Longtime Jayhawks leader Gary Louris tells UCR about his new solo album, Dark Country, during a 2025 interview.

And while I understand the importance of protecting one’s hearing (and urge everyone to do so), for me, muffling The Kinks' raw rock 'n' roll with its deliciously distorted lead guitar would ...

Ray Davies’ band was a poetic paradox and thus far more interesting theatrically than all of ’em. Where to start? We have a British invasion pop band that refused to entertain teenagers with ...

Still, Davies didn’t stray too far from the more tender writing of those earlier years. “Misfits,” found on the album of the same name released in 1978, was just such a song.

SUNNY AFTERNOON has music and lyrics by Ray Davies with a book by Joe Penhall and original story by Ray Davies. It is directed by Edward Hall and designed by Miriam Buether with choreography by Adam ...

In her debut book, Men of a Certain Age, Mossman collects and revisits the interviews she’s conducted with rock royalty such as Kiss, Jon Bon Jovi, Nick Cave, Ray Davies, and her teenage obsession: ...

With original story, music and lyrics by Ray Davies, and a book by Joe Penhall (“The Constituent”), this retelling of the Kinks’ rise won the Olivier Award (Britain’s equivalent to the ...