This lecture is co-sponsored by Vanderbilt’s Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities and is part of our ongoing relationship with Queen’s University, Belfast, in which we explore music and culture on both sides of the Atlantic.
This lecture (with discussion and reception to follow) features Stuart Baile, Industry Fellow at The Institute for Collaborative Research in the Humanities. CEO and founder of Oh Yeah music centre in Belfast, music industry veteran Stuart Bailie has been a press officer for Warner Records and a talent scout for Sony Records and written on music for The Times, The Irish Independent, Uncut, Classic Rock, and Hot Press. Bailie present a weekly BBC Radio Ulster music show and also narrates the walking tour on the iPhone app, Belfast Music. His current work tells the story of music’s impact on the Troubles in Northern Ireland, covering events from the Miami Showband massacres to the “Yes’ concert at the Waterfront with U2 and Ash in 1998.
