Jonathan Roy At Théâtre Beanfield

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.  At the corner of Atwater and Ste-Catherine sits what remains of the legendary Montreal Forum.  It is a building where legends were created.  A few blocks south, the son of one of those legends was continuing his own rapidly rising musical trajectory.  In a building actually older than the Forum, Jonathan Roy had everyone at the Théâtre Beanfield energized.  JonathanRoy found himself in Montreal as part of this Symphony of Doubts tour.  The tour is named after his most recent album, which was released back in February.  Originally, this concert was scheduled to take place in February to coincide with the album being released, but it ended up getting delayed.  Jonathan Roy demonstrated to those that have been holding on to their tickets for the last eight months that good things come to those who wait.  Our headliner, Jonathan Roy, is known for being a spiritual soul.  And a brave one as well.  He strode barefoot along the carpeted stage.  With the things I have seen deposited on that stage, you need to be brave to walk barefoot upon it. Watching Jonathan perform is as interesting as hearing him sing.  Full of energy and charisma, he owns the stage and charms the crowd simultaneously.  In French, he would be referred to as a bête de scène.  That would be someone who excels when the lights are on him and it’s time to perform.  It’s no surprise that his show has been nominated for an ADISQ award for Concert of the Year.  He opened his set with “Waiting For A Call”, the big single from Symphony of Doubts.  He followed that up with a couple other tracks from the same album, “Pulling Away” and “Divided”.  By the time that he got to “Hate That I Love You”, the Théâtre Beanfield was as alive as The Forum was during its glory days.  Supported by a group of awesome musicians, including the awesome Tim Sussin on guitar, the music melds several genres together.  An awesome light show and images on the video wall only add to the ambiance in the room.  It’s all held together by our charismatic showman, only to happy be on stage doing what he loves to do.  And his fans love him for it.  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 Jonathan Roy as he performed on the Théâtre Beanfield stage.

 

If you would like to find out more about Jonathan Roy and his music, you can do so by following the link to his webpage.  If you would like to see the photographs that I took of Pelch, who performed earlier that evening, you can do so by following the link.  A big thank you goes out to Paul Jessop Management, Evenko and Christopher Gonda at V13 Media for getting me a pass to photograph the show.  As always, it is very much appreciated.  Jonathan Roy’s Symphony of Doubts tour continues in to December.  Don’t you dare miss it when he plays in a town near you