Today (June 21) marks the 80th birthday of Ray Davies, best known as the longtime frontman of The Kinks. During his band’s 30-year career, the insightful and prolific singer/songwriter composed dozens ...

Davies' influences are scattered far and wide —but he hasn't always appreciated how musicians have responded to the Kinks' music ...

The Kinks own one of the most staggering catalogs in all rock history. Over a period of 30 years, the British rock legends delivered a series of albums and singles that combined brilliant songwriting ...

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 ...

Dave Davies looks back fondly on the era captured in a new collection of the greatest hits the Kinks released after signing to Arista Records in the ‘70s. “The Journey – Part 3” comes out July 11, ...

In 1971, the great British rock group The Kinks embarked on a new phase of their career by signing with RCA Records. Freed from their old label Pye's insistence on hit singles, Ray Davies' song ...

The Kinks, one of the greatest ever British rock groups, continue the 60th Anniversary celebrations of their illustrious musical journey with part two of their career-defining anthology, The Journey, ...

Davies told Corgan the US ban caused the Kinks to think more “inwardly” after producing more satirical records in the past.

John Gosling, who served as keyboardist for the Kinks throughout their fruitful Seventies period, has died at the age of 75. The band announced Gosling’s death in a statement Friday, “We are deeply ...

I believe it was Tolstoy who once said that all great online takes are alike, but each half-baked take is half-baked in its own way. It appears electronic music virtuoso Moby decided to prove the ...

Ray Davies has reportedly confirmed that he is writing a musical on The Kinks and is looking at ways to find its perfect cast. The singer, who founded the rock group with his brother Dave in 1964, ...