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Shel Talmy, producer for The Who and The Kinks, dies aged 87

The US record producer died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

Evening Standard · Nov 14, 2024

‘Played on over 250 albums’: was Nicky Hopkins the greatest unsung pianist ever?

He helped shape classic songs by the Rolling Stones, The Who and the Beatles but his influence on music has been largely ignored. A new documentary aims to correct that

The Guardian - US · Nov 6, 2024

Watch Rory Gallagher and The Kinks set The Midnight Special ablaze in 1974

Includes the fastest version of The Kinks' You Really Got Me you're ever likely to witness

Louder · Oct 14, 2024

The Guardian view on Oasis and sibling rivalry: a variation on an ancient theme

Editorial: The Gallagher brothers might have taken their feuding to extremes, but it is nothing new

The Guardian - UK · Aug 30, 2024

Dave Davies "very sad" to find his Rock Hall of Fame trophy for sale on eBay

Kinks icon Dave Davies lost track of Rock Hall trophy around the time of his 2004 stroke and now he hopes to get it back

Louder · Jun 23, 2024

Slay: The evolution of drag anthems

As we honor Pride, let's delve into the rich history of music that has uplifted he drag community over the decades

Salon · Jun 22, 2024

“People like The Stones, or later on The Kinks. They all really liked us and thought that we had something special": The Liverbirds on life as Britain’s first female rock band

The Liverbirds on life as Britain's first female rock band

MusicRadar · Jun 1, 2024

“Chuck Berry’s manager said, ‘Nobody’s allowed to play any Chuck Berry songs.’ We started Roll Over Beethoven – he ran onstage and tried to stop us”: The Liverbirds played alongside the Beatles and the Rolling Stones – and paved the way for women in rock

From booting Chuck Berry’s manager off stage and proving John Lennon wrong, to touring Japan and blazing a screaming trail across Europe, The Liverbirds took Merseybeat beyond British shores, on their own terms

Guitar World · May 28, 2024

Cyril Davies was a grumpy, balding panel beater who "drank bourbon like a fish": He also inspired a generation of rock musicians – and has been all but airbrushed out of history

What do The Kinks, Stones and The Who all have in common? For one thing, a harmonica-playing bluesman nicknamed 'Squirrel'

Louder · Apr 25, 2024

"We get halfway through, just before the solo, and all the power goes off on stage": The night a furious Ray Davies cut a Yes set short before aiming blows and kicks at Rick Wakeman

In late 1971, Yes and The Kinks hooked up for a short run of shows in New York, but brotherly love between the bands was in short supply

Louder · Apr 3, 2024