Reuters - Apr 10, 2008
Considering the storms he's weathered, the sheer joviality expressed by Ray Davies onstage is positively rejuvenating. On a short tour to promote his excellent second solo disc Working Man's Cafe...
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Ray Davies, Working Man s Cafe (New West Records) Brits have a long tradition of helping Americans see their own country better. Witness the British Invasion itself, in which bands like the Beatles,...
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The Bee Gees will receive a lifetime achievement award from a music industry group in Beverly Hills in May, organizers said on Monday. The pop legends will be presented with the Icon Award during performing...
More »Reuters - Jan 2, 2007
This year s first Coolest Song of the Week comes from an appropriately cool place: Solna, Sweden. The Nomads have been leading the contemporary garage rock movement in Sweden since 1980 -- a virtual...
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The former frontman of the groundbreaking British rock band the Kinks was presented with an Icon award on Tuesday for what organizers said was his enduring influence on generations of music makers....
More »Reuters - Aug 23, 2006
UK rock outfit Razorlight has returned to U.S. shores to promote its self-titled second effort, though its stay may be brief. Originally intending to tour the U.S. with compatriot band Keane, Razorlight...
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Kinks frontman/co-founder Ray Davies will be honored with a lifetime achievement award from American performing rights organization BMI in London on October 3 The BMI Icon honor, to be presented during...
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For a band whose records often plumb the depths of despair, Belle & Sebastian sure has a good time on stage. The Scottish group filled the house for Saturday s first of two weekend dates at the Wiltern...
More »E! Online - Apr 22, 2005
Prosecutors in the Big Easy are tired of waiting for Ray Davies is apparently too busy for vengeance. The Kinks frontman says he won t make the transatlantic trip anytime soon to testify against...
More »AP - Apr 21, 2005
Ray Davies, the longtime lead singer of The Kinks, didn t return to testify against a man who allegedly drove a getaway car for a gunman who robbed Davies companion and shot the singer in the leg. Defendant...
More »AP - Jan 26, 2005
In 2001, Martin Amis, Rick Moody and other authors and artists gathered in New York to honor a peer they regarded as a giant of the times. They compared him to Walt Whitman, Mark Twain and Arthur Rimbaud...
More »AP - Jan 22, 2005
Bob Dylan , the unofficial poet laureate of the rock n roll generation, has now been officially placed alongside such literary greats as Philip Roth and Adrienne Rich, not to mention biographies of Shakespeare...
More »Reuters - Dec 13, 2004
U2, the Pretenders, Buddy Guy, Percy Sledge, and the O Jays will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at its 20th annual induction ceremony, to be held March 14 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel...
More »Reuters - Oct 10, 2004
Sex, drugs, and rock n roll are all well and good, but as the years pass they get harder to do gracefully. Well, at least the drugs and rock n roll part, hangovers and amp-induced tinnitus taking longer...
More »AP - Aug 11, 2004
Dave Davies , one of the founding members of British rock group The Kinks, has been partially paralyzed by a stroke he suffered in June, his spokesman said. Spokesman Alan Robinson said Davies, 57,...
More »E! Online - Aug 11, 2004
Dave Davies is working out the kinks after suffering a stroke last month. The 57-year-old cofounder of the influential British rock band the Kinks collapsed in an elevator June 30 after giving a...
More »Reuters - Mar 26, 2004
David Byrne has confirmed the first leg of a North American tour to kick off May 12 in Buffalo, N.Y. The former Talking Heads frontman will play 24 dates on this leg, concentrating mostly on the East...
More »AP - Mar 17, 2004
Kinks songwriter Ray Davies , shot in the leg by a mugger two months ago, said Wednesday that he hopes to be jumping around onstage soon. Davies, 59, leaned on a walking stick as he appeared at Buckingham...
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Ray Davies , frontman of legendary British rockers The Kinks, was due to be honored by Queen Elizabeth Wednesday for his services to music. The Kinks shot to fame in 1964 with You Really Got Me, which...
More »AP - Jan 5, 2004
Singer-songwriter Ray Davies of the celebrated British rock band the Kinks was shot in the leg while chasing thieves who snatched a purse from a woman he was with, police said Monday. He was not seriously...
More »AP - Dec 30, 2003
Could Queen Elizabeth II be a rock n roll fan? Legendary guitarist Eric Clapton and Kinks founder Ray Davies received royal honors Wednesday, becoming Commanders of the Order of the British Empire...
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