The Kinks' Ray Davies, an icon of the British music scene, has been discussing some of the music that means the most to him.

A deeply personal 1967 song became one of the most acclaimed tracks ever recorded—even though it barely made an impact in the ...

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 ...

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There was a subtle, cultish energy behind The Kinks' seminal hit "Waterloo Sunset", which is partially why it worked so well.

Nobody told Ray Davies that there was a somewhat limited range of topics about which most songwriters were expected to write. Davies, frontman of The Kinks, tended to stray far from the rock and roll ...

In 1964, the Kinks released what would become their breakthrough hit with the song “You Really Got Me.” The single, from the ...

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 ...

Kinks guitarist Dave Davies has come to the defense of his brother, singer/songwriter Ray Davies after Moby criticized the Kinks’ 1970 crossdressing classic hit “Lola” in a recent interview with The ...

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 ...

Kinks guitarist Dave Davies has come to the defense of his brother, singer/songwriter Ray Davies after Moby criticized the ...