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

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 ...

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 ...

Ray Davies has a new LP on the way entitled See My Friends due on November 1st. The release will see The Kinks frontman pairing with multiple bands to re-record, and sometimes re-imagine, Kinks songs.

The Kinks' catalog is teeming with brilliant songs. These four standouts might have eluded you the first time around.

Ray Davies discussed his unusual vocal delivery on the Kinks’ classic track “Waterloo Sunset,” saying he tried to keep the lyrics hidden from his bandmates as they worked on the tune. In a recent ...

DETROIT (Billboard) - After reinterpreting his past for "The Kinks Choral Collection," which comes out Tuesday, Ray Davies says that "my initial instinct is to write some new songs again." And he may ...

In 1971, the great British rock group The Kinks embarked on a new phase of their career by signing with RCA Records. Freed from their old label Pye's insistence on hit singles, Ray Davies' song ...

During the last several years, both Ray and his brother, founding Kinks guitarist Dave Davies, have revealed in interviews that they are open to doing a reunion project and have even worked on some ...

The Kinks' 60-year history has been quite a journey. At times, the discord between brothers Ray and Dave Davies threatened to overshadow the music that was being made. But as Ray writes in the liner ...