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‘The Ultimate Revenge Is Continued Success’: The Whitlams Reflect On A Career Well-Lived

April 12, 2026

The Whitlams’ orchestral show is a tour de force of emotion and classic songs Seated behind the piano at Melbourne’s Hamer Hall, Tim Freedman welcomes the sold-out crowd to tonight’s “recital”, noting…

The Gambler

March 9, 2024

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…

Bluesfest 2024 Preview

January 24, 2024

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…

The Whitlams @ The Gov, Adelaide 20/10/2023

October 27, 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…

The Whitlams Black Stump Turn ‘No Aphrodisiac’ Into A Banjo-fied Country Song

August 3, 2023

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…

The Whitlams Celebrate 25th Anniversary Of Seminal Album ‘Eternal Nightcap’ With National Tour

August 9, 2022

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 after the…

Country detour brings out the Whitlams’ Black Stump ballads

May 24, 2022

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…

The Whitlams tap deep into our shared stories

March 2, 2022

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,…

Sancho Album Reviews

January 29, 2022

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…

The Whitlams’ Tim Freedman on loss, light and horseracing: ‘I was a full-time gambler for four years’

January 28, 2022

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…

‘I was used to doing whatever the hell I wanted’: Tim Freedman on life and freedom

July 4, 2021

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…

Tim Freedman Charms The Love Boat In The Sawtell RSL’s First Post-COVID Concert

January 21, 2021

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…