Lenny Kaye of the Patti Smith Group Readies Debut Solo Album

Tamara Ceaikovski

Lenny Kaye is making his solo debut at 79 with a new album called Goin’ Local . The longtime Patti Smith Group member and all-round punk paragon—whose resume includes curating the very first Nuggets compilation—enlisted Smith herself to co-write a song called “Solstice,” and worked with jazz pianist Matthew Shipp, Railroad Earth’s Tim Carbone, the Jayhawks ’ John Jackson, and David Mansfield elsewhere on the LP. Listen to the title track below, ahead of Goin’ Local ’s July 17 release via Yep

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Lenny Kaye of the Patti Smith Group Readies Debut Solo Album https://pitchfork.com/ - 22.04.2026 21:31
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