Photo of the Week # 198

We have been living through some weird times to say the least for the last two years. The majority of live music has been absent for that time, it’s been hard for the music business. Musicians have been on hiatus with restrictions keeping them from working for much of the last two years. 2022 has seen it coming back though. Musicians are finding ways to tour again while being as safe as they can be. Vaccinations have been a game-changer for them.

The weekend of July 21-24 was the comeback of The Kemptville Live Music Festival and it felt so good. I’ve shot plenty of stuff, even over the time of covid restrictions, but this festival, for me, was the indication that things are coming back to normal, or is it the new normal? The atmosphere backstage was much more subdued this year than in other times. There was little mingling of musicians, no meet and greets, just some great music and a good time for those who attended.

Photo of the Week #126

Saturday night, I had the good fortune to shoot the Rockin’ The Big House show here in Kingston. For anyone who doesn’t know what that was, it was a concert featuring some pretty big Canadian musicians and it took place inside a former federal penitentiary here in town that is currently being run as a museum and it did indeed rock! Below is a photo taken at the end of the show and features all members of The Trews, Tom Cochrane and three of the remaining members of The Tragically Hip! History was made in Kingston Saturday night………in more than one way.