Jade Eagleson At Le Studio TD

We're a little bit backed up on getting my concert photographs up here on The Old Blog.  I suppose we will catch up at some point, but this would be a good time to remind you that my concert photographs can be seen in a much more timely manner by visiting V13Media, which you can do by following the link.  If you'd like an even more direct route to my photographs, you can visit my personal page over there but using the following link.  After a long, cold Montreal winter, the city’s country music fans got a taste of the warmer weather to come.  This past Thursday night, Jade Eagleson was playing Le Studio TD.  It was part of his Coming Soon To A Honky Tonk Near You tour.  Montreal hosts the annual Lasso Festival every August and Jade Eagleson has been part of that a few times.  One could almost feel the Summer heat to come while he was on stage. On this night, toques, mittens and snow pants were replaced by jeans, vests and cowboy hats.  The fans who packed the concert hall definitely arrived in their rodeo finest.  Played to the stage by his band, Jade Eagleson was all smiles before the first note was played from his guitar.  I don’t know if the Celine Dion t-shirt he was wearing was chosen in order to win over some of the crowd, but it wasn’t necessary.  This honky tonk was already hooting and hollering in anticipation of his arrival.  He opened with “Coming Soon To A Honky Tonk Near You” and the fans were all in excited for this new song.  The party continued with “Do It Anyway” from the album of the same name.  It won him a CCMA Country Music Album of the Year award.  This one really got the crowd roaring and I saw a cowboy hat or two waved along to the groove.  Opening act Sully Burrows, check out the photographs of his performance earlier that night by following the link, returned to the stage to lend his vocals to “More Drinkin’ Than Fishin’”.  Many of the locals lent their voices to the song as well.  This left the Studio TD rockin’ and rollin’ like the Boar’s Nest back in Hazzard County.  “Worth The Double”, “Rodeo Queen” and “Get Your Name On It” completed the good time that was promised.  After the encore, the damsels and gentlemen made their way to the stables for the horse ride home. All of the photographs were taken at f/3.2 while using various different shutter speeds, ISO settings and focal lengths.  Here are the rest of the photographs that I took of Jade Eagleson as he performed up on the Le Studio TD stage.

 

If you would like to find out more about Jade Eagleson and his music, you can do so by following the link to his website.  If you would like to see the photographs that I took of Brittany Kennell and Sully Burrows, who performed earlier in the evening, you can do so by following the respective links.  A big thank you goes out to Jade Eagleson's management team at Range Media Partners, Evenko and Christopher Gonda of V13 Media for getting me a pass to photograph the show. As always, it is much appreciated.  This was one of the final shows of the tour, but Jade Eagleson will certainly be back on the road again soon.  Don’t you dare miss it when he visits a town near you.

Brittany Kennell At Le Studio TD

We're a little bit backed up on getting my concert photographs up here on The Old Blog.  I suppose we will catch up at some point, but this would be a good time to remind you that my concert photographs can be seen in a much more timely manner by visiting V13Media, which you can do by following the link.  If you'd like an even more direct route to my photographs, you can visit my personal page over there but using the following link.  Our very first country music show of the year at Le Studio TD featured a very special guest star.  Montreal's own Country Music Queen, Brittany Kennell.  My kids know her best as the sometimes singer of the National Anthems for the Montreal Canadiens.  When they get older, perhaps they’ll dig through Dad’s music collection and discover her albums.  They’re all full of great songs.  She gave us a mix of both old and new, beginning with her latest single, “Life’s Waiting On Me”.  Brittany Kennell's most recent album was 2024's Pink Collar, so perhaps this is the sign of a new album to come.  All of the songs got a great reaction from the hometown crowd.  Old favourites “Eat Drink Remarry” and “Bought The T-Shirt” are still terrific fun to hear live.  Guitarist Antoine Loiselle was his usual awesome self, which always adds to the greatness of Brittany’s shows.  Even after the power to her amps were accidentally cut off, Brittany Kennell still stood.  Triumphantly strumming her guitar until the technical problems were fixed.  It was a great performance indeed.  All of the photographs were taken at f/3.2 while using various different shutter speeds, ISO settings and focal lengths.  Here are the rest of the photographs that I took of Brittany Kennell as she performed on the Le Studio TD stage.

 

If you would like to find out more about Brittany Kennell and her music, you can do so by following the link.  If you would like to see the photographs that I took of Jade Eagleson and Sully Burrows, who also performed that night, you can do so by following the respective links.  A Brittany Kennell show is guaranteed to turn in to a toe tapping good time.  Don't you dare miss it when she performs in a town near you.