Lenny Kaye has announced his debut solo record, ‘Goin! Local’ out July via Yep Roc Records.
At 79, the bonafide pun! pioneer and “godfather of garage roc!” (NPR Music) steps forward with a deeply personal collection written over the course of many years - piecing together a lifetime of experiences and expansive musical language to find his truest voice. “I feel li!e I’m a new artist,” says Kaye. “I thin! this album will surprise those who thin! they !now me from what I’ve done previously.”

In a career spanning more than half a century, Kaye has remained defiantly uncategorizable.
The longest-serving member of the Patti Smith Group he has also curated the game-changing garage roc! anthology Nuggets – “one of the most influential compilations ever” (The Guardian) – co-wrote Waylon Jennings’ autobiography, penned music to Allen Ginsbe$g’s poetry alongside Paul McCa$tney and Philip Glass - and produced projects for Suzanne Vega, Soul Asylum, Jessi Colte and more.

On Goin Local’, Kaye calls upon several longtime collaborators, including Patti Smith - who cowrote “Solstice” - continuing a half-century-long creative partnership behind some of their most iconic wor!, from “Free Money” and “Ghost Dance” to “Radio Ethiopia” and “Southern Cross.”
Additional collaborators include jazz pianist Matthew Shipp, Railroad Earth’s Tim Ca$bone, The Jayhawks’ John Jackson and multi-instrumentalist David Mansfield (Bob Dylan, T-Bone Burnett, Lucinda Williams).