Tag Archives: NME

The healing power of music – talking Trouble Songs with Stuart Bailie

Posted on July 9, 2018 by

Stuart Bailie was chasing invoices when I called him in Belfast, facing up to one of the less glamorous facets of life as a freelance writer, yet part of the job he reckons takes up most of his time. And … Continue reading →

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From boy to man and NME to Catching the sun – the Tony Parsons interview

Posted on July 17, 2012 by

Can it really be 36 years since Tony Parsons first burst on to the UK music scene as a writer with the NME, answering an advert calling for ‘hip, young gunslingers’? By that stage he already had his first novel … Continue reading →

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