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Ray Davies shines in the solo spotlight

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2008-04-01 07:34:10 by Jim in The Concert Blog
...Davies at the Warfield. Heres his review Ray Davies stepped up to the mic Friday night (March 28) at the Warfield in San Francisco and yelled day-o a couple times. Just as a couple people in the audience started to call back, he laughed as if waving them off Dont let me get away with that, he said There was no reason not to. Davies seemed to...
 
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Ray Davies Dials Up Showmanship, Kinks Tunes at San Fran Solo Gig

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2008-03-31 16:24:02 by Barry Walters in Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily
...Davies took the stage of San Franciscos soon-to-close Warfield Theatre Friday night with an aquamarine Fender guitar and launched into his self-descriptive Im Not Like Everybody Else. This obscure 1966 B-side suggested that the first of his handful of rare solo shows would neither be focused solely on promoting the preeminent English...
 
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Peter Maxwell Davies, "St. Thomas Wake"

2008-03-02 00:00:00 by newmusicrebloggers in New Music reBlog
 
...Davies Born in Manchester, England, September 8, 1934 The very titles of the works of Peter Maxwell Davies suggest a composer of daring imagination and restless experimentation. In 1969 alone, the same year in which St. Thomas Wake was premiered in Dortmund, Davies published Vesolii Icones , a chamber work featuring dancer and cellist in...
 
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Ray Davies encouraged by Dave's insults, says Kinks writing new songs...

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2008-11-06 07:03:59 by fairportfan of MOG in MOG - Editor's Picks
...Davies says Kinks writing new material NEW YORK (Billboard) The Kinks are writing songs for a potential reunion album, frontman Ray Davies told BBC News, even though his estranged brother and bandmate seems to want no part of it We've started a little bit of this and that," Davies told the broadcaster in remarks posted Wednesday on its Web...
 
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Peter Maxwell Davies, "Dark Angels"

2008-03-04 00:00:00 by newmusicrebloggers in New Music reBlog
 
...DAVIES b. 1934 DARK ANGELS (1974 for soprano & guitar 1. The Drowning Brothers (6:lO 2. Dark Aqgels (guitar solo) (252) -3. Dead Fires (7:49 publ. Boosey & Hawkes. Inc. (ASCAP JAN DeGAETANI, mezzo-soprano OSCAR GHIGLIA, guitar engineering & musical supervision: Marc J. Aubort, Joanna Nickrenz Elite Recordings, Inc mastering:Robert C. Ludwig...
 
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Ray Davies: Kinks Are Three Quarters Of The Way To Reunion

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2008-09-24 18:37:54 by Daniel Kreps in Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily
...Davies says the band is three quarters of the way toward finally reuniting. The stumbling block is my brother because he was seriously ill recently and whether he feels ready to do it, Davies told the BBC. Guitarist Dave Davies suffered a stroke in 2004. Daves health might not be the only issue, however: Back in January, Dave responded to...
 
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Ray Davies: 'Working Man's Cafe'

2007-12-28 08:28:00 by Carl Abernathy in Cahl's Juke Joint: A rock, blues and jazz blog
 
...Davies might not be quite as snarky as he once was, but the music on his new album, "Working Man's Cafe," bites almost as hard as the tunes on his classic Kinks records I liked Davies' "Other Peoples' Lives" a lot, but "Working Man's Cafe" is better because it rocks harder. Even the slower tempo songs on the new album seem fuller. In a way,...
 
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Peter Maxwell Davies' Arrangements

2008-03-07 00:00:00 by newmusicrebloggers in New Music reBlog
 
...DAVIES b. 1934 Renaissance & Baroque Realisations THE FIRES OF LONDON SIR PETER MAXWELL DAVIES conductor Mary Thomas, soprano Philippa Davies, flutelpiccololalto flute David Campbell, clarinets Beverley Davison, violin/viola Alexander Baillie, cello Timothy Walker, guitar Stephen Pmslin, pianolharpsichordicelestalhonky-tonklchambero rgan...
 
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Ray Davies Embarks on North American Tour

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2008-03-28 08:00:00 by Paul Thompson in Pitchfork: News
...Davies -- you know, from the Kinks-- has lined up a handful of North American tour dates in support of his second-ever solo LP, Working Man's Café , out now on V2 in the UK and New West Records in the U.S And, not to sound like those Beatles jokers over in Forkcast, but that's big news. I mean, Ray Davies! You know, from the Kinks! Live and...
 
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Ray Davies Embarks on North American Tour

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