Andy Reilly

Letting The Days Go By

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Letting The Days Go By is a podcast about the people who make music happen. The PRs, editors, promoters, bookers, sound engineers, record shop owners, and artists who wear many hats beyond performing. Host Andy Reilly talks to music industry people about how they got there, what the job really looks like, and what they wish someone had told them at the start. Every episode comes with a companion PDF pulling out the key tips and insights from the conversation, and a Spotify playlist built around the discussion. For music fans and future industry people alike. For the people who turn up.

Author

Andy Reilly

Episodes

04 - Ali Braidwood 07.07.2026 45:31

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...

03 - SheBeat 30.06.2026 56:48

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...

02 - Stuart McHugh 23.06.2026 1:12:08

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...

01 - Lydia Laws 14.06.2026 1:02:24

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...