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Barry Charles Divola is an Australian journalist, columnist and author.[1]
Divola was born in Sydney, the first son of Kevin Divola. He was educated at Newington College.[2] He lives in Perth, Western Australia, with his wife and two young daughters.[3]
Divola is a regular contributor to The Sydney Morning Herald and was a columnist and feature writer for that newspaper's monthly publication, (sydney) magazine, where he presented the columns Street Life and Hole in the Wall. He was the music critic for Who, a senior writer for Rolling Stone and contributor to Madison and Entertainment Weekly.[4]
Album title | Artist | Reviewed in |
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Kindred | Passion Pit | Divola, Barry (May 2015). "Passion Pit's ecstatic pop". Reviews. Rolling Stone (Australia). 762: 90. |
No Pier Pressure | Brian Wilson | Divola, Barry (May 2015). "The man who wasn't there". Reviews. Rolling Stone (Australia). 762: 92. |
Beat the Champ | The Mountain Goats | Divola, Barry (May 2015). "[Untitled review]". Reviews. Rolling Stone (Australia). 762: 94. |
Postcards from Paradise | Ringo Starr | Divola, Barry (May 2015). "[Untitled review]". Reviews. Rolling Stone (Australia). 762: 97. |
Carrie & Lowell | Sufjan Stevens | Divola, Barry (May 2015). "Sufjan's quiet contemplation". Reviews. Rolling Stone (Australia). 762: 98. |
He won the Banjo Paterson Award for short fiction in 2004, 2005 and 2006 for his stories Nipple, Cicada Boy and Nixon.[6]