‘Dead End Street’ is a particularly notable early example of Davies’ knack for social realism within his songwriting, but The ...

Tracing the roots of how The Kinks frontman Ray Davies wrote their hit song 'A Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy' which was inspired by ...

The Kinks enjoyed two decades of US chart success, but what was the last song of theirs to reach the American Top 40?

Ray Davies, he observed, was never fashionable, and his songs for his band, the Kinks, were "as pared as nursery rhymes." Cohn wrote that in 1969, when the Kinks were on the outs in their native ...

The Kinks were formed in London in 1964 by brothers Ray and Dave Davies, a pair of gifted musicians who would also become ...

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.

What happens when you build your life — and your friendships — around a band that can’t keep it together forever.

(CNN)-- Even Rock and Roll Hall of Famers aren't free from the hassles of touring. During a phone interview from Tasmania, where Kinks frontman Ray Davies is scheduled to play an afternoon concert ...

Ray Davies interviewed: “Those English themes became a way of cocooning myself.” Ray Davies: “By 1967 the songs defined me. They gave me a personality. I don’t talk very much to people. I never did.

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 ...

ORDER NOW: Tom Waits is on the cover of the latest UNCUT In a statement posted online, Ray and Dave Davies and Mick Avory paid tribute to their former bandmate. “We are deeply saddened by ...

Ray Davies, The Waterboys, Nick Lowe and Seasick Steve have been confirmed to play the new Westport Festival of Music and Performing Arts in County Mayo, Ireland. Running on Saturday, June 23 and ...