We discovered many sides of Jota P\u00ea during his very first concert in Montreal. Not only does he have one of the most beautiful voices in Brazil, in my humble opinion, but he is also an excellent storyteller and very funny on stage. Throughout the evening, he alternated between songs, stories, and jokes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Accompanied by two excellent musicians who came with him from Brazil\u2014Weslei Rodrigo on bass and Kab\u00e9 Pinheiro on percussion\u2014he appeared on stage wearing his famous hat, which has become his signature. Dressed in a very minimalist style, the artist began alone on guitar, soon joined by the bass, and then the percussion kicked in. From the very first song, he engaged the crowd and got them involved in the performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The stage was set for a fiery evening in front of a big crowd at the Belmont.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This was the third stop on his very first Canadian tour. He began in Vancouver, then Toronto, before finishing in Montreal. He played several songs from his albums, mainly Dominguinho<\/em> and Se O Meu Peito Fosse o Mundo<\/em>, both released in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00ab J\u2019esp\u00e8re qu\u2019\u00e0 la fin du concert, vous vous sentirez mieux que lorsque vous \u00eates arriv\u00e9s – I hope that by the end of the concert, you\u2019ll feel better than when you arrived,\u201d he told the audience before launching into the song T\u00e1 A\u00ea<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Between songs, he shared stories, including his meeting with the great Gilberto Gil, who once invited him over for dinner. During that evening, he had the unfortunate mishap of breaking a crystal glass, which has since become a running joke. But what really stands out is the way he tells these stories: he knows exactly how to keep the audience\u2019s attention, leaving them hanging on his every word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the evening\u2019s highlights came during the song Feito A Mar\u00e9<\/em>, which he recorded with Gilsons, the trio formed by the sons and nephew of Gilberto Gil. The entire venue sang at the top of their lungs while the bassist\u2014whose scarf perfectly matched his bass\u2014added a few lines with a kompa-like feel. We heard touches of reggae, forr\u00f3, rock, and even a bit of samba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A few covers were also part of the repertoire of the artist from Osasco, in the state of S\u00e3o Paulo, including A Primeira Vista<\/em> by Chico C\u00e9sar, performed with a reggae twist, and A Ordem Natural das Coisas<\/em> by rapper Emicida, whose concert we also covered. In fact, Emicida reportedly called Jota P\u00ea when the song was released to congratulate him on this version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But the most powerful moment of the evening undoubtedly came during the song Ouro Marrom<\/em>, which he performed alone on guitar and which speaks about the reality of being a Black man. The song won the award for Best Portuguese Language Song at the Latin Grammys in 2024. His voice resonated through the room as the audience turned into a massive choir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00ab J\u2019ai trop parl\u00e9, je vais laisser mes musiciens parler \u00e0 leur tour – I\u2019ve talked too much\u2014I\u2019ll let my musicians speak now,\u201d he said, before giving the bassist and percussionist the floor for their respective solos. The percussionist even added his cavaquinho to the mix, along with body percussion. And as if to keep us awake as the night grew late, he ended the concert with a burst of energy, followed by an improvisation session between the three musicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00ab C\u2019est le dernier concert de la tourn\u00e9e canadienne. J\u2019aimerais remercier les productions Showza\u00e7o d\u2019avoir rendu cela possible, ainsi qu\u2019\u00e0 J\u00d8Y Brandt pour la premi\u00e8re partie – This is the last concert of the Canadian tour. I\u2019d like to thank Showza\u00e7o Productions for making this possible, as well as J\u00d8Y Brandt for the opening set,\u201d he said before leaving the stage around 2 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In my opinion, the mission was accomplished\u2014we left feeling better than when we arrived.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We discovered many sides of Jota P\u00ea during his very first concert in Montreal. Not only does he have one of the most beautiful voices in Brazil, in my humble opinion, but he is also an excellent storyteller and very funny on stage. Throughout the evening, he alternated between songs, stories, and jokes. Accompanied by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1468,"featured_media":154846,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":""},"categories":[8152],"tags":[9555],"genre":[4007,6520,3272],"salle":[7025],"ville":[7246],"class_list":["post-154857","gig_review","type-gig_review","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-critiques-de-concerts-en","tag-showzaco-en","genre-brazilian","genre-forro-en","genre-reggae-2","salle-le-belmont-en","ville-montreal-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n