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 ...

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' 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 ...

Having carved out a considerable legacy with the Kinks, Ray Davies is well aware that it’s the songs from that body of work that the concert goers are paying to see. He also says that we shouldn’t ...

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 ...

Ray Davies has a new LP on the way entitled See My Friends due on November 1st. The release will see The Kinks frontman pairing with multiple bands to re-record, and sometimes re-imagine, Kinks songs.

DETROIT (Billboard) - After reinterpreting his past for "The Kinks Choral Collection," which comes out Tuesday, Ray Davies says that "my initial instinct is to write some new songs again." And he may ...

The Kinks have been teasing fans about a reunion that never seems to materialize for the greater part of the past decade, but it’s now finally happening. In a 2018 interview with Channel 4 News in ...

The British-born rock band The Kinks is one of the most underappreciated rock bands of all time. Part of the British Invasion, which included the Beatles and The Rolling Stones, The Kinks remain ...

Long-suffering Kinks fans were given yet another jolt of hope earlier this week Dave Davies told Rolling Stone that the he’s been recording music with his brother Ray along with original Kinks drummer ...