Ray Davies of The Kinks is an eminent songwriter. His work is timeless. One song, in particular, influenced him to pick up the guitar back in the '50s.

The Kinks played a leading part of the British Invasion of America. With Ray Davies' incredible song-writing talent at the helm, they soon became one of popular music's most significant bands, ...

LONDON - NOVEMBER 16: (L-R) The Kinks band members Mick Avory, Dave Davies, Peter Quaife and Ray Davies pose backstage with the award for their induction into the UK Music Hall Of Fame 2005, the ...

The road to reunion for the Kinks has been fraught with in-fighting and bitter sibling rivalry, but despite it all the band has made its way back in the recording studio. Dave Davies confirmed to ...

Along with The Beatles and The Stones, The Kinks were one of the most influential bands of their era. Their appeal and success extended far beyond the British Invasion in the ’60s, as they continued ...

The consensus on 2016 so far, at least from a music-lover’s perspective, is that it’s been a very bad year. With so many influential, culture-defining artists having passed on, it’s easy to overlook ...

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 ...

“I’ve found that a lot of Kinks music is pretty timeless in the sense that it’s not really been in one particular age or time, but in some ways quite futuristic.” Photo-Illustration: Vulture. Photo: ...

Guitarist Dave Davies recently told The Independent that he is “optimistic” about a possible reunion of The Kinks in time for the 60th anniversary of their first hit, “You Really Got Me,” which was ...

The Kinks meditate on lazy days and mortality in “Time Song,” an unreleased track that’s on the band’s upcoming 50th anniversary edition of The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, out ...

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