Bonus EP - Stuart Bailie: 40 years of music stories and more

Stuart Bailie is a former assistant editor of the NME. From Belfast, he played in Punk bands in the late 70s and early 80s. In 1985 he sold his guitar and bought a typewriter. He headed to London and started writing for Record Mirror. He has just published "The Song is Nearly Over: Music Stories 1985-2025". We chat about growing up in Belfast during the Troubles, 40 years of music journalism, some of his favourite Irish albums and a whole lot more. Episode notes:

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Bonus EP - Stuart Bailie: 40 years of music stories and more is an episode from To Here Knows When - Great Irish Albums Revisited by Paul McDermott.

This episode is 01:26:00 long.

This episode was published on Nov 17, 2025.

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