Ray Davies the cornerstone of the Kinks is one of his countrys greatest songwriters Over four decades he has provided a feast for all comers regardless of social station from the simple urgency of You ...

Former Kinks guitarist Dave Davies has a few irons in the fire that are all potentially due this year: a new solo album; a collaborative album with his son, Russ, titled Open Road; and a documentary ...

Ray Davies formed the Kinks with his younger brother Dave in 1964, and the band had a long, tempestuous, and productive run. The Kinks were among the great creative and commercial forces of the ...

At sixty-three, Ray Davies is still pretty feisty: After getting shot during a mugging in 2004, the Kinks frontman recovered and knocked out 2006’s solid solo album Other People’s Lives. On this ...

Ray Davies’s first solo album and first new studio album since the Kinks’ Phobia from 1993 might seem like cause for celebration, especially if you’re a young Kinks konvert who hasn’t bothered to ...

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 ...

The Kinks were on the verge of collapse when they began 1969’s Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire). They’d just parted ways with original bassist Pete Quaife and their previous ...

ALBANY — Ray Davies is one of the most underrated rock songsmiths — that is, if it's possible to be a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with a stack of Top 20 hits to your credit and still be ...