the kinks

Fa la la! Which Christmas song sings to the spirit of your zodiac sign?

From November 1 onward to New Year's Day we are inundated with the background sounds of the most wonderful time of the year. For some, its fa-la-la-la f--k off with...

Classic rock group's keyboardist dead at 75

British rock band The Kinks are known for influencing American artists with hits including 'Lola' and 'Come Dancing'

Dave Davies' remarkable recovery from a stroke

Dave Davies can still shred a guitar like it’s 1964 — when the Kinks shot to rock immortality with “You Really Got Me” on the power of his raunchy opening...

What a rip off! 6 cases of alleged musical plagiarism

On Tuesday, the family of Marvin Gaye filed suit against Miley Cyrus twerk object Robin Thicke for ripping off the late soul singer’s music. Gaye’s heirs claim Thicke’s songs “Blurred...

Kinks singer spills on his American love affair

Ray Davies, lead singer and songwriter for the British invasion’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band the Kinks, was a New Yorker from the late ’70s to the mid-’80s,...