DAVIES, RAY - Americana (Sealed) (2LP)

Ray Davies returns in April with Americana, his first solo album in 10 years. The 15-track long-player shares the name of his 2013 autobiography and when the Kinks frontman spoke to Billboard back in early 2015, he told them he’d penned “100 some songs with that I need to start recording” for the this very album. Americana is co-produced with Guy Massey and John Jackson and like the book, is very much an autobiographical work. Indeed it includes a number of short spoken-word passages from Davies’ memoir. Americana also features a duet with The Jayhawks’ Karen Grotberg.