News & Rumors
(you decide which is which)


 Thursday, 5th November, 2009
12:44 pm - This article in Uncut says Julien Temple has directed a video for Ray's "Postcard From London".
12:38 pm - The broadcast dates for Ray's Songbook show on Sky Arts are Thurs., Dec. 24 for part 1, and Thurs., Dec. 31 for part 2.
12:21 pm - There's an interview with Ray on the Boston Phoenix web site.
 
 Wednesday, 4th November, 2009
11:53 am - WhyKinks.net has a page on Ray's appearance at the RnR HoF concert last week. (Also a "not only Ray" page.)
 
 Tuesday, 3rd November, 2009
1:52 pm - Last night on Dancing With The Stars, one of the teams did a foxtrot to "Sunny Afternoon". It's on YouTube.
12:07 pm - Ray's band for his US tour this month will be drummer Damion Wilson (from Australia), guitarist Bill Shanley, bassist Dick Nolan and keyboardist Ian Gibbons. Karin Forsman (backing vocals) will be joining the tour for the east coast dates.
 
 Sunday, 1st November, 2009
1:47 pm - Several items about Ray's appearance with Metallica at the Hall of Fame concert at Madison Square Gardens on Friday:
 
 Friday, 30th October, 2009
10:04 am - According to this article, highlights from the Hall of Fame concerts this week will be shown on a 4-hour special on HBO at 8pm on Sunday, Nov. 29. The writer, John Soeder, has been tweeting live from the Madison Square Gardens concerts, as well as posting photos on Cleveland.com.
 
 Thursday, 29th October, 2009
9:29 am - An episode on the Kinks will air on the Biography channel in the US, tonight at 10pm EDT. They're advertising it as new, but it could be the same one that first aired on Biography in December 2008.
 
 Wednesday, 28th October, 2009
4:51 pm - Today's Radcliffe and Maconie Show on BBC Radio 2, they said Chrissie Hynde will be on the "Postcard From London" single, to be released on November 30th.
3:51 pm - The Kast Off Kinks web site now has part 2 of the interview with John Dalton, as well as an interview with John's wife Val Dalton.
9:52 am - In this article, Kirk from Metallica says they're doing "You Really Got Me" with Ray at the Hall of Fame concert.
 
 Tuesday, 27th October, 2009
5:13 pm - On the Ray Davies forum, Konk Central has confirmed that Ray will be singing with Metallica at the Hall of Fame show this Friday.
 
 Monday, 26th October, 2009
5:11 pm - According to this press release, Mick Avory is taking over for The Jam drummer Rick Buckler in the group From The Jam for their December tour.
4:38 pm - Ovation TV, in the US, will be airing the November 2008 episode of "Later... with Jools Holland" with Ray Davies, on November 5th at 8pm and 11pm EST.
10:47 am - The Kast Off Kinks web site has Olga's report on the fan club konvention (with photos).
 
 Sunday, 25th October, 2009
2:45 pm - The tour page on Ray's web site has been updated with info on his November US and December UK tours as to which shows will be with his band and choir and which will be band only.
 
 Thursday, 22nd October, 2009
9:45 am - Ray's appearance with Metallica at the RnR HOF concert next week has yet to be confirmed, so it's just a rumor at this point.
 
 Wednesday, 21st October, 2009
7:44 pm - Ray will be part of the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame 25th anniversary concert at Madison Square Gardens next week, according to these articles: The Examiner and Blabbermouth.net.
3:52 pm - There's an interview with Ray in Prefix magazine.
3:44 pm - Rob Peirson has posted some videos from the konvention on YouTube.
3:34 pm - WhyKinks.net has some videos from the konvention this past weekend here and here, and some photos here.
11:08 am - Here's a blog post from Dave K. on the 40th anniversary of Arthur.
10:33 am - A Kinks radio show, co-presented by Carry Munter and Kinks fan Ron Zonneveld will be broadcast tomorrow (Thursday, Oct. 22) on Dutch radio Castricum105.
10:31 am - This article in Paste magazine says that Ray will be on Letterman on November 18th.
 
 Tuesday, 20th October, 2009
4:08 pm - There will be a special edition of the Choral album released in the UK on November 23 which will include the Christmas song "Postcard From London".
3:31 pm - Kevin Tyler will be the guest host of Pat Keenan's Power Pop and Punk Hours radio show on Friday, October 23rd from 6:00-8:00 p.m. CDT. The show is broadcast from Columbia, Missouri and you can listen to it on www.kopn.org. The entire two hours except for the first and last songs (Ramones by tradition) will feature music by Ray, Dave, or The Kinks. Kevin will highlight Ray's choral album and some live Dave cuts to celebrate their upcoming U.S. tours and Ray's upcoming U.S. choral album release.
1:52 pm - Some photos of the Kinks are featured in a National Portrait Gallery exhibition in London.
1:26 pm - A couple more German reviews of the Choral album: foerdefluesterer magazine and Offenbach Post.
11:41 am - Dave Quayle has a blog post about the fan club konvention.
11:38 am - Ray showed up at the fan club konvention at the Boston Arms on Sunday and sang/played several songs with the Kast Off Kinks. The Kast Off Kinks included Mick Avory, Jim Rodford, Ian Gibbons, Dave Clarke, Debi Doss, John Dalton, John Gosling and Bob Henrit.
 
 Thursday, 15th October, 2009
9:48 am - There's a radio competition to win tickets to Ray's Philadelphia gig.
9:47 am - A DJ is taking fan questions to ask Dave Davies in an interview to promote Dave's Mohegan Sun gig. Details are on Dave's message forum.
9:45 am - "The Boat That Rocked" movie is being retitled as "Pirate Radio" for a November release in North America. The Kinks' "All Day And All Of The Night" and "Sunny Afternoon" are featured in the movie.
 
 Wednesday, 14th October, 2009
3:07 pm - There some photos from Ray's Amsterdam concert last night on Flickr.
11:33 am - The Konk Studios web site is up and running.
10:38 am - There's a Limewire blog post on the Choral album.
10:19 am - This web site claims to have pre-sale codes for Ray's LA show.
10:15 am - Here's a review of Ray's Amsterdam gig. It was just Ray, Bill Shanley and Karin -- Ray joked that the band were stuck in Mexico.
10:12 am - Here's another review of Ray's Bergen show.
 
 Tuesday, 13th October, 2009
3:57 pm - There's an LA Times feature on the Choral album and Ray's upcoming LA concert.
3:32 pm - Kinks tribute band Kinda Kinks have a promo video, which you can watch on their MySpace page.
9:39 am - Here's a preview article for Ray's Amsterdam show tonight.
9:32 am - Here's a review of Ray's Bergen gig.
9:17 am - Here's a review (with pics) of Ray's Stavanger show. There's also a photo gallery.
9:15 am - Here's another article on the Choral album.
9:13 am - This web site appears to have the pre-sale password for tickets to Ray's NYC shows.
9:07 am - There's an article about the US release of the Choral album on the Frantik magazine web site.
 
 Monday, 12th October, 2009
3:57 pm - There have been some postal disputes in the UK, so anybody going to the fan club konvention on Sunday and hasn't yet received your tickets, they'll have a list of names at the door and you'll still be able to get in.
 
 Saturday, 10th October, 2009
1:46 pm - There are reviews of Ray's Skien show here and here.
1:44 pm - There's an article about the Choral album on the SkopeMag.com web site. You can also listed to "Days" from the album there.
 
 Friday, 9th October, 2009
10:18 am - There's a new Come Dancing tour stop: Bristol Hippodrome from Monday, April 12 to Saturday, April 17.
10:15 am - Here's a press release about the US release of the Choral album.
10:10 am - The WhyKinks.net has a page for Ray's current Scandinavia tour, with lots of photos and videos.
10:07 am - The Kast Off Kinks will not change their name to the Kast OF Kinks. Thanks to everyone who voted!
10:06 am - Here's another Oslo review, from Musikknyheter.no.
10:04 am - Here's a blog review of Ray's Oslo show.
10:03 am - Here's a review of Ray's Oslo show with photos.
9:41 am - The longer, uncut interview with Ray on Norwegian TV is here.
 
 Wednesday, 7th October, 2009
10:29 am - In this interview with Jeese Laz of Locksley, he talks about touring with Ray last year.
10:23 am - This article says that Ray will be appearing on the Songbook show on Sky Arts.
10:21 am - There's a new interview with Ray on Norwegian TV.
10:03 am - Some more pro-shot photos of Ray, from the Malmo gig.
 
 Tuesday, 6th October, 2009
10:16 am - Kinks fans going to see the tribute bands The Small Fakers and the Kinkx at Cox's Yard on Oct. 23rd can get a reduced admission charge of £6 (instead of the regular £8 advance sale or £10 at the door) by emailing your name to Simon at Cox's Yard by Oct. 19th.
10:10 am - There are some pro-shot photos of Ray's Stockholm show on the rockfoto.net web site.
 
 Monday, 5th October, 2009
1:58 pm - Word is that Dave will not be appearing on Letterman with Ray, as previously rumored.
10:28 am - Here's another Stockholm review and some audience videos on YouTube.
9:38 am - Here's a blog review of Ray's Gothenburg show.
9:37 am - There's a couple blog reviews of Ray's Stockholm show here and here. And a review on UNT.se.
 
 Sunday, 4th October, 2009
11:30 am - Some audience video from the Gothenburg gig is up on YouTube.
11:26 am - Here's a review of Ray's Gothenburg concert. During "See My Friends", Ray was joined onstage by Ebbot Lundberg, singer from the Swedish band Soundtrack Of Our Lives.
11:06 am - Some interesting items from Ray's recent interviews and concerts:
  • Ray has recorded a Christmas song called "Postcard From London" with the Crouch End Festival Chorus.
  • There are plans for a West End production of Come Dancing.
  • Ray is planning follow-ups to Storyteller and X-Ray.
  • Ray was in contact recently with Julien Temple about a Kinks movie, with a working title of "The Kinks Story" and based on X-Ray and Kink.
  • An expanded edition of the Lola vs. Powerman album will be released next year.
  • Ray and Dave will appear together on the David Letterman show in "a few weeks".
11:01 am - Ray's songwriting course, which was scheduled for the end of November, has been postponed until next year because of Ray's US tour.
10:57 am - Here's a Danish review of Ray's Malmo gig.
10:56 am - another Malmo review.
10:54 am - Some audience video from Malmo has been posted on YouTube.
10:53 am - Here's another review of the Malmo gig.
10:37 am - Part one of a new interview with John Dalton is now up on the Kast Off Kinks web site.
10:36 am - There was an article in yesterday's Daily Mail's "Missing and Found" column about Ray Lovegrove, who was Shel Talmy's chauffeur and a roadie for the Kinks.
 
 Saturday, 3rd October, 2009
10:08 am - Here's a review of Ray's Malmo show (in Swedish) on the Sydsvenskan web site.
10:06 am - Here's a blog review (in Swedish) of Ray's show in Malmo last night.
 
 Friday, 2nd October, 2009
2:05 pm - There's are still some tickets left for the Official Kinks Fan Club konvention, Sunday, Oct. 18 (1pm to 5:30pm, at the Boston Arms in London). Tickets are £15 and can be reserved through the fan club. Bill Orton also says, "all booked tickets for collection on the door are of course definite bookings they do not need to e mail me to re-confirm." Copies of the new Ray compilation CD will be for sale there, depending on availability.
10:14 am - As mentioned by Konk Central on the Ray Davies forum this week, the new CD by the Swedish country music band Pilgrim, Harbour Girl, was produced by Ray, recorded at Konk, and features two original Ray songs. Pilgrim is the supporting act on Ray's Scandinavian tour (Karin Forsman of Pilgrim also sings backup vocals with Ray's band).
10:05 am - There's an interview with Ray (in Norwegian) on the adressa.no web site, to promote his Trondheim concert.
10:02 am - There's more of the interview with Ray that was on Norwegian TV last month here (starts around 18 minutes in).
 
 Thursday, 1st October, 2009
2:59 pm - Amazon now has the artwork for the upcoming Ray compilation CD.
11:17 am - There's some info from Konk Central on Ray's current Scandinavian tour and his upcoming US tour on the Ray forum.
 
 Wednesday, 30th September, 2009
11:04 am - There will be a pre-konvention fan gathering on Saturday, Oct. 17th at O'Neill's on Muswell Hill Broadway around 7.00pm and then moving on to The Alex on Fortis Green until closing time. There's a Facebook page for the event.
11:01 am - Ray's US booking agent shows him as being available for a US tour next summer.
10:59 am - There are a couple more German reviews of the Choral album here and here.
 
 Tuesday, 29th September, 2009
1:11 pm - Here's another article on Ray's US tour.
10:18 am - Ray is doing a short US tour in November, according to this article in Prefix magazine.
10:17 am - The Kast Off Kinks are thinking about changing their name to the "Kast Of Kinks" ("Of" instead of "Off"). You can vote on this idea at the Kast Off Kinks web site.
 
 Saturday, 26th September, 2009
3:08 pm - Here's a German review of the Choral album from DerWesten.
 
 Friday, 25th September, 2009
9:57 am - Play.com has updated their track list for the Ray compilation, showing which tracks are different edits. Also SpinCDs.com.
 
 Thursday, 24th September, 2009
4:18 pm - According to this Twitter post, Ray Davies and Mick Avory attended Bobby Graham's funeral this week.
4:13 pm - There's an in-depth interview with Shel Talmy about the recording of "You Really Got Me" in the September issue of Sound on Sound magazine. You can read the full article online for a fee of $1.49 or £0.99.
4:09 pm - The next gig for Kinks tribute band The Kinx is 23rd October at Cox's Yard in Stratford-on-Avon.
 
 Wednesday, 23rd September, 2009
9:08 am - There's some info from Chris at Konk about the upcoming Ray compilation CD.
9:07 am - Here's another German review of the Choral album. (Some of the other German 'reviews' I've linked to here were apparently only copies of the Universal press release -- apologies to German fans!)
 
 Monday, 21st September, 2009
12:21 pm - Here's another German review of the Choral album.
9:47 am - Here's an article on Ray's guitarist, Bill Shanley.
9:29 am - Freddy Bienstock of the Carlin music publishing company has died.
 
 Thursday, 17th September, 2009
9:28 am - Three Dave Davies gigs have been announced for February: BB King's in NYC, Bull Run Inn in Shirley, Mass. and the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut. According to Dave's web site, "L.A. Shows and MORE to be Announced SOON!"
9:26 am - Here's another German review of the Choral album.
 
 Wednesday, 16th September, 2009
10:28 am - Here's another article on Bobby Graham.
10:27 am - Here's another Dutch review of the Choral album.
 
 Monday, 14th September, 2009
11:07 pm - Session drummer Bobby Graham has passed away. He played drums on several of the Kinks' early songs, including "You Really Got Me" and "All Day And All Of The Night".
 
 Friday, 11th September, 2009
4:23 pm - There's a video clip of Ray on Norwegian TV talking about the show X Factor.
 
 Wednesday, 9th September, 2009
4:26 pm - Here are a couple of Belgium reviews of the Choral album: Rootstime magazine and Keys and Chords.
1:20 pm - There's an article on the Choral album on the Kansas City Pitch web site.
1:18 pm - There's a radio show featuring the Kinks' Arista years tonight.
10:36 am - There are more German reviews of the Choral album here and here.
 
 Tuesday, 8th September, 2009
11:52 am - Here's a review of the Choral album (in German). The release date for the album in Germany (and the rest of Europe?) is September 25th. The album was recently released in Australia.
 
 Monday, 7th September, 2009
4:42 pm - Part 2 of the Mick Avory interview is now on the Kast Off Kinks web site. There's also a special page on the music of Dave Clarke and the store of his ill-fated 'Mouse Records' label.
9:56 am - There's a Ray Davies compilation on the way. The release date is Sept. 28th, according to play.com.
9:37 am - There's a new perfume inspired by "Waterloo Sunset". There's also one called "Lola".
 
 Thursday, 3rd September, 2009
9:36 am - Dave Davies will be interviewed on Woody Radio this Sunday. Details are on Dave's message forum. Fans are encouraged to ask questions in the chat room during the interview.
9:31 am - You can listen to an interview with Bobcat Goldthwait on Adam Carolla's podcast (iTunes link) where Bobcat talks about making a Schoolboys movie. It's not a sure thing, as he says in this blog interview, "I don't know if it'll get going."
 
 Tuesday, 1st September, 2009
9:08 am - According to this article, there's a cover of "Sunny Afternoon" recorded for a cancer charity.
9:06 am - There's an interview with Jim Rodford in the Herts Advertiser.
 
 Thursday, 27th August, 2009
9:44 pm - The touring production of Come Dancing includes You Really Got Me and Waterloo Sunset as well as Tired Of Waiting For You and Come Dancing.
7:00 pm - Come Dancing tour information is published on What's On Stage and Facebook.
 
 Wednesday, 26th August, 2009
4:06 am - The Kast Off Kinks gig on 25 September at the Wingspan (BA) Club in Crawley has been cancelled. It may be rescheduled later; please see the Kast Off Kinks website for the latest information.
 
 Tuesday, 25th August, 2009
4:06 pm - WPA (Works Progress Administration) have recorded a cover of I Go To Sleep with Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek on lead vocals; you can listen online here.
 
 Monday, 24th August, 2009
3:50 pm - There's another review of the choral album on the File Under website.
1:14 pm - This article gives a US release date for the choral album of 10 November 2009, as announced by Decca.
 
 Thursday, 20th August, 2009
7:45 pm - The Provision Photography website has photos of Ray, Bill and the audience from the Kinsale gig in June.
6:36 pm - There's an edited text version of Ray's 'Listed Londoner' interview on the BBC website.
12:53 pm - Premium Hollywood also has quotes from Bobcat Goldthwait re his meeting with Ray about the Schoolboys musical.
11:16 am - Holiday In Waikiki is included in The Guardian's Readers Recommend: Songs About Holidays feature.
4:23 am - Various newspapers in the Netherlands include this review of the choral album.
 
 Tuesday, 18th August, 2009
12:35 pm - Writer and concert promoter Bruce Eaton's blog includes reminiscences of a 5 December 1971 Kinks gig.
 
 Sunday, 16th August, 2009
8:07 pm - In TrustMovies' interview with Bobcat Goldthwait he gives more details of his conversation with Ray re the Schoolboys musical.
2:17 pm - The Official Kinks Fan Club website has been updated with konvention information (tickets now on sale at £15 each) and Dave's Mystical Journey DVD can now be purchased from their merchandise page.
 
 Friday, 14th August, 2009
7:15 am - There's another Lokerse Feesten review and photo of Ray on the OOR website.
 
 Thursday, 13th August, 2009
1:05 pm - In this interview with Bobcat Goldthwait he mentions Ray has given the thumbs-up to a Schoolboys musical (film).
10:49 am - Here's another review of Ray's Belgium show.
 
 Tuesday, 11th August, 2009
2:45 pm - There's a new book on music in London: In The City - A Celebration of London Music by Paul Du Noyer, which mentions the Kinks. Here's a review.
2:40 pm - The White Lady Hotel in Kinsale, Ireland has posted another video from Ray's appearance there in June.
2:35 pm - A couple more reviews of Ray's recent Belgium concert: digg.be and DeMorgen.be (both in Dutch). There are also a couple audience videos on YouTube here and here. Wolfgang has some photos on Flickr.
 
 Monday, 10th August, 2009
4:39 pm - Here's another review of Ray's Belgium show.
2:57 pm - Here's a review of Ray's de Lokerse Feesten show (in Dutch), complete with a set list.
1:36 pm - There's a review of the de Lokerse Festival, including a paragraph on Ray's performance. Also some photos on flikr.com here and here.
12:40 pm - There's a interview with Ray on the Q radio web site.
12:22 pm - The final show of Ray's Xfm "residency" is now online to listen to.
8:46 am - There's a short article on the Kinks on Examiner.com.
 
 Friday, 7th August, 2009
11:48 am - There will be a Kinks tribute show at the Ankergaarden Theatre in Halden, Norway on August 27, 28, 29 and September 4 and 5, featuring a band and choir (14 people total). The show is called "Doin' It the Kinky Way - A Tribute to Ray Davies and the Kinks".
 
 Wednesday, 5th August, 2009
9:10 am - Yesterday was the 45th anniversary of the release of the "You Really Got Me" single.
9:07 am - The Kinks were an answer to a riddle on this blog.
 
 Monday, 3rd August, 2009
1:53 pm - On the Kast Off Kinks web site there are some sound desk audio recordings from the Dutch Kinks Fan Club meeting in Utrecht earlier this year, and the full Kast Off Kinks performance (and photos) from the Crossroads Festival in Hook Norton last month.
1:51 pm - There's a new novel (fiction) with a lot of Kinks references, including the title: God Save The Village Green.
 
 Thursday, 30th July, 2009
12:09 pm - This article on the Sunday Mercury web site mentions that Lucinda Williams has recently done some recording with Ray. No other details, but it could be for Ray's collaboration album that he's talked about.
8:56 am - There's an article on the Uncut web site about the Kray twins wanting to manage the Kinks. It's also on the NME web site.
8:54 am - This Times Online article says Ray was at the Lucinda Williams concert in London this week.
 
 Wednesday, 29th July, 2009
9:11 am - There's an article about the Kinks' first album on the 411mania.com web site.
9:06 am - Here's a review of the Choral album from the AltSounds.com web site.
 
 Monday, 27th July, 2009
9:28 am - There's a nice review of the Choral album on the Ground Control web site.
 
 Friday, 24th July, 2009
9:38 am - Chicago radio station XRT is featuring Kinks music all day today. You can listen online at www.93xrt.com.
 
 Thursday, 23rd July, 2009
11:12 am - Here's a nice, lengthy blog review of the VGPS album.
 
 Wednesday, 22nd July, 2009
11:11 am - There's a new German novel called Klassentreffen ("Class Reunion") by Kurt Appaz that takes place in Germany in the late sixties and early seventies, and is full of Kinks references. Published by Ullstein Verlag, Berlin. ISBN 978-3-548-26962-7.
11:03 am - There's a full page interview (and another full page photo) in the new issue of Classic Rock magazine (August 2009, issue #135). The quote that appears on their web site is out of context.
 
 Thursday, 16th July, 2009
12:00 pm - Chris Kocher has a blog post about interviewing the Turtles' Mark Volman and discussing at length Ray Davies' production of the Turtle Soup album.
9:14 am - In an article on the Gibson guitars web site, Dave Davies is listed among the pioneers of distortion guitar effects. There's also an article on Gear4Music.com that references the Gibson article.
 
 Tuesday, 14th July, 2009
4:44 pm - Ray is on the Ken Bruce show on BBC Radio 2 each day this week, for the "Tracks Of My Years" segment. You can listen again on the BBC web site (it starts about 2 hours into the show each day).
3:23 pm - Just a reminder that Ray is playing his favorite songs on Xfm radio for an hour every Sunday this month. You can listen again on the Xfm web site.
 
 Monday, 13th July, 2009
9:25 am - This article says Ray is "pooling together" Rod Stewart, Ron Wood and Paolo Nutini to write and record a song for a charity project.
 
 Saturday, 11th July, 2009
10:55 am - This article in the Liverpool Echo talks about the song "Sunny Afternoon".
 
 Friday, 10th July, 2009
11:40 am - There's a new interview with Mick Avory on the Kast Off Kinks web site.
 
 Thursday, 9th July, 2009
3:03 pm - This CNN article about Michael Jackson and the Beatles song catalog says that some of the songs Jackson owned the publishing rights to were Kinks songs.
 
 Monday, 6th July, 2009
2:46 pm - There's an article in the Haringey Independent about a group of amateur singers performing four Kinks songs in Carnaby Street this weekend.
2:29 pm - There are some reviews of Dave Davies' "Mystical Journey" DVD on Dave's web site. You can order the DVD through Dave's web site or through the Official Kinks Fan Club (although it's not yet listed on their merchandise page). The DVD will be released in the US by Koch Records in the fall.
12:34 pm - You can listen again to the interview with Ray from In The Studio (the full interview, not just the preview).
9:20 am - Ray was interviewed by Johnnie Walker on the BBC Radio 2 show "Sounds of the 70s". You can listen again on the BBC web site. The interview starts about 36 minutes into the show.
9:09 am - Ray is quoted in this article about Allen Klein, from The Telegraph.
 
 Wednesday, 1st July, 2009
10:22 am - Here's a blog review of the Kenwood show, with a link to a YouTube video playlist.
10:15 am - There's a review of the Kenwood show in the Muswell Hill Journal.
10:14 am - Some bits of news/rumors from Ray's various media appearances:
  • The Come Dancing musical will tour the UK in 2010, with the majority of the original cast.
  • At some point in the next 18 months, Ray will do a run of shows where he'll perform an album in its entirety each night. Possibilities include VGPS, Preservation, Soap Opera and Muswell Hillbillies.
  • Maybe a few years off: a new work written about Appalachia and Tennessee, to be recorded in Tennessee using local musicians.
10:08 am - Here's a blog review of Glastonbury and Ray's performance, with photos.
10:02 am - UK residents can watch Ray at Glastonbury on the BBC web site.
 
 Tuesday, 30th June, 2009
2:50 pm - There's a review of the Kenwood gig from The Independent.
2:44 pm - The current (printed) issue of the NME (dated 27 June) is a Glastonbury preview special edition, with a small piece on Ray.
2:36 pm - On YouTube, there are some videos from Kenwood and Kinsale.
2:33 pm - Here's a blog review of Ray's Kenwood gig, with photos.
2:15 pm - There's a review of Ray at Glastonbury in NME.
 
 Friday, 26th June, 2009
10:31 am - Today is superfan Olga Ruocco's 60th birthday. She would like to celebrate her birthday by helping to build a Habitat for Humanity home. Please consider contributing!
10:15 am - There's a Kenwood preview article in Hampstead and Highgate Express.
10:01 am - Ray is on the cover of the latest Muswell Hill Journal, with a new interview and color photos in the 'Go' section.
9:59 am - You can listen again to Gillian Lomax's (from BritSound) interview with Dave on MySpace.
9:58 am - Ray is scheduled to be interviewed at 5pm today on the Gideon Coe and Cerys Matthews show on BBC 6 Music.
9:55 am - For those of you attending the Kenwood gig tomorrow, there are a couple fan gatherings: at 8pm tonight at the Alexandra pub on Fortis Green, and tomorrow at noon at the Flask pub in Highgate Village.
 
 Thursday, 25th June, 2009
4:01 pm - In the TalkSport radio interview, Ray mentioned that he may be on stage at Glastonbury earlier than advertised due to him needing to travel straight back to London afterwards because of the Kenwood gig the next day.
3:56 pm - You can listen again to Ray on the Andy Townsend and Mike Parry show on TalkSport radio, from Tuesday.
3:55 pm - There's a window display at the Les Aldrich Music Shop on Fortis Green Road, featuring the Choral album and posters, etc.
3:52 pm - Tickets are on sale for Come Dancing at the Churchill theatre in Bromley, January 21-30, 2010. Here's a site with some info on the production (but the site doesn't seem to be quite finished yet).
3:43 pm - Here's an article about the microphone Ray used at the Waterloo Bridge gig.
3:40 pm - You can listen again to Ray on the Roger Day show, from Tuesday.
 
 Tuesday, 23rd June, 2009
11:17 am - Gillian Lomax interviewed Dave Davies, and it will be aired tomorrow (24th June) on Britsound radio.
11:13 am - You can listen again to Ray on the Janice Long show last night (starts at about 17 minutes in). Ray said on the show that Konk Studios may be about to close soon, and his collaborations album is intended to be a 'last statement'.
11:08 am - There are some photos of Ray's Kinsale gig, taken by Peter Deasy from the White Lady Hotel (require Facebook account).
11:00 am - Ray will be on Take Five on Smooth Radio 102.2 this week, with a chance for listeners to win a signed copy of the Choral CD.
10:58 am - Ray will be on the Roger Day show on BBC Radio today from 7pm-9pm.
10:50 am - You can listen again to Ray on Gold Breakfast from yesterday.
10:38 am - Singing In London is holding workshops for singing Kinks songs in harmony:
Sing London is a festival aimed at getting the whole of London singing- all kinds of people, singing all kinds of music in all kinds of places. 30 pianos have been placed all over London ready for you to play and sing! Haringey is joining in too…
Join a free two day workshop where you will first learn the basics of posture, breathing and vocal production; Idit Gold, founder and musical director of Singing in London, will then take you through harmony arrangements for The Kinks’ greatest hits.

The workshop will culminate in a performance at Carnaby Street on Sunday 12th July at 2.00 pm.
The Gallery, Wood Green Library, High Road, N226XD
Sunday 21st June, 9:45 to 11:45am
Sunday 28th June, 9:45 to 11:45am
Or
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10:31 am - The Choral album entered the charts at #28.
10:29 am - You can watch Ray on Andrew Marr from Sunday on YouTube.
10:23 am - You can listen again to Ray on BBC Radio 5 Live from Sunday. It starts at around 38 minutes in.
10:19 am - There's a review of the Choral album on the Sunday Mercury web site.
10:16 am - Here's a review of the Choral album on the Subba-Cultcha web site.
10:14 am - BBC Radio 6 has been re-airing the Davies Diaries (from 2000). Parts 3 & 4 are available to listen again on the BBC web site.
10:00 am - Tribute band The Kinx will be playing at Cox's Yard in Stratford-upon-Avon on Friday, October 23rd (support the tribute band The Small Fakers). There's a special £6 ticket price for Kinks fan club members.
9:55 am - Here's a blog review of Ray's show in Kinsale, Ireland last Friday.
 
 Saturday, 20th June, 2009
11:39 am - Here's a review of Ray's show in Kinsale last night, from The Independent.
 
 Friday, 19th June, 2009
12:50 pm - There's a new interview with Ray in The Independent.
9:46 am - Ray will be "In Conversation" with Steve Allen on LBC 97.3 FM London radio on Sunday, 7-8am. Repeated later that evening from 9-10pm.
9:43 am - Ray will be on BBC Sunday AM TV with Andrew Marr this weekend.
9:40 am - Ray will be a guest DJ on XFM for 4 Sunday nights at 9pm, "spinning some garage, country, soul, rock and roll and telling some old stories to go along with them."
9:32 am - James (xray1982a@aol.com) is collecting birthday greetings for Ray, which he'll give to him at Grange Park on Monday.
9:18 am - Ray was on the Alan Thompson show on BBC Wales yesterday. You can listen again on the BBC web site. Ray is on at about 1 hour, 6 minutes into the show.
 
 Thursday, 18th June, 2009
11:16 am - Here's some info on how to get 10% off Kenwood tickets.
11:14 am - Ray will be on the Janice Long program on BBC Radio 2 at midnight Monday night/Tuesday morning.
11:12 am - A reminder that Ray will be on the Gold Breakfast radio show this Monday, starting at 6am.
11:09 am - There's an interview with Ray and several photos in today's Hampstead & Highgate Express. You can read the paper online -- check out the main section as well as the "Etcetera Arts and Feature" section.
10:46 am - There will be an interview with Ray on In The Studio the week of June 29th, for the 30th anniversary of the Low Budget album. There's a preview of the interview there now.
 
 Tuesday, 16th June, 2009
11:51 am - There will be a Kinks tribute at the Maryhill Community Central Hall in Glasgow, Scotland this Saturday with various local bands performing. It starts at 7:30pm, and proceeds go to charity.
10:20 am - Ray is playing a small benefit concert in Ireland for the school his daughter attends.
 
 Monday, 15th June, 2009
9:58 am - You can watch Ray's appearance on Breakfast this morning on the BBC web site.
9:56 am - The Choral album is at #1 on the Amazon.co.uk Jazz chart and #9 on the general bestsellers chart
9:50 am - You can view Decca's trailer for the Choral album on YouTube.
9:47 am - There's a new Kinks tribute band in Sweden: The Apemen.
9:45 am - There was an article on Ray in yesterday's Sunday Express. (The printed article was apparently longer than the online version.)
9:39 am - Here's a BBC review of the Choral album.
9:33 am - Here are more photos of the Waterloo Bridge gig.
9:31 am - Ray was on the Belgian showbiz TV-magazine de Rode Loper on Friday.
9:23 am - There was a full page, color ad for the Choral album in last Friday's (June 12) The Independent.
 
 Friday, 12th June, 2009
10:55 am - There's a news report video about the Waterloo Bridge performance on MSN.com.
10:37 am - Some of the Choral CDs were mispressed, including the stock sent to the Konk web store, which will delay shipments until next week. If you bought one of the bad CDs, you can return it at the place of purchase.
10:34 am - A couple videos from Waterloo Bridge yesterday have been posted on YouTube: Waterloo Sunset and See My Friends.
10:32 am - There are some pro-shot photos of the Waterloo Bridge gig at SmugMug.com.
10:29 am - There's an interview with Ray on the Daily Express web site.
9:41 am - Here's a review of the Choral album from the Daily Express.
 
 Thursday, 11th June, 2009
9:43 pm - Here's a blog review of Ray's performance with the Chorus at Waterloo Bridge today. Also, some photos.
4:31 pm - There's a review of the Choral album on the Saffron Walden Reporter web site.
3:59 pm - Here are some of Ray's upcoming press appearances:
  • BBC Radio 4 - Loose Ends, Saturday, June 13, 6:15pm - 7:00pm.
  • BBC1 - Morning News, Monday, June 15, 6:00am - 9:15am.
  • BBC Radio London - Robert Elms Show, Monday, June 15, 12noon - 3:00pm.
  • Capital Gold Radio, Monday?, (don't know which show yet).
  • XFM London, Monday?, (don't know which show yet).
  • BBC Radio 2 - Steve Wright show, Tuesday, June 16, 3:00pm - 5:00pm.
  • BBC Radio 2 - Ken Bruce show, the "Tracks Of My Years" segment. Exact day not known, but it could be the week of June 22.
3:46 pm - "Days" was used in an episode of the BBC1 TV Show "Holby City" that aired on June 2nd.
3:43 pm - A note on the Kast Off Kinks web site says that Ian Gibbons recently had a bout of appendicitis that turned nasty, but he's doing much better now and plans to be at the Ruislip gig on the 19th.
 
 Wednesday, 10th June, 2009
3:13 pm - Ray will be performing at the Waterloo Bridge (Southbank, in front of the National Theatre) tomorrow at 5:30pm with Ian Gibbons and about half of the Crouch End Festival Choir. ("Leave early as there is a tube strike.")
3:03 pm - Ray was on London Tonight on ITV today.
9:33 am - Herman Gombert, one half of the Kinky2, passed away unexpectedly recently. Watch the Kinky2 playing "To The Bone" at one of the Kinks fan club conventions, and their appearance on Dutch TV. (Henny on vocals, Herman on guitar.)
 
 Tuesday, 9th June, 2009
11:07 am - Ray will be making a "brief live appearance" with the Choir in central London this Thursday at 5pm. At the moment, there are no additional details.
10:35 am - Geoff Edgers will be on Lost & Found show on WMBR 88.1 fm in Cambridge, Mass. this Thursday from noon to 2pm, talking about his documentary and playing Kinks music. You can listen online at wmbr.org.
10:29 am - There's a possibility Ray will do a North American tour in November - December.
10:08 am - In this interview with Julian Mitchell, there's a brief mention of him working with Ray Davies on Arthur.
10:02 am - Ray will be on the Steve Wright show on BBC Radio 2 next Tuesday, 16 June.
9:50 am - This article on collaborations from The Guardian includes a bit about Ray's collaboration with the Crouch End Festival Chorus (about halfway down the article).
 
 Friday, 5th June, 2009
1:52 pm - In tomorrow's Times there will be a big feature on Ray and the choral album, with photos.
1:50 pm - Here's a review of the Laugharne Weekend in April.
1:47 pm - There's a review of the choral album in Record Collector.
 
 Wednesday, 3rd June, 2009
11:52 am - From Dave Davies' web site, you can enter to win a copy of his Mystical Journey DVD.
 
 Monday, 1st June, 2009
4:19 pm - There's an article in Paste magazine about Geoff Edgers' documentary "Do It Again".
3:53 pm - Janice Long played "Days" from the choral album this morning on BBC Radio 2. You can listen again on the BBC web site (starts at about 01:15).
3:40 pm - Those of you in the UK can watch Ray's appearance on the One Show on Saturday on BBC web site for the next few days. Someone has also posted it on YouTube.
 
 Thursday, 28th May, 2009
2:03 pm - Just a reminder that the Kinks Choral Collection CD is available for pre-order on Ray's web site.
12:42 pm - Ray will be on The One Show on BBC1 tomorrow (Friday) at 7:00pm, talking about how the song "Waterloo Sunset" came about.
11:16 am - The July 2009 issue of Q magazine has a 1 1/2 page review of the choral album (including a photo of Ray).
11:11 am - Ray Davies is running his songwriting course Nov. 23rd to 28th this year.
11:10 am - Listen to Suggs from Madness discuss Waterloo Sunset from a "Tracks Of My Years" segment on BBC Radio 2.
 
 Tuesday, 26th May, 2009
11:43 am - The July 2009 issues of both Mojo and Uncut have brief reviews of the choral album.
11:41 am - There will be a Ray Davies/Kinks tribute show at Stony Brook University on Saturday, June 20th.
 
 Sunday, 24th May, 2009
8:21 am - Ray's web site has been updated with a new look (to go with the new choral album). There's an update on the News page as well.
 
 Thursday, 21st May, 2009
12:10 pm - There's a new trailer ("video extract") of Dave Davies' "Mystical Journey" DVD on his web site. That page says the that US release of the DVD will be in Sept. or Oct., but Dave's web site will have a limited edition pre-release of the DVD soon (I believe the Official Kinks Fan Club will also have this available).
11:55 am - John Dunbar, the man behind the Rutles-like parody of the Kinks called the Kunks, has a new (non-Kinks related) concept album: Life's Great Listeners.
11:44 am - Dinky Dawson, soundman for the Kinks' 1972 tour, wrote an article about his experience for Crawdaddy! magazine.
 
 Wednesday, 20th May, 2009
9:19 am - The US release of the Choral CD should be in September. For the UK release in June, Ray will soon be doing some promotion for it (radio, TV, press).
 
 Tuesday, 19th May, 2009
4:49 pm - There's a slideshow of photos from John Gosling's own collection on the Kast Off Kinks web site.
 
 Monday, 18th May, 2009
2:32 pm - This interview with the band Superdrag recalls Ray playing "I Need You" with them at the SXSW festival in 2001.
9:36 am - Winnipeg record store Into The Music will have a "Ray Davies 65th Birthday Tribute" on Saturday, June 20th. They're asking local bands and artists to sign up to perform a Kinks/Ray song.
 
 Sunday, 17th May, 2009
4:02 pm - Amazon.co.uk now gives the release date of the Kinks Choral Collection as June 15th. They also have a short video clip to promote the album.
 
 Thursday, 14th May, 2009
2:52 pm - A photo of Ray is on the cover of the latest issue of Ham & High paper, with an article (about the Kenwood House, Hampstead Heath concert) and another photo inside.
2:50 pm - Unrelated to Ray's gig at Hampstead Heath on June 27th, Mike Cotton and his band are doing a free gig at Hampstead Heath on May 25th. See details here.
 
 Tuesday, 12th May, 2009
4:53 pm - Ray tour rumors: there should be a few more European dates added soon, with a full tour (European?) in October. Ray should get back to the US in 2010.
4:43 pm - According to this article, "All Day And All Of The Night" was played at tribute show for Red Hot Chili Pepper Anthony Kiedis.
4:38 pm - The Biography Channel in the UK (Sky 156, Virgin 242) will be airing a biography on the Kinks this Saturday, May 16th at 9pm.
 
 Monday, 11th May, 2009
2:08 pm - The song "This Strange Effect" is used in the film Blue Eyelids.
 
 Friday, 8th May, 2009
12:13 pm - The Charity Hospital in New Orleans (immortalized by Ray in "Morphine Song") is on the 2008 list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places, according to the National Trust for Historic Preservation.


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