Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) | yesterday
Regular readers of this blog know that I am a huge Kinks fan. Watch and listen as Ray Davies, the genius frontman of that late, great band, discusses and then performs "Thanksgiving Day." Technorati tags: Americana Thanksgiving america usa The Kinks Ray Davies music rock British Invasion entertainment video
Moistworks: An MP3 Boombox (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
THANKSGIVING DAY Ray Davies Other People's Lives V2 : 2006 [Buy It] THANKSGIVING DAY Johnny Dowd Wrong Side of Memphis Munich : 1998 [Buy It] THANKSGIVING Mary Gauthier Between Daylight and Dusk Lost Highway : 2007 [Buy It] THANKSGIVING Loudon Wainwright III Career Moves Virgin : 1993 [Buy It] ALMOST THANKSGIVING DAY Graham Parker Available on: Bloodied But Unbowed Bloodshot : 2006 [Buy It]...
Crooked Timber (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Okay, so he’s 65 and perhaps his voice isn’t what it once was – actually, I’m not sure his voice was ever what it once was – I haven’t seen him play live for probably 25 years, so I can’t really remember too well. But oh, those songs! He’s touring in support of a new [...]
prefixmag (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Ray Davies - Berklee Performance Center (Boston, MA) - Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Of the widely recognized 'top tier' British Invasion bands, I'd reckon that The Kinks would consistently fail to podium, when compared to The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who. Of course, coming up fourth against combos of that nature is nothing to hang your head over, and one could make a credible argument...
prefixmag (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Because of Davies' classical songwriting bent, it would seem to make sense for him to produce a choral arrangement to his music. That's not what's puzzling here. What's bizarre here is the song selection. Of everything in the Kinks’ seemingly infinite catalog, “You Really Got Me” may be the last song you’d expect a choir to sing. There are six Village Green songs here, and although each works...
TONY Blog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Perfect Friday: Leonardo's lab, Ray Davies and more
CHOCOLATE BOBKA (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
"I'm not frightened by this world believe me" Ray Davies played the first of 2 shows at NYC's Town Hall last night. This show was one of 3 US shows featuring a choir performing tracks from The Kinks Choral Collection . The first set was mostly acoustic renditions of Kinks classics. The second set featured the Dessoff Chamber Choir, who not having performed any of this material before,...
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Holy Hell An old Kinks tradition of throwing paper plates onto the stage with song requests written on them was thwarted by security at Ray Davies ' Choral Collection concert at Town Hall on Thursday. The overzealous goons rushed to the front row thinking the worst, even trying to evict an innocent petite plate-throwing fan from the first row. Davies...
The Daily Gazette stories (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Unlike 95 percent of performers, now or ever, Ray Davies actually has greater star power than stardom: He’s greater than his acclaim. And that acclaim is considerable.
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Just got back from Ray Davies at The Egg - what a great show!! First half was acoustic, second was with the band. The Egg is such a nice, intimate venue....
prefixmag (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Prefix’s Jim Allen recently conducted an excellent interview with Kinks member Ray Davies, and the singer showed up on David Letterman’s show last night (Nov. 18) to perform a version of the classic “You Really Got Me.” Incredibly, the song was first released 45 years ago, in August 1964. Letterman describes Davies as a “legend” and few would argue...
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
"I have a lot of shifts in mood," Ray Davies told the crowd at Berklee Performance Center Tuesday night by way of introduction to a song of conflicting emotion,...
Impossible Kisses (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... considered the “next big thing” and even already famous musicians enjoyed their music. Ray Davies of The Kinks briefly took them under his wing and produced some of their songs. Then the Beatles took Ham and Evans under their wing. Paul McCartney gave them his song “Come And Get It.” He produced it for them and guided their arrangements of their own songs. While working...
No Countries No Religion (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
“The world's goin' crazy and Nobody gives a damn anymore. And they're breakin' off relationships and Leavin' on sailin' ships for far and distant shores. You're my brother, Though I didn't know you yesterday. I'm your brother. Together we can find a way” Ray Davies Noam Chomsky condemns 'immoral' Afghan war The Left thinks that Glenn Beck is crazy. The Right thinks that Noam Chomsky...
thus spake drake (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... Stills & Nash are on the marquee, but it's the prospect of Metallica backing Lou Reed and Ray Davies , or Bruce Springsteen and Tom Morello launching into The Clash's "London Calling" that really grease the wheels. All that was missing was Neil Young , Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell ( Eric Clapton cancelled at the last minute due to illness). The concert airs on HBO Sunday night...
The Lichfield Blog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
A group who describe themselves as the Midlands’ ”hardest working rock ’n’ roll band” are set to perform in Lichfield. Sixteria play at the Kings Head tomorrow (November 21). The band cite their influences as everything from Alice Cooper to Ray Davies – and it’s clearly a strategy that’s working given their growing reputation on the local music...
