Barry Charles Divola is an Australian journalist, columnist and author.
Divola was born in Sydney, the first son of Kevin Divola. He lives in Perth, Western Australia, with his wife and two daughters.
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.
| Album title | Artist | Reviewed in |
|---|---|---|
| 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.