the Jayhawks, Gary Louris has made music with Ray Davies of the Kinks and other figures throughout his long career like legendary producer Bob Ezrin. But for his newest solo album, Dark ...
The story and music of The Kinks belong on Broadway. No question. We’ve had “Jersey Boys,” “The Who’s Tommy,” Beatlemanias, The Doors and “Stereophonic.” Ray Davies’ band was a poetic paradox and thus ...
Michael Eavis has confirmed that Ray Davies and Jackson Browne are the latest additions to this summer's Glastonbury Festival. Kinks frontman Davies has been unveiled as the Sunday afternoon "legend's ...