The Kinks appeared in the tidal wave of music that poured out of England in the early 1960s. They were sandwiched in among the Beatles, Stones, Who and Hollies, the Dave Clark Five and Gerry and ...

The Kinks became mature miniaturists. Lola was a blockbuster chart comeback, but the LP containing it was roundly ignored. Ray’s decision to make it a protest album about the music biz probably ...

The Kinks were responsible for writing some of the most exciting, enervating songs in rock, but on 'Strangers', Dave Davies proved they could get down deep, too.

Bob Dylan inspired Ray Davies of The Kinks to write “Sunny Afternoon”, but it wasn’t “inspiration” in the general sense. While writing the song, Davies was exhausted and over it living in London. He ...

The Kinks' “All Day and All Of The Night” debuts on three charts in the U.K. this week, hitting the top 10 on two of them, decades after it was first released.

"To the end, Jim's life was dedicated to music," Argent continued, in a lengthy tribute posted on Saturday. "He will be unbelievably missed." The Kinks' Dave Davies paid tribute to his former ...

The Allman Brothers. ZZ Top. Dolly Parton. The Beach Boys. Willie Nelson. Lou Reed. The Kinks. In the late 1970s, you could find all of their handprints—and many more—in the sidewalk outside ...

an explosion of new music coming from the U.K. led in large part due to the success of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who and the Kinks. Almost twenty years after, British music ruled the ...

PEPPER. However, Ray Davies and his Kinks were looking back in time for musical inspiration. Mixing classic rock & roll, blues, American country and English dance hall music, The Kinks were ahead ...

Murray treated attendees to a rendition of Dylan’s 1965 track ‘Like A Rolling Stone’ and The Kinks’ ‘Tired Of ... San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall for a two-night run on ...