Headliner Radio

At this point, the almost four decades strong and multi-Grammy award winning They Might Be Giants deserve legendary status. Twenty-three albums deep, plus musical collaborations with Disney, The Spongebob Squarepants musical and the beloved Malcolm In The Middle theme song. Headliner chats to John Linell, one half of the duo about the band's latest creative reinvention as they release their l...

Irish singer-songwriter Robert Grace talks about going viral with his confessional song, Fake Fine , which swiftly garnered him tens of millions of plays on Spotify, millions of YouTube views and 1.8 million TikTok followers. He reflects on speaking about mental health issues in his songwriting, the meaning behind new songs, Break the Silence and Beautiful Nightmare , and why he uses Genelec monit...

Suzy Shinn is a trailblazing producer, engineer, songwriter and guitarist. Based in Los Angeles, she has built up a seriously impressive discography since hitting a breakthrough assisting on a Katy Perry session, working with the likes of Tom Morello, Weezer and Fall Out Boy. She even somehow finds the time to tour as a bassist with The Blossom. We talk about how she achieved this 'best of al...

Renowned front of house engineer Kyle Hamilton joins Headliner on a call from CenterStaging rehearsal studio in Burbank, CA – where he’s gearing up for a string of one-off live shows with Doja Cat – to discuss his live sound origins, his most memorable gigs, and why he loves his new JH Audio Layla IEMs.

Composer, conductor, and multi-instrumentalist Jeremy Turner describes how he scored the six-part Netflix documentary series, Immigration Nation , which highlights the struggles in America’s broken immigration system under the former Trump administration. 

Manchester-based rapper and producer Abnormal Sleepz discusses his path into the industry and the work he is doing to help disenfranchised communities to pursue a career in music. 

In the latest OLLO Chat podcast, OLLO Audio CEO Rok Gulič calls on two world-class engineers, Kevin Paul and Eduardo De La Paz, to explain their approach when mixing on headphones for both stereo and immersive audio formats (such as Dolby Atmos). 

Ewan Macfarlane, the former frontman of bands The Grim Northern Social and Apollo 440, chats to Headliner about his new solo project, how he’s changed his approach to songwriting and recording, and shares some stories from his time on the road with Britpop legends in the ‘90s.

Positioned as one of the most well-known and successful mixing engineers on the international stage, multi Grammy-winning producer Luis Barrera Jr speaks to Headliner about his creative process in the studio, what’s been keeping him busy of late, and why he uses oeksound plugins on every one of his mix projects.

St Lundi is the musical alias of Archie Langley, a young man making big moves since leaving his remote island life living with his grandparents off the south coast of the UK. Four years later and fully established in London, we see his name lit up in lights after huge collaborations with Kygo and Seeb, the release of his new single, Nights Like This , and his first London headline show as St Lundi...

Chris Clark – who composes and produces under the name, Clark – explains how he scored Apple TV+'s Lisey’s Story (starring Julianne Moore and Clive Owen), which follows the widow of a famous novelist hounded by a dangerous fan as she uncovers an other-dimensional world her husband could travel between – a world stalked by a terrifying creature...

British drummer Ash Soan has worked with Adele, Celine Dion, Cher, Seal, Robbie Williams, Enrique Iglesias – to name a few – and in this interview he reflects on his first big break as a drummer in 1994 when he joined Del Amitri, leading to work with some of the biggest artists on the planet and on projects as diverse as playing at the 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony and as the house drummer o...

Julien Bracht joins Berlin's wonderfully burgeoning scene of artists releasing intelligent and introspective electronic music plays with euphoric melodies, despite being in the city of techno. After a massive remix for electronic music polymath Grimes, Bracht released his excellent debut solo album Now Forever One this year. We discuss his time at the legendary Funkhaus studios, music's...

Recording engineer, record producer and mixer Dan Grech-Marguerat reflects on the moment his career took off, mixing the multi-platinum selling album Ta-Dah for the Scissor Sisters, including the huge single I Don't Feel Like Dancin’ , co-written by Elton John. Grech-Marguerat explains his approach to mixing the multi-platinum selling Lana Del Rey album, Born to Die , winning this year’s MPG...

Producer, mixer and engineer Neal Pogue reflects on working on Outkast’s Grammy Award-winning album SpeakerBoxx/The Love Below , and convincing Andre 3000 that Hey Ya! should be the album’s lead single. Mixing TLC’s Waterfalls is another highlight, and he explains why he used a pseudonym for producing the song’s iconic horn part. In the studio, Pogue has been using Waves for 20 years. Here, he rev...

Ivor Novello-nominated and Telly Award-winning composer, Walter Mair explains how he composed the score for survival thriller Till Death , starring Megan Fox as Emma, who wakes up in a secluded lakehouse, handcuffed to her husband’s dead body.

House DJ Kevin Knapp started the year with a bang with the release of his EP Baby Don’t Stop . Here he tells Headliner how he’s been getting involved with live stream shows on Twitch, discusses his production setup, and gives us the lowdown on his very own label Plump Records.

Veteran monitor engineer Ian Beveridge, who has worked extensively with the likes of Foo Fighters, Green Day, Weezer and more, reveals all about how he got into mixing live sound, his formative years on tour with Nirvana, and why he uses JH Audio in-ears both at home and on the road.

New Yorker-turned Hollywood composer Jessica Weiss discusses scoring Amazon Prime's new and progressive adaptation of Cinderella , starring Camila Cabello, Pierce Brosnan and Idina Menzel, why it's very important to have an emotional support dog in the studio, and why she always chooses Genelec.

Thomas Riedel, founder and CEO of broadcast and networking giant Riedel, discusses the future of industry, the latest market trends and how the business is evolving into new sectors. 

Samuel Jack is the first artist to go viral solely through Instagram reels thanks to his infectious song, Feels Like Summer , which at one point was uploaded over 10,000 times per day and was played over 60 million times around the world. The singer-songwriter talks about the viral song, the best and weirdest Instagram reels videos he’s seen so far, and what’s next for his music.

Record producer, DJ and songwriter BURNS talks about his latest EP Loving Touch , how he’s been keeping himself busy on the production side throughout the pandemic, and why it feels good going back to his dance roots on his new solo project.

Northern Irish artist, composer, producer and broadcaster Hannah Peel talks about composing and recording the soundtrack for Game of Thrones: The Last Watch and winning an MPG Award for Original UK Score Recording of the Year for her work on Channel 5’s psychological thriller, The Deceived .   #gameofthrones #thelastwatch #headlinerradio

Recording and mix engineer Olga Fitzroy talks about her role as the executive producer of The MPG and the organisation’s recent efforts to increase diversity. She reflects on her start in the industry at AIR, engineering on Coldplay’s Ghost Stories , assisting Sir George Martin on the last ever Beatles recording for the 2006 album, Love , working on season four of The Crown , and reveals how Neve...

Max Aruj is a graduate of Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Studios, where he perfected his craft under one of the best mentors you could ask for, Lorne Balfe. He talks about his work for films such as Crawl , and most recently the Liam Neeson-starring The Ice Road for Netflix, plus how he still makes sure to work with Balfe on such massive blockbusters as Marvel's Black Widow .