Hear Ray Davies’ New Song ‘Poetry’ From Autobiographical ‘Americana’ LP
Ray Davies returns this April with Americana, his first solo album since 2008’s Working Man’s Cafe. The album is based around Davies’ recent memoir, Americana: The Kinks, the Riff, the Road: The Story. The record, out April 21st, includes spoken-word portions from the book.
Fittingly, the singer recruited an American band, the Jayhawks, to support him on the album, which was recorded in London at Konk. Guy Massey and John Jackson helped Davies with production.
The singer shared “Poetry,” the first taste of Americana, on Monday via NPR. It’s a crunchy power-pop tune, full of jangly guitar leads and pretty backing vocals, concerned with the material…
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