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Tuesday, 30 June 2009
 Ray Davies, Kenwood House, London
 Ray of sunshine on wet home turf  Reviewed by Ben Walsh      LINK

 26/6-09 NME:
 Ray Davies draws huge crowds to Glastonbury Acoustic Tent
 headline set

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Congratulations from the editors and all of our readers
abt and kaa 26/6 2009                                                                                                                  
 
"the neighbourhood where I grew up is really quite depressed"
abt & kaa 21.06.09  
  Friday, 19 June 2009:
"I gotta tell you - I miss the Kinks,"
says Ray. "I heard 'Lola' on the radio a few months back when Chris Evans played it, and I was amazed how strong the intro was. With the other, fuzz-guitar-driven stuff I could always get that energy and power from my brother Dave. Jimmy Page and Eric [Clapton] are great technical players, but you wouldn't have got that from them."
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"As our interview winds down, Davies tell me there is a new film about the Kinks in the offing, and that Julien Temple, best known for his documentaries about the Sex Pistols, wants to direct it. Davies, meanwhile, is planning to make a new album in Nashville, and he also wants to finish Flatlands, the Norfolk-set choral work he began with the Britten Sinfonia back in 1998. But what of humble old songwriting? Is he doing any of that?
"Yes. I like to write at the weekends these days; it always reminds me of when I didn't have to go to school. Last weekend, I wrote two country songs, one of which is about the difficulties of family relationships. It's called 'Brothers and Sisters'.""
 
LINK
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"Kinks star offers Ray of hope to daughter's school"
kaa 2106.09
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goertHerman Gombert,  guitar player with “The Kinky2”, passed away last Monday, due to a heart attack.

Memories from his partner in "The Kinky2" Henny Stahli:

LINK
 

Minks Calendar

  • Friday, June 5: Slim's with The Hoo, The RaveUps & The Raving Animals. Minks play at 9 pm. $20
  • Saturday, August 15: El Rio back patio show 5 pm
  03/06-09 kaa                   
LINK
rosierooke have made it again:


Tickets for Paradiddle Records presents
"A Low Budget Rock & Roll Fantasy" celebrating the music of Ray Davies and the Kinks.

Help us celebrate Ray Davies 65th birthday on Saturday June 20th at 7:30 pm at the University Cafe in Stony Brook.

With music performed by Celluloid Heroes, Jame O'Malley, Gene Casey & the Lone Sharks, Caroline Doctorow, Maura Kennedy and more.

LINK
 A video from Utrecht:
 Even better Bruce-video: 
 
Bruce Springsteen

Playing Kinks
Pilgrim Sisters
Country / Bluegrass
During spring -09 16 songs have been recorded at KONK studios in London with producer and legendary Kinks rocker Ray Davies. Album's on the way.
http://www.myspace.com/pilgrimsisters
The "Bukta" Festival 2-4/07-09
Ray Davies to "BUKTA",
Tromsø,  Norway
bukta
Is this the first time Ray is going to play in the midnight sun?
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Tuesday 08.08.06: Guardian on the "BUKTA" Festival: Tripping the light fantastic

"If you plan to be in Norway next summer, make time to fit the Bukta festival into your schedule. To be honest, it doesn't really matter which bands are playing; the point of going to Bukta is just to be there and enjoy the fantastic atmosphere, because there really isn't another live music event like it in the world."    LINK
tromsø Some norwegian links:
http://www.nordlys.no
http://www.tromsoby.no
http://www.folkebladet.no
http://www.lofot-tidende.no
http://www.ba.no
http://www.musikknyheter.no
http://www.groove.nol
http://www.festivalmagasinet.com



04/05-09 kaa
LINK
 
Videoes with The KinksThe Video-section !
Hundreds of different videos!!!
in 9 sections -    try it, use it, enjoy it  - go for it
18 Oct, 2009:
Official Kinks Fan Club Meeting,
The Boston Arms, Tuffnell Park, London , UK.
Kai are leaving for Utrecht
BergenKinks and the editors 21/4-09

  10th Dutch Kinks Fan Meeting Poster
  by Raymond &
Simon van den Bergh

2009 poster
NEW: http://kastoffkinks.co.uk/
Videoes with The Kinks
The video section is expanding.
Take a look  -  Give a comment!
 
LINK
1.Norway  2.Finland  3.Sweden  4.Netherlands  5.New Zealand  6.Belgium  7. Denmark  8.Portugal Top reunion voters  
LINK
NEW RAY ALBUM
Crouch End Festival Chorus in studio with Ray - Out this spring?
Ray Davies is once again in studio, this time recording an album with the Crouch End Festival Chorus, directed by David Temple. According to the Chorus’ web site (here), they are recording an album of Ray’s hits, and it will be finished by the first half of this year.

This seems to be another great Ray Davies year, with Come Dancing possibly at the West End. We hope and beg!

We also cross fingers for a Come Dancing album! What about a CD and a DVD with this wonderful musical?

Here are Ray and his angels from last years e-proms:
abt 28/02-09
LINK

The MOBIUS Best Off-West End Production:
Come Dancing – Theatre Royal Stratford East

hawards.whatsonstage.com:
"The Kinks’ frontman Ray Davies, who was nominated in Hartnett’s category for making his musical writing and performing debut in the semi-autobiographical Come Dancing at the Theatre Royal Stratford East, is on hand at tonight’s event to collect in another category: the musical premiere was the hands-down winner for Best Off-West End Production." whatsonstage.com:The Award
"The majority of award recipients – including The Four Seasons’ Bob Gaudio, leading American playwright and filmmaker Neil LaBute, Donmar artistic director Michael Grandage and The Kinks frontman Ray Davies – will collect their prizes in front of a sell-out audience tonight (15 February) at the Whatsonstage.com Awards Concert, hosted by James Corden and Sheridan Smith, at the West End’s Prince of Wales "
kaa 15/2-08      
LINK   LINK

KINKS FOREVERHurrah!
10th DUTCH KINKS FAN MEETING
You find the  whole invtation  amd some more here: LINK
 
‘ARTHUR - 40 YEARS’
ON SUNDAY APRIL 26, 2009, FROM 11.00 UNTIL 18.00 UUR IN ROCKCAFÉ ‘STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN’
 MARIAPLAATS 11-12 – 3511 LJ UTRECHT (CENTRUM) WITH LIVE-PERFORMANCES OF
THE KAST OFF KINKS 2
with former Kinks-members
MICK AVORY (drums)
IAN GIBBONS (keyboards)
JIM RODFORD (bass guitar and vocals)
and the only ‘not-Kink’
DAVE CLARKE (lead guitar and vocals)
SUPPORT ACT
FLAMIN’ STARS
Look atrouns
Some of the people in this photo from "Stairway to Heaven" might bee there.
 You must come too and then you will find out!
ABT & KAA 12/02-08
LINK
Ray Davies with a new album.
Crouch End Festival Chorus
- a North London-based choir with an international reputation. The chorus it to team up for a third time with Kinks legend Ray Davies - this time to record an album of his hits in early 2009.

BBC Electric Proms 
Shangri La 
Dedicated Follower of Fashion
Waterloo Sunset
Working Man's Café

kaa 110209
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uncut.co.uk :
"Kinks
founder Ray Davies is to perform at this year's Laugharne Weekend in Wales.
The Welsh literary festival welcomes poets, authors and 'travelling musicians' and venues range in capacity from Dylan Thomas' Boathouse (24) to Laugharne Castle (300). Davies will be performing a spoken word show based on his book 'X-Ray.'"
kaa 110209
LINK
The Dave Davies Video Section is here!
A collection of  Dave Davies Videoes on YouTube. It's a tribute to Dave Davies on his 62th birthday (3 February), from the WhyKinks editors.
46 videoes in 7 categories.
kaa 110209
LINK
NOW: 888 Ray Davies pictures from flickr in one slideshow                                      LINK
LINK    "The Kast Off Kinks"    LINK
John Dalton - John Gosling - Mick Avory - Dave Clarke
 
128 pictures from their LAST LAST GIG
   in Kolbäck Sweden 6/9 2008

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Last Last
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There are 123 more pictures, from the last last gig, in Kolbäck Sweden 6/9 2008, off the fabulous, fantastic, furious and friendly and one and only "The Kast Off Kinks".
                                                      Just use the link button.
  abt & kaa 24/1 -09 
LINK
Who is the teacher? 1. ...........
2. ...........
3. ...........
4. ...........
5. ...........
6. ...........
"You taught me how to face the morning."
                  
Send Your Answer here.
leeLee Arthur Wilkerson presents:
7 videoes that gives you a high quality music biography of  The Kinks from 1964-1984.
Contains color and b&w footage. Here they are in one playlist:
kaa 24/01-09  
LINK

Ray with bottle.
From the pictures of Ray taken at Notodden - LINK 
 

Ray at n Klub Konvention
God save The Kinks
From the entertainment section of Los Angeles Times jan 9 2009
Presents songs about disaster, comforting us in the new year!?
This lines by Ray Davies ends the story. Try the link for more.
“Tornado, cyclone and hurricane/
Can batter the houses with the thunder and rain /

Blizzards can blow, the waves hit the shore/
But the people recover and come back for more /
Somehow the people fight back, even if the future looks black /

Life goes on and on and on/
Life goes on and on and on."
10/01-09 kaa

Ry at Notodden logo48 Pictures from Notodden Blues festival.
Ray in Norway
02/08-08 Ray played at a norwegian blues festival. Here are some pictures from the editors.
10/01-09 kaa

logoAn Evening with the Kinks
12 videoes by Magnus Sveningsson. Malmø, Sweden, 26/11- 2008 - Look like a great evening.
10/01-09 kaa

  Boston Globe December 21, 2008 By Geoff Edgers Globe Staff
 Chasing the spirit of the Kinks at pubs and  
 childhood homes
                                                   LINK 
Click, and you get.....?  Yes, same procedure as last year....
 

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