Our first concert of 2023 was headlined by a form of local royalty. It's been said that being the child of a famous person is not the easiest of roads to travel, though I am sure it is one that The Heir Apparent and Crown Prince will handle quite well. A kidding aside, our Friday night at the MTelus featured a night of music headlined by Jonathan Roy. He had originally tried to follow in his famous fathers skates, but found that his true calling was music. He obviously made the right choice, because despite his familiar family name, the family connection is hardly ever mentioned anymore. February 3rd will see the release of his latest album, and sixth of his career, Life Distortions. He says the album is a result of self discovery and coming to the realization that you can't let the distortions of life take you off course and change who you are. That's certainly a profound statement, but it is presented in such a joyful manner that it doesn't come off a pretentious, but rather as a friendly "I've found this happiness, and it's so easy that you can too." Isn't that what we're all looking for. He found it in music, maybe we can too. The first photograph was taken at f/3.5, 1/1000sec, ISO 4000 at 57mm. Here are several more photographs of his performance.
f/3.5, 1/160sec, ISO 8000 at 70mm
f/3.5, 1/125sec, ISO 8000 at 70mm
f/3.5, 1/100sec, ISO 8000 at 70mm
f/3.5, 1/200sec, ISO 3200 at 28mm
f/3.5, 1/200sec, ISO 3200 at 67mm
f/3.5, 1/320sec, ISO 4000 at 24mm
f/3.5, 1/80sec, ISO 8000 at 70mm
f/3.5, 1/200sec, ISO 8000 at 24mm
f/3.5, 1/60sec, ISO 8000 at 67mm
f/3.5, 1/125sec, ISO 8000 at 50mm
f/3.5, 1/125sec, ISO 8000 at 70mm
f.3.5, 1/80sec, ISO 4000 at 24mm
f/3.5, 1/125sec, ISO 8000 at 42mm
f/3.5, 1/125sec, ISO 8000 at 70mm
f/3.5, 1/100sec, ISO 8000 at 45mm
f/3.5, 1/160sec, ISO 8000 at 24mm
f/3.5, 1/100sec, ISO 8000 at 70mm
f/3.5, 1/800sec, ISO 4000 at 70mm
f/3.5, 1/320sec, ISO 8000 at 24mm
f/3.5, 1/250sec, ISO 4000 at 70mm
f/3.5, 1/125sec, ISO 4000 at 70mm
f/3.5, 1/125sec, ISO 4000 at 84mm
f/3.5, 1/250sec, ISO 4000 at 38mm
f/3.5, 1/60sec, ISO 4000 at 24mm
f/3.5, 1/1000sec, ISO 4000 at 57mm
If you'd like to find out more about
Jonathan Roy and his music, you can do so by following the link to his website. If you'd like to see the photographs of Cinzia & The Eclipse who performed earlier that night, you can do so by
following this link. A big thank you to Joanie Noel of
Les Communications Nariman for getting me a pass to shoot the show. As always, it is greatly appreciated. While I hate to bring things back to his family name, don't be surprised if this next generation superstar is soon filling the same arena where his father's number hangs in the ceilings. The crowd would be different, but it wouldn't be the first time that the name is chanted in that building. The day is surely coming soon.
Our first concert of 2023 was headlined by a form of local royalty. It's been said that being the child of a famous person is not the easiest of roads to travel, though I am sure it is one that The Heir Apparent and Crown Prince will handle quite well. A kidding aside, our Friday night at the MTelus featured a night of music headlined by Jonathan Roy. He had originally tried to follow in his famous fathers skates, but found that his true calling was music. He obviously made the right choice, because despite his familiar family name, the family connection is hardly ever mentioned anymore. February 3rd will see the release of his latest album, and sixth of his career, Life Distortions. He says the album is a result of self discovery and coming to the realization that you can't let the distortions of life take you off course and change who you are. That's certainly a profound statement, but it is presented in such a joyful manner that it doesn't come off a pretentious, but rather as a friendly "I've found this happiness, and it's so easy that you can too." Isn't that what we're all looking for. He found it in music, maybe we can too. The first photograph was taken at f/3.5, 1/1000sec, ISO 4000 at 57mm. Here are several more photographs of his performance.
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