A Lenny Kravitz Concert- Songs From His Trailer By the Beach

Today is Ticket Tuesday and we're giving away LENNY KRAVITZ concert tickets for his February 10th show at the Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre. Ticket info here.  Lenny Kravitz spent time travelling and living as a "true citizen of the planet" to be inspired for his latest album, he has a new horn section and he is ready to rock your face off.

The life behind BLACK AND WHITE AMERICA came from the locations in which the music was made—from a tiny, 400-person community in the Bahamas to the streets of Paris.  "No doubt, my environment definitely lends a lot to the creative process," he says.  Kravitz has repeatedly shown what that process can accomplish. Lenny Kravitz's actual home in the islands has remained a crucial part of his life. "It's such a beautiful, isolated place," says Kravitz, "and it's a really great, basic existence. You eat out of the garden and the sea, you don’t have shoes or keys, and you know everybody and don’t pass by anyone without acknowledging them."  While the island, the homeland of his mother's family, has long been a familiar sanctuary for Kravitz, in the last year he committed to the place in a new way. Fortunately, what emerged was a new level of comfort and clarity with his music. "I dreamt a lot of this music, sleeping in my trailer on the beach," he says. One morning, he recalls, he "just woke up and ran to the studio and this thing came out"—which turned out to be the ferocious, funk-style groove of "Life Ain’t Ever Been Better Than It Is Now." On the soaring, prayer-like piano ballad "Dream," he sings, "no one can take the dream from your heart."  On other songs, he drew from his year in the secluded town in earthier ways.  "Playing the new music live will be really inspiring," says Kravitz. "I have an amazing band, including a full horn section and singers. We’re gonna come hard," he says with a laugh.

Here's a glimpse of Lenny's latest live show from Rock In Rio 2011

A funny side of Lenny Kravitz in "Stand" Directors Cut