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Sonia Friedman Productions and ATG Productions have announced the principal casting for Sunny Afternoon – which will return for a brand new tour later this year.
Dave Davies and Mick Avory dish on the rebirth of the Kinks, who dominated U.S. arenas in the '70s and '80s, rocking the ...
Ray Davies thought that The Kinks were on the verge of separating, and he inadvertently wrote one of their most poignant songs as a result.
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.
Ray Davies didn't like what he saw in his old neighborhood. That inspired The Kinks' classic "Muswell Hillbilly".
Kinks frontman Ray Davies wrote a staggering number of songs during the band’s early years. For proof, look no further than The Anthology 1964-1971, a new 139-track collection that includes 25 ...
Legendary singer on growing up near Highbury, going to school with Rod Stewart and how football influenced his groundbreaking ...
The band’s famously chilled out frontman Ray Davies had a hard time accepting that people thought Eddie Van Halen & co. wrote his timeless classic ...
The Kinks, from the British Invasion, evolved steadily over time. They stayed true to their roots but still tried new things to stay strong.
If You Really Got Me is the first thing that springs to mind when you think of The Kinks then fear not, you aren’t alone. Their 1964 hit defined an era with that ‘slashed speaker’ sound ...
“I WAS terrible at maths,” admits Ray Davies. The Kinks frontman, chief songwriter and master storyteller is sifting through the mists of time to his troubled schooldays. “I was so awful at ...