by Catherine Blanch | Nov 19, 2016 | Book, Entertainment, Interviews, Live Music, Music, Theatre
by Catherine Blanch. Part Three in our series of interviews with Jimmy Barnes – Australian music icon, lead singer of legendary band Cold Chisel, devoted family man and best-selling author of his childhood memoir Working Class Boy – A Memoir Of Running Away, see us...
by Catherine Blanch | Nov 18, 2016 | Book, Interactive, Interviews, Live Music, Music, Theatre
by Catherine Blanch. We continue our three-part interview with Australian music icon, devoted family man and best-selling author Jimmy Barnes about his life between moving from Glasgow to Elizabeth, and the hope that gave way to poverty, alcoholism, violence and...
by Catherine Blanch | Nov 17, 2016 | Book, Entertainment, Interviews, Music, Theatre
by Catherine Blanch. In the summer of 1962, Dot and Jim Swan arrived in South Australia with their six children. Travelling by boat from Glasgow, Scotland, this move to the Northern suburbs of Adelaide was meant to be a new beginning in their lives, but hope gave way...
by Dave Bradley | Oct 26, 2016 | Books, Human Interest, Music, Reviews
Jimmy Barnes (HarperCollins) 2016, 362pp, RRP $45.00 Dead-set Aussie Legend Jimmy’s – sorry, Barnesy’s – autobiographical volume is the first of a projected pair, and therefore fans of Cold Chisel and his beloved solo work might be surprised by the fact that this is...
by David Robinson | Mar 4, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Live Music, Music, Reviews
The Wheatsheaf, Thu 3 Mar The SomeBuddies: Dave Hudson, Ben Ford-Davies and Ria Loof, return to the Fringe with another evening of inspired, harmony-driven music. Opening with The Eagles’ Seven Bridges Road, complete with a cappella beginning and end, the scene is...