The curious incident in question occurred in 1982 at the Sheraton Hotel in Richmond, Virginia. Davies was on the road with The Kinks, the revolutionary British rock band he’d co-founded two decades ...
In a new interview on BBC Channel 4, Ray Davies says he, brother Dave Davies and drummer Mick Avory are back together as The Kinks. “The trouble is, the two remaining members – my brother Dave and ...
Ray Davies most recent album was 2010’s collaborative See All My Friends. No follow-up has been announced, but Ray does have a new book, Americana: The Kinks, the Riff, the Road: The Story, which will ...
The Kinks' 60-year history has been quite a journey. At times, the discord between brothers Ray and Dave Davies threatened to overshadow the music that was being made. But as Ray writes in the liner ...
Ray Davies set the rock world aflutter late in June when he casually seemed to say that the Kinks were getting back together — and then characteristically undercut his comment by saying they’d be ...
Ray Davies discussed his unusual vocal delivery on the Kinks’ classic track “Waterloo Sunset,” saying he tried to keep the lyrics hidden from his bandmates as they worked on the tune. In a recent ...
Last year's Ray Davies album seemed for all the world like it could likely be the last one of his career. The head Kink hadn't put out much in the decade prior except for an album where he played his ...
Ray Davies has always been one of rock's forgotten heroes. Yes, he's in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and he's certainly high on just about every thoughtful rocker's list of influences, but while ...
Ray Davies has announced that warring classic rockers The Kinks are finally at peace and will reunite for a new album. Long before Noel and Liam Gallagher were the top feuding brothers in rock music, ...
For more than 50 years, the recently knighted Sir Raymond Douglas Davies, CBE, has been fascinated with American music and American culture. In the early 1960s, he and his brother Dave formed The ...
One of the most enduring sibling rivalries of the past half-century is showing signs of a detente: The Kinks’ Ray Davies has confirmed conversations with his younger brother Dave that could reunite ...