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Depiction of a larrikin, from Nelson P. Whitelocke's book A Walk in Sydney Streets on the Shady Side (1885). Larrikin is an Australian English term meaning "a mischievous young person, an uncultivated, rowdy but good-hearted person", or "a person who acts with apparent disregard for social or political conventions".
Larrikin started as an independent label and was sold in 1995 to Festival Records. [ 1 ] Artists who have released albums on Larrikin include Eric Bogle , Sirocco , Mike and Michelle Jackson , Bobby McLeod , Kev Carmody , Flying Emus , Robyn Archer , Redgum , Margret RoadKnight , Jeannie Lewis , Mark Atkins , Renée Geyer , Rank Strangers , The ...
Larrikin Love were an English four piece indie rock band from London.. Consisting of singer-songwriter Edward Leeson, guitarist Micko Larkin, bassist Alfie Ambrose and drummer Coz Kerrigan, and also occasionally including violinist Rob Skipper from The Holloways or roving violinist Jonnie Fielding, the band were briefly described as being part of a Thamesbeat scene by the NME, a scene which is ...
Larrikin Music, a publishing company Fahey sold in 1988 owns the rights to the well-known children's "Kookaburra song". In a high-profile case that began in 2009, Norm Lurie, then the managing director of Music Sales, Larrikin Music's parent company, sued the group Men at Work for using its melody in 5 bars of their 93-bar song "Down Under."
Dennis, ca. 1890s. C. J. Dennis was born in Auburn, South Australia.His father owned hotels in Auburn, and then later in Gladstone and Laura.His mother suffered ill health, so Clarrie (as he was known) was raised initially by his great-aunts, then went away to school, Christian Brothers College, Adelaide as a teenager.
After Larrikin Love's split, Larkin moved to Los Angeles to work with former Hole frontwoman, Courtney Love. Mairead Nash, manager of indie pop groups, Florence + the Machine, and Queens of Noize recommended Larkin to Love in June 2007, [2] and after his audition became lead guitarist of Love's solo group, unofficially titled The Courtney Love Band.
A biography of Strachan, Shirl: The Life of Legendary Larrikin Graeme 'Shirley' Strachan, written by Jeff Apter, appeared in 2012. [18] Apter had already written 15 celebrity biographies; for Shirl , Apter had access to Skyhooks' band members, Strachan's family, and "music industry figures, people from Strachan's later career in TV and radio ...
Larrikin Love. Edward Larrikin; Micko Larkin; Alfie Ambrose; Cathal Kerrigan; Guest musicians. Rob Skipper – tracks 2, 3, 5, 7 & 10; Patrick Wolf – tracks 7 & 9; Jamie T – track 8; Lauren Doss – co-lead vocals on track 8; Airhammer – track 1; Mark Rudland – tracks 6 & 11; Henry Clark – tracks 6 & 11; Tom Gorbutt – tracks 6 & 11 ...