Alan O'Hare is a musician and songwriter from Liverpool. Well known as the former lead singer of The Trestles, Al's current venture is Only Child alongside Laura McKinlay.
Event – Jeffrey Martin Support – She’s In The Trees, Mike West Date – 23rd January 2024 Venue – Future Yard Reviewer – Alan O’Hare Sweetheart, I ain’t your Christ. That’s a lyric from a Josh T. Pearson song running around my head as I travel home to Liverpool underground from Birkenhead.Continue Reading
Event – Nunnery Norheim ‘I Saw The City’ album launch Support – Sara Wolff Date – 16th September 2023 Venue – Music Room, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Reviewer – Alan O’Hare A great singing voice can stop the clocks – but it’s only those singing with an aim that’s true who can trulyContinue Reading
Artist – Dorothy Bird Album – Belonging Released on vinyl – 24th June 2022 Reviewer – Alan O’Hare, Liverpool Acoustic Rating – 8/10 There’s nothing like a warm, analogue sound to send a male, middle-aged, acoustic guitar-loving reviewer into raptures. The rub? The warm, analogue sound produced here is the result ofContinue Reading
As Ian Prowse’s Monday Club celebrates 10 years at Mathew Street’s Cavern Pub Liverpool Acoustic’s Alan O’Hare caught up with the man behind it to find out what it means to him. The Ian Prowse Monday Club at The Cavern Pub has cemented itself into the bricks and mortar ofContinue Reading
Artist – Aviator Album – All You Haters Released – 22nd June 2020 Reviewer – Alan O’Hare, Liverpool Acoustic Aviator is ex-Cast, Shack and Echo & The Bunnymen bass player and backing vocalist Pete Wilkinson. The backing vocalist tag is key to understanding what Wilkinson did next after his acclaimed adventures withContinue Reading
Artist – John Jenkins Album – Growing Old – Songs From My Front Porch Released – 26th April 2020 Reviewer – Alan O’Hare, Liverpool Acoustic Albums are on a collision course with disaster. It’s not too hard to see into a future where ten or twelve songs, collected together by an artistContinue Reading
Artist – Shadow Captain Single – Hey Django Release date – 5th June 2020 Reviewer – Alan O’Hare Looking for something to make you smile? ‘Hey Django’ is the first single from the forthcoming album from Liverpool’s Shadow Captain. A toe-tapper to walk you into a summer with a wag of itsContinue Reading
Album review: Nick Ellis – Adult Fiction ALBUM REVIEW Artist – Nick Ellis Album – Adult Fiction Release date – 12th November 2017 Reviewer – Alan O’Hare Second albums are tough… especially if you’re a solo artist. Scouse songwriter Nick Ellis’ first album, the sublime Daylight Ghosts, was critically acclaimed and placed the ex-MaybesContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist – Alun Parry Album – Freedom Rider Release date – 25th March 2017 Reviewer – Alan O’Hare, Liverpool Acoustic You don’t often associate poetry and metaphor with protest music. But therein lies the rub: Alun Parry is no protest singer. He’s a folk hero. Folk music comes in many colours and whilst it’sContinue Reading
ALBUM REVIEW Artist – Elfin Bow Album – Elfin Bow Release date – 18th March 2017 Reviewer – Alan O’Hare, Liverpool Acoustic All artists invite you to enter the world they inhabit. It was Bruce Springsteen who said that the artist’s job is to make YOU interested in their obsessions. Has Elfin Bow managed that with herContinue Reading
