Latest articles by Stuart Bailie
Neil Young’s Oceanside Countryside uncorks some vintage 70s vibes from deep within the cellar
The latest in Neil Young’s series of ’lost’ albums is a 1977 adventure, now welcomely restored.
Steely Dan's tunes are rich and assured on the nonchalant Katy Lied
The Dan has a sonic wingding in 1975
Bob Dylan and The Band create both art and havoc on The 1974 Live Recordings
27 live CDs, 417 unreleased tracks, not all of it good, as Bob Dylan's archive is plundered again
"We’re heading somewhere beautiful and peaceful, but it may take some time to get there and there may be some fighting on the way": A tribute to Sinead O'Connor, pop star, protest singer and eternal rebel
Irish music writer Stuart Bailie remembers the Sinéad O’Connor he knew
Lucinda Williams rocks out of misfortune with Bruce Springsteen and friends
After a stroke took away her ability to play guitar and her house was taken by a tornado, Lucinda Williams's Rock N Roll Heart brings light to the darkness
Songs Of Surrender: U2 look back over their career with 40 skeletal covers of stadium bangers
The album of the reading tour of the book: Songs Of Surrender attempts to connect the dots on the U2 story
Black Star Riders: still channelling the warrior spirit of Thin Lizzy
Wrong Side Of Paradise finds main Black Star Rider Ricky Warwick capturing the romance and the strut of old
Every The Undertones album ranked from worst to best
There's much more to The Undertones than pop-punk classic Teenage Kicks. Here's the six studio albums released by Derry's finest, ranked worst to best
Darkness, destruction, drugs and a dead crow: how Therapy? killed off their hated 'Irish Nirvana' tag with the daring Nurse
Released on November 2, 1992, Therapy?'s twisted major label debut Nurse torched expectations and paved way for one of the decade's finest rock albums
Fierce and artful to the end, Joe Strummer's music resonates more than ever
A second volume of former Clash man Joe Strummer’s vital history, covering the Mescalero years
