‘Dead End Street’ is a particularly notable early example of Davies’ knack for social realism within his songwriting, but The Kinks quickly moved on to more profound and expansive projects. In 1967, ...

Tracing the roots of how The Kinks frontman Ray Davies wrote their hit song 'A Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy' which was inspired by ...

The Kinks enjoyed two decades of US chart success, but what was the last song of theirs to reach the American Top 40?

What happens when you build your life — and your friendships — around a band that can't keep it together forever.

Ray Davies, he observed, was never fashionable, and his songs for his band, the Kinks, were "as pared as nursery rhymes." Cohn wrote that in 1969, when the Kinks were on the outs in their native ...

The Kinks were formed in London in 1964 by brothers Ray and Dave Davies, a pair of gifted musicians who would also become ...

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.

Ray Davies interviewed: “Those English themes became a way of cocooning myself.” Ray Davies: “By 1967 the songs defined me. They gave me a personality. I don’t talk very much to people. I never did.

ORDER NOW: Tom Waits is on the cover of the latest UNCUT In a statement posted online, Ray and Dave Davies and Mick Avory paid tribute to their former bandmate. “We are deeply saddened by ...

Tony Langley’s Gladiator Sailing Team made a strong start at the 2025 52 SUPER SERIES, winning the first race and finishing second in the secon ...

Arts writer Geoff Edgers produced and starred in a 2010 documentary, “Do It Again,” about his quirky quest to convince Ray and Dave Davies to reunite the Kinks (spoiler: He failed), during ...