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Petesy Burns, RIP. An archive interview. | Dig With It
Petesy Burns, RIP. An archive interview. | Dig With It
Bookshop: Stu Bailie, Dig With It
Bookshop: Stu Bailie, Dig With It
Merch from Stuart Bailie
Divine Comedy, Anthony Toner, Reviews
Divine Comedy, Anthony Toner, Reviews
Performers for Palestine Tickets, Sat 11 Oct 2025 at 20:00 | Eventbrite
Performers for Palestine Tickets, Sat 11 Oct 2025 at 20:00 | Eventbrite
The Song is Nearly Over: Music Stories 1985-2025 by Stuart Bailie — Kickstarter
The Song is Nearly Over: Music Stories 1985-2025 by Stuart Bailie — Kickstarter
Veteran NME music journalist Stu reveals 40 years of insights, interviews & shenanigans, a record of fast times in popular culture.
Lonesome George, The Empire, Belfast, review
Lonesome George, The Empire, Belfast, review
Genocide and a Mother’s Heart
Genocide and a Mother’s Heart
Stendhal Festival review, July 7, 2025
Stendhal Festival review, July 7, 2025
Stendhal Festival review, July 4, 2025
Stendhal Festival review, July 4, 2025
Barry McIlheney reviews Shellshock Rock (2020)
Barry McIlheney reviews Shellshock Rock (2020)
RÓIS Interview – Wail to the Chief
RÓIS Interview – Wail to the Chief
Back in the night: music and femicide in the Black North
Back in the night: music and femicide in the Black North
The Wood Burning Savages, Hand To Mouth, review
The Wood Burning Savages, Hand To Mouth, review
Dani Larkin at Armagh SRC, live review
Dani Larkin at Armagh SRC, live review
One Leg One Eye, RÓIS & Geheimnisknecht - Review
One Leg One Eye, RÓIS & Geheimnisknecht - Review
The music scene in Ireland is at a creative high with a mix of the future and the past - here are three more musical adventures that take the narrative into even newer places.
The Everlasting Yeah, Staying Cool Staying Free, review
The Everlasting Yeah, Staying Cool Staying Free, review
Ursula Burns, The Secret Melodies of Trees, review
Ursula Burns, The Secret Melodies of Trees, review
RÓIS, Mo Léan, review
RÓIS, Mo Léan, review
Susie Blue, Venite Ad Me, EP review
Susie Blue, Venite Ad Me, EP review
LMINL, The Dance Hall, album review
LMINL, The Dance Hall, album review
Shamrocks & Watermelons: Palestine Politics in Belfast
Shamrocks & Watermelons: Palestine Politics in Belfast
BIIRD, Pólca 4, Mandela Hall, Belfast. Review.
BIIRD, Pólca 4, Mandela Hall, Belfast. Review.
Nordy Albums: Half Year NI Report, 2024
Nordy Albums: Half Year NI Report, 2024
Undertones, and more. Gig for Gaza Gig, Derry - tickets
Undertones, and more. Gig for Gaza Gig, Derry - tickets
Stendhal 2024: Festival Review and Photos
Stendhal 2024: Festival Review and Photos
Conn Thornton, Meteorite Season review
Conn Thornton, Meteorite Season review
Kneecap, Fine Art, album review
Kneecap, Fine Art, album review
Christy Moore, Botanic Gardens, Belfast
Christy Moore, Botanic Gardens, Belfast
Lucy Gaffney: Pitfalls and Highlights
Lucy Gaffney: Pitfalls and Highlights
Joel Harkin: the DWI profile.
Joel Harkin: the DWI profile.
Esmeralda Road profile
Esmeralda Road profile
Carol Clerk & the Rory Gallagher Scrapbooks
Carol Clerk & the Rory Gallagher Scrapbooks
Bernadette, Huartan & Shamrocks at the White House
Bernadette, Huartan & Shamrocks at the White House
GUB by Scott McKendry – review
GUB by Scott McKendry – review
Huartan, Gradaim NÓS, review
Huartan, Gradaim NÓS, review
Elaine Howley – In Five
Elaine Howley – In Five
Guardian story: Terri Hooley and the book, 75 Revolutions.
Guardian story: Terri Hooley and the book, 75 Revolutions.
Terri Hooley book & Trouble Songs - Bandcamp.
Terri Hooley book & Trouble Songs - Bandcamp.
Emma Hart – In Five
Emma Hart – In Five
Irish Artists for Palestine, Black Box Belfast
Irish Artists for Palestine, Black Box Belfast
Connor Dougan – In Five
Connor Dougan – In Five
David Holmes, Blind on A Galloping Horse, review
David Holmes, Blind on A Galloping Horse, review
Carol Clerk Journalism Workshop - Tickets
Carol Clerk Journalism Workshop - Tickets
Problem Patterns – Blouse Club album review | Dig With It
Problem Patterns – Blouse Club album review | Dig With It
Eric Bell ‘Remembering’ Live Q&A
Eric Bell ‘Remembering’ Live Q&A
Playlisted – by Lauren Johnson
Playlisted – by Lauren Johnson
Reevah – Daylight Savings album review
Reevah – Daylight Savings album review
Lonesome George, live at The Empire, Belfast
Lonesome George, live at The Empire, Belfast
Carol Clerk Journalism Workshop — Sound of Belfast 2023
Carol Clerk Journalism Workshop — Sound of Belfast 2023
The Dig With It shop. Magazine issues & subscriptions.
The Dig With It shop. Magazine issues & subscriptions.
Brand New Friend, Grandstand album review
Brand New Friend, Grandstand album review
Joe Nawaz, Five Days, review
Joe Nawaz, Five Days, review
Huartan: Odes to the Undead
Huartan: Odes to the Undead
Paul Brady – Crazy Dreams
Paul Brady – Crazy Dreams
Kneecap: a bone of contention
Kneecap: a bone of contention
Eastside Electronics IV – film premiere and photos
Eastside Electronics IV – film premiere and photos
The ELLAS mixtape project
The ELLAS mixtape project
Interview: The Gospel According To Sinead O'Connor, 2020
Interview: The Gospel According To Sinead O'Connor, 2020
Stendhal Festival 2023, Saturday Stories
Stendhal Festival 2023, Saturday Stories
Playlisted – Timmy Stewart
Playlisted – Timmy Stewart
Docs Ireland 2023 – Review
Docs Ireland 2023 – Review
Acoustic Dan & Gerard Skelly – album review
Acoustic Dan & Gerard Skelly – album review
Joe Cassidy Chrysalis Award
Joe Cassidy Chrysalis Award
Alicia Raye, profile
Alicia Raye, profile
Chalk, live at the Black Box, review
Chalk, live at the Black Box, review
Jealous of the Birds – Hinterland album review
Jealous of the Birds – Hinterland album review
Joe Mulheron, RIP.
Joe Mulheron, RIP.
Good Vibrations, Belfast Opera House, review
Good Vibrations, Belfast Opera House, review
Chalk – The Dig With It interview
Chalk – The Dig With It interview
Joshua Burnside – live
Joshua Burnside – live
Therapy? – Hard Cold Fire album review
Therapy? – Hard Cold Fire album review
Order Issue 10 online
Order Issue 10 online
Joe Nawaz – Playlisted
Joe Nawaz – Playlisted
Spotify Playlist - Issue 10
Spotify Playlist - Issue 10
Arborist, An Endless Sequence of Dead Zeros, review
Arborist, An Endless Sequence of Dead Zeros, review
Michael Magee – Close to Home, review
Michael Magee – Close to Home, review
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Subscribe to the Dig With It Newsletter
Ferna – Understudy album review
Ferna – Understudy album review
Rachel Craig Profile
Rachel Craig Profile
New Pagans, Ulster Sports Club, Belfast
New Pagans, Ulster Sports Club, Belfast
Phil Kieran, The Strand Cinema, album review
Phil Kieran, The Strand Cinema, album review
Take the Musicians' Census
Take the Musicians' Census
Nina Simone encounter. From the archives.
Nina Simone encounter. From the archives.
New Pagans, Making Circles of Our Own, album review
New Pagans, Making Circles of Our Own, album review
The Wood Burning Savages – The Dig With It Interview
The Wood Burning Savages – The Dig With It Interview
This Ship Argo, album review
This Ship Argo, album review
Ricky Warwick – Playlisted
Ricky Warwick – Playlisted
Niall McDowell – New Dig
Niall McDowell – New Dig
Joshua Burnside – Where the Streets Have No Shame
Joshua Burnside – Where the Streets Have No Shame
That Petrol Emotion – Every Beginning Has a Future: An Anthology 1984-1994
That Petrol Emotion – Every Beginning Has a Future: An Anthology 1984-1994
Ash – Ulster Hall review
Ash – Ulster Hall review
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Ferna Profile, NIMP Special
Ferna Profile, NIMP Special
Order Issue 9 and back issues.
Order Issue 9 and back issues.
Rory Nellis: Overwhelmed & Underlined
Rory Nellis: Overwhelmed & Underlined
Charlotte Dryden on the NI Music Prize
Charlotte Dryden on the NI Music Prize
The Gospel According To Sinead
The Gospel According To Sinead
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Stendhal Festival 2022 – Review
Stendhal Festival 2022 – Review
Playlisted – Taylor Johnson, Brand New Friend
Playlisted – Taylor Johnson, Brand New Friend
Playlisted - Ross Parkhill, Stendhal Festival
Playlisted - Ross Parkhill, Stendhal Festival
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Review: Bernie McGill – This Train is For
Review: Bernie McGill – This Train is For
Nandi Jola, Sue Divin, Belfast Book Festival
Nandi Jola, Sue Divin, Belfast Book Festival
Let Us Be Seen: Elspeth Vischer documentary
Let Us Be Seen: Elspeth Vischer documentary
Lyra’s Walk: Sisters, Blisters and Resisters
Lyra’s Walk: Sisters, Blisters and Resisters
Axis Marks The Spot: The Road To Bella Pacifica
Axis Marks The Spot: The Road To Bella Pacifica
Brian Smyth: The Green Genie
Brian Smyth: The Green Genie
Lyra McKee review: Lost, Found, Remembered
Lyra McKee review: Lost, Found, Remembered
Lyra McKee: Dreams and Responsibilities.
Lyra McKee: Dreams and Responsibilities.
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Order Issues 1-7
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Villagers – Dig With It Interview Extract
Villagers – Dig With It Interview Extract
Inhaler: The Dig With It Interview
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