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Master storyteller Tim Freedman takes the stage again in joyful birthday bash
Master storyteller and front man of The Whitlams Tim Freedman turned his biggest live music gig in 10 months into an entertaining birthday bash. Steve Moffatt November 28, 2020 – 10:33PM Wentworth...
View ArticleTim Freedman Charms The Love Boat In The Sawtell RSL’s First Post-COVID Concert
MUSIC returned to the Sawtell RSL last Saturday night with an engaging performance by Tim Freedman, mainstay of The Whitlams. Freedman’s masterful piano playing, distinctive voice and sense of humour...
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‘I was used to doing whatever the hell I wanted’: Tim Freedman on life and...
COVID-19 has ruined my plans to have a beer with Tim Freedman at his favourite Newtown pub. Fearing Queensland may shut its border, he has flown north early ahead of a gig. “I’m holed up in a hotel...
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The Whitlams’ Tim Freedman on loss, light and horseracing: ‘I was a full-time...
Dedicated to another lost friend, the band’s first album in 16 years marks a return to joyous form for the singer – after a four-year stint at the racetracks Tim Freedman is happy, maybe even buoyant....
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NME ★★★★ Sydney veterans celebrate life and mourn loss on comeback album David James Young Sixteen years on from their last album, the multi-platinum piano-pop band show they’ve lost none of their...
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The Whitlams tap deep into our shared stories
IF you had to choose an Australian songwriting man whose lyrics, across the decades, have poetically captured the essence of suburban life, who would you pick? Names like Paul Kelly, Tim Rogers and...
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Country detour brings out the Whitlams’ Black Stump ballads
As the pandemic shut down Sydney venues, Tim Freedman headed inland and found his city songs were perfectly at home in the country While doing a soundcheck before a beer garden gig in the back of the...
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The Whitlams Celebrate 25th Anniversary Of Seminal Album ‘Eternal Nightcap’...
In 1997, The Whitlams released their third studio album, ‘Eternal Nightcap’. After ‘Introducing The Whitlams’ (1993) and ‘Undeniably The Whitlams’ (1995), ‘Eternal Nightcap’ was the band’s first album...
View ArticleThe Whitlams Black Stump Turn ‘No Aphrodisiac’ Into A Banjo-fied Country Song
28 July 2023 | 10:58 am | Mary Varvaris Have you ever wondered what No Aphrodisiac would sound like as a country/folk song? Probably not, to be honest; it’s pretty much perfect and entirely memorable...
View ArticleThe Whitlams @ The Gov, Adelaide 20/10/2023
Let’s be real. The 90s were awesome, especially for music. Australia, in particular, garnered a veritable trove of talent who produced unforgettable and, at times, timeless music. None more so than...
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BEYOND THE BLACK STUMP – In art as in life, sometimes even the most offhand of projects take on a mysterious momentum of their own accord. By Steve Bell, RHYTHMS MAGAZINE When The Whitlams’ founder...
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The Gambler
Musician, punter, wedding planner: Tim Freedman’s strange trifecta The Whitlams frontman Tim Freedman is taking a punt on a new sound, writes ANDREW McMILLEN When Tim Freedman opens the front door to...
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