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Ray Davies returns to Glastonbury
Written by admin on June 27, 2010 – 11:36 pm - |
Ray Davies performed an emotional set at Glastonbury today, during which he paid tribute to Pete Quaife, who died on Wednesday, June 23. Quaife was the original bassist with the Kinks. |
Tags: Glastonbury Festival, ray davies, the kinks
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Do It Again – Quest to reunite the Kinks
Written by admin on May 4, 2010 – 5:52 pm -| The movie “Do It Again” traces the efforts of Boston Globe reporter Geoff Edgers to reunite the Kinks. The hilarious documentary will go on general release later this year and has featured at a number of recent film festivals, including the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, the Atlanta Film Festival, the Nashville Film Festival and the Independent Film Festival Boston. |
Tags: Do It Again, ray davies, the kinks
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Ray Davies to fill Glastonbury ‘legends slot’
Written by admin on April 8, 2010 – 4:55 am - |
Ray Davies of the Kinks is set to play the “legends slot” on the Pyramid Stage at the 40th anniversay Glastonbury Festival. He will perform at 5pm on the Sunday (June 27). |
Tags: Glastonbury, ray davies, the kinks
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Ray Davies to duet with Springsteen
Written by admin on February 26, 2010 – 3:30 am -Kinks rocker, Ray Davies, has announced that Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi will be among the guests on a forthcoming album of duets.
Davies told NJ.com that the duets album will revisit Kinks classics and that the Springsteen and Bon Jovi collaborations were recorded last month. Springsteen will feature on “Better Things” and Bon Jovi on “Celluloid Heroes.”
Tags: Bruce Springsteen, ray davies, the kinks
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American music legends series
Written by admin on January 28, 2010 – 5:07 am -The Observor has produced a great series on some of some of the living legends of American music, as recalled by the stars they influenced.
In addition, photographer Jamie-James Medina spent a year taking portraits of these legends for Observor Music Monthly. The results are impressive and are presented with the articles.
Tags: Chuck Berry, Etta James, jerry lee lewis, Les Paul, Little Richard, ray davies, smokey robinson
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