Ray Davies News and Photos

Elton John, Ray Davies and Elvis Costello confirmed for Hyde Park shows

Tue, May 21 2013 3:50pm - Source: NME

Elton John will headline the final night of the Barclaycard Presents British Summer Time festival at London's Hyde Park. The last day of the event will celebrate the best of British songwritimg and will feature Elton John, The Kinks' Ray Davies and Elvis Costello on Friday July 12.

Noel Gallagher urges David Beckham to take up songwriting following retirement

Fri, May 17 2013 4:41pm - Source: NME

Noel Gallagher has said that David Beckham should take up songwriting now that he has retired from football.

Readers recommend: songs about villages – results

Thu, May 16 2013 2:34pm - Source: The Guardian Music Blog

Having always dwelt in large cities, the prospect of listening to a glut of songs about village life filled me with curiosity.

Woods - 'God's Children' [Listen]

Thu, April 11 2013 6:32pm - Source: The Four Oh Five

Is 'God's Children' the most overlooked Kinks track, perhaps denying it classic status?

Planet Gear: The Leisure Society on Making Alone Aboard The Ark

Tue, April 02 2013 4:10pm - Source: Drowned In Sound

'Planet Gear' is an irregular feature on DiS, in which we ask musicians to get a bit geeky and talk us through the equipment that makes the 'magic' happen...

Carnaby Street: Rolling Stones sign up for new swinging 60s musical

Thu, February 28 2013 3:21pm - Source: The Independent - Music

The Musical will feature 30 classic tracks including "Let's Spend the Night Together", the Stones' 1967 hit.

Almost Hits: The Kinks, “Waterloo Sunset” (1967)

Tue, February 26 2013 12:43pm - Source: Something Else!

I would've thought there was enough of a melancholic beauty and universal appeal to the 1967 Kinks' classic "Waterloo Sunset" that it would have transcended any Anglocentric provincialism , enough at least to have broken through to the Billboard Hot 100 to match the Top 10 ranks it reached in charts in the U.K., Australia, New Zealand and most of Europe.

David Bowie: Fantastic Voyages From Beyond The Hits

Tue, January 08 2013 9:45am - Source: The Quietus

God knows he's good... and so does The Quietus.

Ray Davies: "I get very emotional when I write"

Thu, January 03 2013 9:15am - Source: Uncut.co.uk

Ray Davies sheds light on his new projects, including an opera, a film and a solo album, in the new issue of Uncut, out on Thursday (January 3, 2013).

Binky Philips: More of My Damn Opinions About Guitarists and Guitars

Fri, December 07 2012 6:43pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

Much more importantly, it was gratifying to see how many of you care about guitars and those who play them -- although I did get one sarcastic message: "I had no idea guitars are so important"...

Kinks frontman Ray Davies: 'my songs were ammunition'

Tue, November 27 2012 4:29pm - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

Ray Davies of the Kinks has admitted that he used to write songs to "get" people who had upset him.

Books: Who I Am: A Memoir by Pete Townshend

Tue, November 06 2012 12:47pm - Source: Something Else!

In an undelivered letter "written to the gods," Pete Townshend advised his young son on his first birthday in 1990 to "Be a pessimist. It is the safest, most pragmatic way to be. Being an optimist may enrich the lives of others … but it leads you unaware to danger."