Kinks


Interviews


Interview With Mick Avory (2011)

Kinks - Interview With Mick Avory

With their first three albums having just been re-released in expanded double CD editions, Mick Avory, the drummer with the Kinks from the early 1960's until 1984, speaks about his years with the band and their continuing influence


Profiles

Kinks (2011)

Kinks - Kinks

The Kinks have just re-released their first three albums, 'The Kinks', 'Kinda Kinks' and 'The Kinks Kontroversy', in deluxe editions. Richard Lewis examines each of their three albums and their lasting legacy


Features

Ray Davies - Americana; The Kinks. the Road and the Perfect Riff (2014)

Kinks - Ray Davies - Americana; The Kinks. the Road and the Perfect Riff

In her book column 'Raging Pages' Lisa Torem reflects on the Kinks' Ray Davies' second book of autobiography, 'Americana: The Kinks, the Road and the Perfect Riff', which is about his love and hate relationship with the United States


Reviews


Kinks at the BBC (2012)
Kinks - Kinks at the BBC

Essential six CD box set of recordings made at the BBC by the Kinks during their thirty year history


Related


Interviews

Dave Davies
Interview Dave Davies - Interview

Lisa Torem speaks to former Kinks guitarist Dave Davies about 'I Will Be Me', his new solo album


Cinnamon Chasers
Interview Brought Low - Interview

DJ, producer, multi-instrumentalist Russ Davies, who makes music under the moniker of Cinnamon Chasers, is the son of Dave and nephew of Ray Davies from the Kinks. He speaks to Lisa Torem about Cinnamon Chasers' just released debut album, 'A Million Miles from Home'


Profiles

Book-And...On Piano, Nicky Hopkins
The Extraordinary Life of Rock's Greatest Session Man Nicky Hopkins - The Extraordinary Life of Rock's Greatest Session Man

Spencer Robertshaw examines Julian Dawson's extraordinary new biography about the tragic life of keyboard player Nicky Hopkins, who was a session player for amongst many others the Rolling Stones, the Who, the Kinks, Art Garfunkel, David Bowie and the Beatles


DVD-: You Really Got Me
The Story of the Kinks Yes - The Story of the Kinks

New Kinks DVD chronicles their history from their beginnings in the early 1960s until their break-up in the mid 1990s. While often flawed, Tony Gaughan nevertheless finds it to be often compulsive viewing


Live

Magneta Lane
Zaphods, Ottawa, 24/3/2005 Miscellaneous - Zaphods, Ottawa, 24/3/2005

New Canadian trio Magneta Lane include the Velvet Underground, the Kinks and Nancy Sinatra amongst their influences. Andrew Carver finds the three piece's blend of pop and punk toally captivating in Ottawa