British filmmaker Julien Temple has been given the green light to turn the story of The Kinks into a new musical movie Bbc Films officials are backing the project titled ...
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He was a city boy, but Ronnie Lane's solo music evokes nothing so much as his love of the English countrysideSome musicians simply seem to "belong" to certain cities. For...
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When our parents were growing up, "pop" music was the norm. For the most part, it was really good too. Besides the obvious Beatles and Beach Boys catalogs, there were als...
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Bass guitarist with the influential Detroit hard-rock band the MC5The bass guitarist Michael Davis, who has died of liver failure aged 68, joined Detroit's seminal rock b...
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You hear a song in the background during a bar scene in a movie. Next thing, you're in loveIn the mid 70s, I knew nothing about the Zombies other than that they had been ...
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From the Rolling Stones' "Angie" and Eric Clapton's "Layla" to "Lola" by the Kinks, the Ramones' "Judy Is A Punk" and more, 411's Christopher Bell breaks down the top 10 ...
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Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross's The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo soundtrack is the highlight of the year's smallest music release list. The only other new release I can re...
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From the front page to the crossword, you sent us songs about the printed pressThe first thing we see when we look at a newsstand are the headlines. And a memorable headl...
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Following our latest visit to the archives of Rock's Backpages – the world's leading collection of vintage music journalism – we bring you a classic interview...
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The track is taken from the band's new 'The Kinks In Mono' collection
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Public television in Boston showed an edited version of Do It Again, a movie about the Kinks, last night. The story revolves around Geoff Edgers, a Boston Globe reporter ...
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Frank Sinatra's own label had a wide variety of stars and this show made good use of its back catalogueThey Did It Their Way: the Story of Reprise Records (Radio 2) was a...
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Former The Kinks rocker Ray Davies has shunned the bright lights of London's West End theatre district and turned the band's classics into a school musical.
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world entertainment news - Former The Kinks rocker Ray Davies has shunned the bright lights of London's West End theatre district and turned the band's classics into a s...
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