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10 Brilliant Musicians Who've Battled Mental Illness

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. So we decided to honor a few of those musicians who have battled with mental illness against all odds, while giving us wonderful music.  read more

Catching Up with Ray Davies

Until recently, British Invasion songwriting icon Ray Davies, 66, had limited most of his musical collaborations to his longtime band the Kinks.  read more

Ray Davies Talks Kinks Reunion

Ray Davies intends to see brother Dave next week to discuss a Kinks reunion. However, Dave recently made some rather negative comments about his brother, calling him an “arsehole” and suggesting that the singer was uninterested in reforming the band, which split in 1996....  read more

Ray Davies Announces U.S. Tour Dates

Legendary Kinks frontman Ray Davies will cross the pond this month for a handful of dates....  read more

Ray Davies Reveals Star-Studded Guest List for New Album

Rumors have been circulating for a while now that legendary Kinks frontman Ray Davies has been teaming up with some famous friends for a new album, and yesterday it was confirmed that he’s making progress on the as-yet-untitled collaboration....  read more

Ray Davies Takes Choral Show on Tour

Last week, Ray Davies told us of his forthcoming choral collection: a new album Kinks classics featuring a full choir. And this November, you can hear it for yourself, live and in 65-voice surround sound: Davies just announced a seven-city, eight-date tour through the U.S. Although some of the dates will find Davies playing solo, the New York dates will feature The Vox Society Choir and the New York shows will feature The Dessoff Chamber Choir....  read more

Ray Davies Talks Choral Collection and Kinks Reunion, Shares Two Songs From New Album

Ray Davies was kicked out of his school choir at age 11...  read more

Davy Graham: 1940 - 2008

British musician Davy Graham died Monday from a massive seizure after a short battle with lung cancer. He was 68 years old. The little-known guitarist, singer and arranger got his start playing folk-blues clubs in the early 1960s, where his fusion of folk, blues and jazz with Arabic and Indian flourishes caught the ear of several artists who would become hugely influential in years to come....  read more

The Kinks' Ray Davies to debut musical in September

We've been waiting all day and all of many nights (at least seven years' worth of them) for former Kinks lead singer Ray Davies to finish up his musical Come Dancing. But wait no more: NME reports Davies is finally finished and ready to fulfill your rock and roll fantasy by debuting and starring in his opus this September in London.  ...  read more

Kinks frontman Ray Davies tours in July

You have to wonder about a press release quoting The Onion in earnest. Quotes taken out of context (and a B+ from the A.V. Club) aside, Kinks frontman Ray Davies' new solo album Working Man's Cafe follows his 2006 debut solo album Other People's Lives with an acoustic tour to boot....  read more