Since the 1980s, Ray Davies has intermittently led a seminar for aspiring songwriters through England’s Arvon Foundation — a side hustle he landed, of course, as a result of the dozens of classic ...

The Kinks musician Ray Davies reflected on 'Dedicated Follower of Fashion' and called it a "venomous" attack as dark as black ...

The Kinks have assumed several different guises in their impressive rock and roll history. They began as furious riff-rockers, segued into intelligent popsters, took a hallowed pit stop in theme album ...

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 ...

The Kinks defined the mod rock sounds of the 1960s, but the following decade saw them fall by the wayside a little, requiring a renaissance to stay on top.

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. British artist Ray Davies, left, performs at the Hard Rock Calling Festival in London's Hyde Park, Saturday, June 25, 2011. This ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. In 1971, the great British rock group The Kinks embarked on a new phase of their ...

Guitar legend Dave Davies of The Kinks was asked on Twitter to pick a song from the band’s repertoire that is most relevant for today’s turbulent times. And he picked a gem. National Geographic’s ...

It can be illuminating to consider artists not through the works that make them famous, but in the light of their other aspirations and obsessions: Henry James as playwright, Neil Young as new wave ...