Lenny Kravitz has been living for the past two years in a trailer on a beach on the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas, where, in fact, he felt inspired to create his most recent album “Black and White America”.
The 47-year-old singer feels “at home” on the island, which is the birthplace of his mother, and here he found inspiration to compose his most recent album, “Black and White America”, informs contactmusic.com.
Lenny, who recently sold his home in New York, but has another house in Paris, said: “This is where I feel most at home. I’ve come and here and gone from since the age of five and I lived here for the past two years”.
“I live in a trailer on the beach without the luxury, I have a dog, a hammock and a jeep that I bought when I released the first album. I wake up at night hearing the music, hear it down the road through the trees, so it stimulates creativity”, he said.
Lenny, whose father is a Jew, says that as child he did not feel strange that he belongs to several races, but he was shocked by the attitude of people when he launched his musical career. “I was told that I’m not black enough or white enough and I do not integrate in a category. I found this interesting, but I do not belong to a single category, and few of us are like that”, said Kravitz.
Lenny Kravitz will release his new album, “Black and White America” on August 30 in the U.S., with a scheduled promotional tour in Europe starting in October. According to the artist’s website, the promotional tour begins on September 30 in Rio de Janeiro, and, starting on October 30 Kravitz will concert to the scenes of cities in western Europe such as London, Rotterdam, Berlin, Milan and Paris, but also Warsaw, Prague, Riga and Zagreb.
After a three year break, the singer returns with an album made in the Bahamas and Paris, with rock and funk influences. The 16 tracks are produced, written and arranged by him and his voice and guitar are more distinct than ever. The song “Stand” was launched on June 6.
The album entered the music market after eight Kravitz’s previous productions and over 35 million units sold.
Lenny Kravitz is one of the most influential rock musicians of all time. His music is influenced largely by soul, rock and funk from the 60s – 70s. From 1999 to 2002 he won four consecutive Grammy Awards, setting a record for the category “Best Male Rock Vocal Performance”. Hits such as “Are You Gonna Go My Way,” “If You Can not Say No”, “I Belong to You”, “Fly Away” and “American Woman” won him the appreciation of the public and other prizes: BRIT, MTV, American Music, Billboard.