Headliner Radio

Polly Mackey, better known as Art School Girlfriend, talks about her second album Soft Landing , her new approach to working in the studio, and why this record feels like her true debut.

Electronic producer and artist Christopher Coe talks breaking limitations with Carl Cox and Augspurger studio monitors on their partner label, Awesome Soundwave.

London-based three-piece Girl Ray join Headliner for a chat about their third album Prestige , how they continue to span styles and genre with each record, and the music that shaped them as people and artists.

Miles Kane tells Headliner about his new album One Man Band , opens up on family and childhood, and reflects on meeting his hero Roberto Baggio in his short film Searching For Baggio .

Yoad Nevo, an audio professional specialising in mixing, production, sound design and audio technology, shares an insight into working on some of the biggest hits by Sugababes, Girls Aloud, McFly and Liberty X, the Skype theme sounds, adapting to immersive mixes, and why he uses Genelec monitors for his Dolby Atmos studio.

UK producer and multi-instrumentalist SILK (hotly tipped by Fred Again and Disclosure) talks about recent track Quiver amassing over 20 million global streams, and the making of his brand new track, Reason , featuring Paige Cavell.

Val Olson, aka Deadbeat Girl, talks to Headliner about their latest single When You Went , evolving their sound from one track to the next, and the music that shaped their formative years.

Revered FOH engineer, sound designer and all-round audio specialist, Simon Honywill, discusses the fine art of designing the sound system for Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage and the Martin Audio technology that helps create a festival sound like no other.

Harman’s product manager for microphones, Phil Feinman, reflects on owning L.A.’s Bedrock studios, working with Weird Al on his Grammy winning album, his role at AKG, and the current trends in the microphone industry.

Audio engineer and managing director of Tileyard X, Jack Freegard, talks to Headliner about the work that the organisation does to support music and content creators and the recently installed Genelec monitors in their Red Studio (London) and Cotton Mill Studio (Wakefield) creative hubs.

Rising pop singer-songwriter maryjo reflects on her time on American Idol , crafting an identity for herself as a serious artist afterwards, blowing up on Tiktok, and reveals the meaning behind recent single, Traffic and her brand new song, DON'T CALL ME . She also reveals her album and EP plans and explains why her JBL EON ONE compact portable PA completes a song.

UK indie rock outfit Treeboy & Arc join Headliner for a chat about their long-awaited debut album Natural Habitat , songwriting, and more.

New York’s Rachel Bochner on why she keeps the mental health conversation open and why bouncy castles and cotton candy felt appropriate for the video of new single, If I’m Gonna Be Sad . She also teases her new single and EP…

Dave, Tom and Kyle of emo-punk band Failstate, hailing from Newport in South Wales, chat to Headliner about their recently released debut EP Sad Truth , the band’s origins, and their songwriting process in the studio.

Frontman of British alt rock band The Wonder Stuff, Miles Hunt, tells Headliner about the band’s current UK tour and the ways in which he’s seen the music industry change since he started out in the ‘80s.

Nicholas Foster, who has been in and around the music industry since the ‘80s, was amongst the world’s first bedroom producers in the early 2000s, setting up Prank Monkey Records to release vinyl. Fast forward to today, as one half of Seven Golden Vampires has seen their debut single Autumn Fall achieve seven million streams on TikTok.

British-Jamaican superstar Vincent Darby is one of the UK’s most exciting music prospects right now, deeply proud of both his Birmingham and Windrush heritage. He talks about new single, We Could Be , a soulful banger that stands up to any of 2023’s biggest choruses so far.

EAW president TJ Smith tells Headliner about his mission to rebuild the North American loudspeaker giant’s status, how being acquired by RCF Group has impacted the business, and what the future holds for the company.

BAFTA-nominated composer and producer Tom Salta reveals all about his newly launched application for music producers, Auto-Bounce, which runs alongside Logic Pro allowing users to automate the monotonous and time-consuming task of running stems and mixes.

With a flurry of new products entering the market and a fulsome programme of festivals on the horizon as the global live events sector returns, Martin Audio MD Dom Harter and brand marketing director James King serve up their 2023 midway report and open up on what the rest of the year may hold.

Australian-born artist Lydia May reflects on her musical journey, which has recently seen her perform at Abbey Road and Glastonbury on The Mandala Stage. She explains her mantra, “people might be mean, but music isn’t” and reveals the meaning behind her new single, Social Cues .

Director of global product management for installed audio at Harman International, Phillip Scobee, speaks to Headliner about his professional background as a live sound engineer, key topics and trends in product development, and reflects on some best practices and challenges currently facing the install market.

Montreal-born Alexandra Strelisk talks about the importance of not rushing a record, how a deep dive into her European and Jewish roots influenced new album, Néo-Romance , and why the album title places it in a genre of its own.

Composer Jongnic Bontemps talks about his big pivot from the world of Silicon Valley tech startups to going after his music dream, being the first black composer to score a film of this scale and budget, and bringing his love of hip-hop into this Transformers movie set in the nineties.

California-based indie-pop band almost monday talk about their first single of 2023, only wanna dance , which marks an evolution in the indie pop trio’s style while still maintaining their signature upbeat lyricism.