Letting The Days Go By

In this episode of Letting The Days Go By, Andy Reilly sits down with Emmanuelle Gabarda — singer, music PR, radio presenter, and cruise ship performer who spent eight years in Glasgow before returning to her native France earlier this year. They cover a lot of ground: how she accidentally became a professional singer because of a guy (her words), what it actually takes to pitch a Scottish band to...

Welcome back to Letting The Days Go By, the podcast that speaks to the people working behind the music. For episode two, we're joined by Ali Braidwood, the founder of Scots Whay Hae — one of the longest-running platforms covering Scottish culture, which has been going since 2009. In that time Ali has built it from a books website into something that spans radio, podcasting, live event hosting...

In this episode of Letting The Days Go By, Andy Reilly sits down with SheBeat — a singer-songwriter, broadcaster, and gig promoter who moved from Liverpool to Leith and built a music life across all three. They cover a lot of ground: stumbling into a love of radio through Jason Donovan, the real mechanics of getting a community radio show on air, what actually makes a track make the cut on her sho...

In this episode of Letting The Days Go By, Andy Reilly sits down with Stuart McHugh — writer, editor, and now podcaster — who's spent the best part of 25 years at the heart of Scottish music journalism, including a long run editing Is This Music? They cover a lot of ground: swapping music across the Atlantic on mixtapes in the early nineties, the genuine logistics of pulling together a cover-m...

Welcome to the very first episode of Letting The Days Go By, the podcast that speaks to the people working behind the music. For episode one, we're joined by Lydia Laws, founder of Lydia Laws PR. In May 2026, Lydia celebrated ten years of running her own PR company, working with some of the biggest names in electronic and dance music. She's worked with artists including Sasha, Charlotte de...