{"id":35465,"date":"2018-04-29T10:08:08","date_gmt":"2018-04-29T09:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=35465"},"modified":"2018-04-29T10:08:08","modified_gmt":"2018-04-29T09:08:08","slug":"trevor-hall-and-nahko-bring-their-message-of-love-and-hope-to-londons-omeara-23-april-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/04\/trevor-hall-and-nahko-bring-their-message-of-love-and-hope-to-londons-omeara-23-april-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Trevor Hall And Nahko Bring Their Message Of Love And Hope To London\u2019s Omeara – 23 April 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nahko at Omeara, 23 April 2018. Photo credit: Lisa Hafey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was a sold out show at London’s Omeara, a club built under the arches of London Bridge railway station. Owned by Ben Lovett, of Mumford & Sons, it opened in late 2016 and has swiftly become a popular venue for alternative artists. You don’t get much more alternative than Nahko and Trevor Hall – the latter on his first visit to London – but we knew what to expect and got all of it and then some.<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Trevor Hall at Omeara, 23 April 2018. Photo credit: Lisa Hafey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The audience lined up along Omeara Street last Monday evening, excitedly talking about the forthcoming show. A beautiful aroma filled the air, revealed to be a smouldering smudge stick of Palo Santo wood, a Peruvian speciality incense burned to cleanse an area. We entered the venue, thus purified and eager to enjoy the night. It seemed all of alternative London was in attendance: hair buns and beards on many of the men, while the women wore comfortable and flowing dresses, sometimes with stylish shawls. Tribal tattoos were in abundance. So many open minded people in the one room ensured we were in for something special.<\/p>\n

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Trevor Hall at Omeara, 23 April 2018. Photo credit: Lisa Hafey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Trevor Hall walked on stage. One man with his guitar, humble, casually dressed with a beanie on his head, we welcomed him with love. Hall’s music mixes roots, folk, and reggae, and his songs are about his life experiences and spiritual journey. Trevor most recently released his three part EP series, ‘The Fruitful Darkness’, and his songs came both from there and the rest of this extensive back catalogue.<\/p>\n