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. He took an ...

“A friend of mine, Steve Jordan, who now plays drums with the Rolling Stones, instigated my first meeting with Keith Richards,” Steve Bolton tells Guitar Player. “Steve liked to hang out with us while ...

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 ...

Ray Davies has taken an unusual approach to reinterpreting songs from their massive catalogue by inviting the 65-member Crouch End Festival Chorus to collaborate. Epic arrangements to classic songs ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ray Davies still struggles to talk about the 2004 shooting that left him hospitalised – but feels sorry for his attacker. The Kinks frontman, 79, was shot when he chased muggers who targeted him and a ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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, Dark ...

Ray Davies lead singer and rhythm guitarist for British pop icons The Kinks performs songs from his release "The Storyteller.&quot Ray Davies lead singer and rhythm guitarist for British pop icons The ...