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Lenny Kravitz

Lenny Kravitz

There may have been other "retro" rock acts before him, but Lenny Kravitz was one of the first to not be pigeonholed to a single style as he touched upon such genres as soul, funk, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, folk, and ballads over the years. Born in New York on May 26, 1964 (his mother was actress Roxie Roker, best-known for her role as Helen Willis on the popular TV series The Jeffersons, and his father...
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by Greg Prato

Born

May 26, 1964 in New York, NY

Genre

Pop/Rock

Styles

  • Contemporary Pop/Rock
  • Neo-Psychedelia
  • American Trad Rock
  • Alternative/Indie Rock
  • Album Rock

LATEST ALBUMS

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  • It Is Time for a Love Revolution

    Never let it be said that Lenny Kravitz lives in the past -- he knows that 2008 is all about the resurrection of Led Zeppelin, so he's constructed his eighth album, ... More ...

  • Lenny

    Sure, 5 gave Lenny Kravitz a career revival, thanks to a really big hit with the didactic, clumsy "Fly," and he followed it with a hit that was equally inexplicable -- a lumbering,... More ...

  • Circus

    After the fuzz-rock revivalism of Are You Gonna Go My Way, Lenny Kravitz seems to have settled into a comfortable groove, alternating between early-'70s album rock and early-'70s soul,... More ...

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