Brittany Kennell At L'Astral

Singing and storytelling go well together.  Some of the best songs I can remember have their roots in stories, either true or imagined.  This is true for most genres, but it seems much more evident with Country music.  You can't help but follow the story as Loretta Lynn sings about the Coal Miner's Daughter, Johnny Cash relaying the tale of a Boy Named Sue or Kenny Rogers regaling letting us know about the Coward of the County.  Brittany Kennell, who our show starter this past Sunday at L'Astral in Montreal, has a career that reads like a story  Her story began here in Montreal, took a detour in Nashville for a couple of years and now continues back at home with the release of a new album and heaps of praise.  She was the first, and so far only, Canadian to ever appear on the popular American television show, The Voice and is now a leading voice in trying to turn Montreal into the Canadian home of Country music.  Her debut album, I Ain't A Saint, was released this past September and she seemed genuinely touched when the crowd would sing the lyrics along with her.  She's already been called the new Shania, which are some rather big cowboy boots to fill, but I certainly wouldn't bet against her.  Being a home town girl, you can't help but to root for Brittany Kennell to succeed, but it's all that much easier because she has the talent to back it up.  The first photograph was taken a f/3.2, 1/80sec, ISO 8000 at 50mm and the second photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/80sec, ISO 8000 at 47mm.  Here are several more photographs that I took during her performance.

f/3.2, 1/60sec, ISO 5000 at 35mm

f/3.2, 1/125sec, ISO 8000 at 57mm

f/3.2, 1/80sec, ISO 8000 at 50mm

f/3.2, 1/125sec, ISO 8000 at 70mm

f/3.2, 1/80sec, ISO 8000 at 63mm

f/3.2, 1/80sec, ISO 8000 at 57mm

f/3.2, 1/80sec, ISO 8000 at 24mm

f/3.2, 1/60sec, ISO 8000 at 70mm

f/3.2, 1/80sec, ISO 8000 at 50mm

f/3.2, 1/80sec, ISO 8000 at 50mm

If you'd like to find out more about Brittany Kennell and her music, you can follow the link to her website.  To see the photographs that I took of Tenille Townes later that night, you can follow this link.  Everyone likes to hear a good song or story, and despite a few character building bumps along the way, it certainly looks like Brittany Kennell is on her way to a happily ever after.