Guardian Music — Kinks legend and Meltdown curator Ray Davies brings his uniquely English humour to this year's lineup, from Terry Jones to Nick LoweCaspar Llewellyn SmithJohn Domokos more info

Guardian Music — The Kinks singer, who is curating this year's Southbank-based festival, has ambitious plans for the programme of diverse actsRay Davies has revealed his lineup for the 2011 Meltdown festival and said the bill is "about Britain – we're trying to cov... more info

The Vinyl Villain — OK.Most of us got heartily sick of it as it was never off the radio or music video stations. We also got heartily sick of the antics of the Gallagher brothers as they took music to the masses via the tabloid newspapers with what seemed to be one stag... more info

The Independent — Ray Davies is considering resurrecting The Kinks without his brother. more info

ContactMusic — Ray Davies is considering resurrecting The Kinks without his brother. The 'Lola' singer is planning to tour with the legendary band even if his estranged brother, guitarist Dave Davies, refuses to take part. He said "We'll do it without him if ... more info

Guardian Music — Singer considering reunion tour with surviving band members – even if his estranged brother Dave Davies refuses to take partRay Davies is considering re-forming the Kinks without his estranged brother, according to a new interview. Tired of waiting... more info

ContactMusic — THE KINKS legend RAY DAVIES is still suffering the after-effects of a shooting in 2004 - he was hospitalised last year (10) when bullet residue formed a clot in his leg.The Waterloo Sunset hitmaker was blasted in the leg in January 2004 as he chased ... more info

VH1 Blog — Music lovers, rejoice! We’re bringing back one of our most popular music franchises, VH1 Storytellers, for its fifteenth season. And this time around, you’ll notice that the artists have a decidedly more indie slant than they have in previous yea... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — PART TWO OF THE TRANSLATION OF THE INTERVIEW WITH BEADY EYE FROM OOR MAGAZINE.BIG THANKS TO L4E MEMBER GENERAL DREAD FOR THE TRANSLATION. You have proven yourself as a great songwriter ever since your first song on SOTSOG?Well I don't walk around wit... more info

NME — Oxfordshire event to take place in July more info