You might have remembered him as the funky-looking stylist of Katniss Everdeen on the trilogy Hunger Games and have forgotten how great of an artist Lenny Kravitz is. With her edgy hairstyles, the occasional facial piercings and the soulful tracks he had released during his entire career, we can all surmise that he's one extraordinary soloist. Brought to mainstream fame during the 1990s after his iconic and relatable track Again, Kravitz has been very active in the music industry but on a low-key.
We haven't witnessed worldwide tours or humongous concerts with his name plastered on it since it is pretty much evident that he doesn’t need the noise to be heard. With a few gigs and appearances every now and then, Lenny Kravitz is one of the few musicians who invested in enriching his craft that booming his fame. Truly one of the best things that happened to the pop-rock genre, Lenny Kravitz is on the move again with pleasing his loyal fan base with a live concert converted into a film entitled Just Let Go.
Due to be on the music stands on October 23rd, Just Let Go is a compilation of Lenny Kravitz' shenanigans during his much-celebrated European leg tour last 2014. It can be remembered that Lenny Kravitz ventured out in expanding his musical horizons by going out of his comfort zone
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Just Let Go is also rumored to include some innocuous behind-the-scenes footage, Mish mash of interviews and even up-close rehearsal sets captured on film. The film's main aim is to show the world what a musician's vantage point is when it comes to pulling-off a more creative, more specific and more liberal ways of establishing good music for the immediate audience. Just Let Go also would pull you in closer on as to how Kravitz work with his band and staff set upon a raw, unrehearsed and truthful
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