Classic rock band The Kinks is grieving a personal loss following the death of a good friend. The British band emerged on the ...

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 ...

'He wanted to be contrary': Ray Davies in 1967 - Getty For Ray Davies, lead singer of The Kinks, the British Invasion was not all it was cracked up to be. Less than a year after The Beatles opened 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 ...

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 ...

CHICAGO — “There was the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who and the Kinks,” says Arnold Engelman, the New York producer who has been pursuing the story of the last band on that list for some 20 ...

Amy Macdonald has recorded a track with Ray Davies. The Scottish singer - whose debut album 'This Is The Life' shot to number one in the UK charts - Has a long list of people she wants to collaborate ...

“There was The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, The Who and The Kinks,” says Arnold Engelman, the New York producer who has been pursuing the story of the last band on that list for some 20 years. “And ...

Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares stories of memorable rock ‘n’ roll encounters that took place in our local environs. This week, Lee meets a well respected man, Ray Davies. The ups ...

The folks at Chicago Shakespeare Theater are nothing if not considerate. On opening night of “Sunny Afternoon,” the jukebox musical about 1960s Brit-rockers The Kinks, they thoughtfully provided ear ...

Who invented heavy metal music? The list of those cited as inventing rock music's sub genre includes iconic musicians Jimi Hendrix, and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin. But could it be the guitarist for ...

NEW YORK (Billboard) - The Kinks are writing songs for a potential reunion album, frontman Ray Davies told BBC News, even though his estranged brother and bandmate seems to want no part of it. "We've ...