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 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 ...

The Kinks have assumed several different guises in their impressive rock and roll history. They began as furious riff-rockers, segued into intelligent popsters, took a hallowed pit stop in theme album ...

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 ...

When the Kinks' sixth album, The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, was released in November 1968, the band was more than three years removed from its last Top 10 hit. The preceding two ...

It can be illuminating to consider artists not through the works that make them famous, but in the light of their other aspirations and obsessions: Henry James as playwright, Neil Young as new wave ...

The Kinks meditate on lazy days and mortality in “Time Song,” an unreleased track that’s on the band’s upcoming 50th anniversary edition of The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, out ...

Guitar legend Dave Davies of The Kinks was asked on Twitter to pick a song from the band’s repertoire that is most relevant for today’s turbulent times. And he picked a gem. National Geographic’s ...

Van Halen formed in 1972, and since then, they have blessed rock music with classic rock hits, from original songs to covers.

LOS ANGELES (CN) - Warner/Chappell Music breached an agreement to grant licenses for two Kinks songs to musical play because former frontman Ray Davies wanted them for his own show, "Sunny Afternoon," ...