The Return of Kevin

KEVIN O'HARA has been an absent friend from the Newcastle music scene for more than decade. Leaving his home town for the lures of travel, O'Hara established himself as a musician and performer of note in Europe, and was recognised for his work with MARGUERITE and THE KOOKA BROS and ...

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In Training for New Year

GUITARIST and dog trainer extraordinaire KEVIN O'HARA has a wonderful new year's resolution and he began practising a couple of weeks ago. 'I'm teaching my dog to talk,' O'Hara says matter-of-factly. Playing at Customs House on New Year's Eve, O'Hara was ...

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O'Hara Home to Pull rRight Strings

SOLOIST KEVIN O'HARA has that knack of drawing you into his performances, 'amazing you with his intense guitar style, and entertaining you with his sense of humour'. O'Hara began performing around Newcastle years ago, in the TOE JAMMERS with GREG BRYCE, but returned a couple of ...

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Acoustic Appeal Hits From All Eras

GLOBE-trotting Novocastrian musician KEVIN O'HARA has been back in Newcastle for nearly three years after spending 10 years on the road in Europe. Performing this Friday night at the Lake Macquarie Yacht Club O'Hara plays classic hits to current chart toppers, using an acoustic guitar ...

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Days on Road Over for O'Hara

GLOBE-TROTTING Novocastrian musician KEVIN O'HARA has been back in Newcastle for nearly three years after spending 10 years on the road in Europe. Performing this Sunday at Cessnock Ex-Services Club, O'Hara plays classic hits to current chart toppers, using an acoustic guitar with ...

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Guitarist Picking a Bold New Direction

TALENTED Newcastle guitarist Kevin O'Hara has taken a new direction from blues and rock to so-called 'boom chick'. He describes boom chick as 100% instrumental Chet Atkins style finger picking. 'I do arrangements of music from the 1920s onwards, the type of music our ...

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