Lenny Kaye Releases Debut Solo Album ‘Goin’ Local’ Via Yep Roc Records

Most recently, Kaye previewed the collection with " The Things You Leave Behind ," a track that Terry Gross praised during a career-spanning conversation about the new record for NPR's Fresh Air, saying "I've never heard a song like this before." Of the full collection Gross adds, "S corching guitar, tender ballads that made me smile and laugh. Lenny Kaye is one of those people who seems to know everything there is to know about rock and pop music," says Gross. Listen to the full discussion here .

Before that, Kaye shared " Solstice " - which was co-written with Patti Smith and continues an ongoing, multi-decade artistic partnership between them that has encompassed classics from "Free Money" to "Ghost Dance" and "Radio Ethiopia" to "Southern Cross." He first introduced the collection with "Goin' Local " - the album's "robust title track…that affirms [Kaye's] faith in rock'n'roll" (MOJO).

For more than half a century, Kaye has remained defiantly uncategorizable and "kaleidoscopic in his creative output" (Aquarium Drunkard). The longest-serving member of the Patti Smith Group, he has also curated the seminal garage rock anthology Nuggets - "one of the most influential compilations ever" (The Guardian) - co-wrote Waylon Jennings' autobiography, penned music to Allen Ginsberg's poetry alongside Paul McCartney and Philip Glass - and produced projects for Suzanne Vega, Soul Asylum, Jessi Colter and more.

Last month, Kaye appeared in conversation with Emmy-award winning actor, musician and author Michael Imperioli for a special GRAMMY Museum evening in NYC, featuring a discussion of Kaye's career, the making of Goin' Local. Read more about the evening via Rolling Stone here .

Following a run of summer dates with Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Kaye will perform with the Patti Smith Group at Riot Fest and CBGB Festival this September. For more information please visit: https://www.yeproc.com/