July Talk 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.  It may be spring, but it still feels like the summer is months away.  The end of March is the time when Montréal is ready for July to arrive.  This past Saturday night at the Théâtre Beanfield, it was July Talk that was ready for Montréal.  Fans were still bundled against below zero temperatures as they walked to the venue.  However, July Talk was in town to provide an oasis of musical heat to warm Montréal’s winter weary bones.  July Talk has touring since the beginning of March.  They’ve been visiting some of Canada’s biggest cities in celebration of perhaps their biggest album.  The Touch 10^th Anniversary Tour has been providing fans the ability to celebrate the hit album.  July Talk play the album from beginning to end, while also adding in some of their other hits.  Getting to hear the whole album played live makes for an unforgettable experience.  The uniquely voiced Peter Dreimanis led July Talk to the stage after a short intermission.  Hanging near the drums, with her back turned to the audience was the other half of July Talk’s vocals, Leah Fay.  Their conversation like back and forth vocals are July Talk’s calling card.  After grooving to the opening notes of “Picturing Love”, she turned.  Revealing an awesome baby bump.  The sign on the ticket window had read ‘Sold Out’ when I arrived, but it looked like we may have been one over capacity.  That little baby must be having the best crash course in music of all time.  I used to put headphones on my better half’s baby belly so they could hear some tunes.  This little guy, or gal, was getting the full on concert experience.  Every night, for the last month.  “Beck + Call” quickly followed as the band ticked off every song from the Touch album, all the way down to closing track “Touch”.  Not ready to call it a night, July Talk continued the party with nine other tracks from their other albums.  Closing with an awesome trifecta of “Summer Dress”, “Guns + Ammunition” and “The Garden”.  July’s warmth may remain a ways off, but July Talk had turned the heat up to 11.  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 July Talk while they performed on the Théâtre Beanfield stage.

 

If you would like to find out more about July Talk and their music, you can do so by following the link to their website.  If you would like to see the photographs that I took of Juliana Riolino, who performed earlier that evening, you can do so by following the link.  As usual, a big thank you goes out to July Talk's management team at Six Shooter Records, Evenko and Christopher Gonda at V13 Media for getting me a pass to photograph the show.  As usual, it is very much appreciated.  July Talk's Touch 10^th Anniversary Tour has come to an end, but they’re sure to be back on the road again soon.  Probably with a little bundle of joy crawling around backstage.

Julianna Riolino 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.  It's always a thrill to walk into Montréal's Théâtre Beanfield, knowing that you will hopefully have the chance to experience an unforgettable moment or two.  While on the topic of unforgettable, on this night, our opening act made sure that we wouldn’t forget her name.  Juliana Riolino hit the stage with a swagger that said she was going to make a statement.  She is a wild hybrid of classic rock and country, with a pinch of punk rock thrown in as well.  “Juliana!” she would shout to the crowd while the fans would respond with “Riolino!”  A call and response that would only get louder as the set progressed.  Juliana Riolino and her band obviously came here to rock, something she yelled to the crowd several times.  They certainly accomplished their task.  Juliana was giving off some Joan Jett vibes with her raspy voice and unlimited energy on stage.  She also had the crowd rocking out on tunes like “Full Moon” and “Running”.  Both of which can be found on her most recent album, Echo In The Dust, which was released last year.  Julianna was also able to slow things down to a calm sway.  She did that with a cover of Paul McCartney’s “Let Me Roll It”, which she blended with “Why Do I Miss You”.  It was a terrific performance that left everyone wanting more.  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 Julianna Riolino as she performed up on the Théâtre Beanfield stage.

If you would like to find out more about Julianna Riolino and her music, you can do so by following the link to her website.  If you would like to see the photographs that I took of July Talk, who performed later that evening, you can do so by following the link.  Julianna Riolino was just the spark of energy that was needed to set of a blazing night of music  Don't you dare miss it when she performs in a town near you.