Headliner Radio

Acclaimed German artist Felix Räuber reflects on the time his band, Polarkeis 18’s No. 1 hit, Allein Allein became one of the most successful German-language songs of all time, and how his song Après Minuit (feat. Schlindwein) was used in the Emmy-nominated ABC and Netflix series How To Get Away With Murder . His recent release, Scared To Be Human takes a look at toxic masculinity – he explains wh...

Headliner chats to senior director of engineering at iZotope, Lisa Ferrante-Walsh about the important role she plays at the company, fostering innovation amongst its teams and ‘finding the genius in the geniuses’. She reveals how they have adapted during the pandemic and discusses the new opportunities that have arisen as a result.

Leslie Gaston-Bird, an audio engineer specialising in re-recording, mixing and sound editing reflects on her incredible career so far, which includes being a member of the Recording Academy, the Association of Motion Picture Sound, and being a tenured associate professor at the University of Colorado, Denver. Gaston-Bird recalls the fascinating stories she uncovered when researching for her book,...

Composer and filmmaker Mark Crawford discusses his role as the sole composer for the seven-time Emmy-nominated feature length documentary, The Social Dilemma , which was watched by 38 million households in its first 28 days on Netflix. 

American music producer and engineer, Sterling Winfield is a go-to guy in the hard rock music scene for his heavy sounds, which traces back to the early ‘90s when he first worked with Pantera. He reflects on his start in the industry, working with Pantera, reveals the new rock bands he’s working with, and explains why Waves plugins help him rock on.

Moby may be considered one of the most pivotal and important figures in dance and electronic music, but in the year that has seen him release a film and album that looks back over the immense ups and downs of his career, Headliner finds him questioning the meaning of life, music, success, and everything in the context of a 13.77 billion years old universe. Moby opens up about Moby Doc , his new bi...

Kevin Antunes’ work as a keyboardist, musical director, producer and mix engineer has seen him curate live shows for some huge names in the world of music and showbiz, from Shakira and Madonna to Justin Timberlake and Cirque du Soleil. Here he tells Headliner how he’s been staying productive of late, and why he couldn’t do any of it without his JH Audio in-ears.

In an exclusive Headliner interview, Sennehsier co-CEOs Daniel and Andreas Sennheiser open up about the sale of the company's consumer division, what it means for their pro audio business and their strategy for breaking new markets...

Oscar and Golden Globe winner, recording artist, author and activist, Jon Batiste joins the podcast to talk about his new album, We Are . The bandleader and musical director of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert opens up about his new sonic chapter, writing and planning the project in about one week from his dressing room at The Late Show , and recording it in between sessions for Disney/Pixar’s f...

Returning with her second album The Woman You Want, Eliza Shaddad discusses her creative process and using minimalism to maximum effect in the studio.

After very nearly disappearing into music academia, Trevor Gureckis landed himself an internship with a certain Philip Glass, inspiring him to pursue film composition. That decision has led to him collaborating with beloved director M. Night Shyamalan on his Apple TV series Servant , and his latest movie Old . He opens up about the amazing journey of his music, and how he created the Servant serie...

Independent London-based songstress NAGYEDi talks about becoming the first Hungarian to release a single as an NFT (non-fungible token) for her new release, Out of This World , and discusses some of her upcoming material. 

Having played piano on two of the best selling albums of all time, Adele's 19 and 21 , Neil Cowley's piano is one of the most widely heard instruments out there. But being a musician-for-hire is something he has put fully behind him, as he releases his stunning album of neoclassical instrumentals, Hall Of Mirrors . We talk about his classical child prodigy days, playing for Gabrielle and...

Undoubtedly one of the greatest movie scoring mixes of the modern era, Alan Meyerson joins Headliner on a call from the 5.1 mix room that he’s built in his home to talk about some of his favourite projects, his philosophy when it comes to crafting film scores, and his love of Leapwing Audio plugins.

With his upcoming project, Pages , Taylor Gang singer SK8 marks his transition into punk rock while remaining true to his “hip-hop head” days, and shares that it’s his best work yet.

Chris Alderton, guitarist from four-piece British rock band, The Amazons, reflects on the band’s formation, how their biggest hit to date, Black Magic , blew up; and explains how his brand new Genelec monitors are helping shape their third album.

Legendary Nirvana, Pixies and PJ Harvey engineer Steve Albini discusses his route into the industry, the major label politics that plagued In Utero, and why his economical approach to recording is now more popular than ever.

The Hoosiers’ frontman, Irwin Sparkes, explains how the band teamed up with social media sensations Woody & Kleiny to release the new Euro 2020 England anthem Route 66 , and why proceeds from the track will aid the charity CALM, the Campaign Against Living Miserably.

Four time Grammy award-winning producer and recording engineer, Dave Way; Grammy-nominated recording engineer Steve Genewick; sound designer, Ana Monte; and immersive audio expert, Anastasia Devana, join Headliner to discuss how far the various immersive audio formats have come, how Focusrite fits into their immersive workflow, and to look at 3D audio trends across the music and entertainment indu...

After overcoming the paralysing fear that social media held over his life, Ukrainian singer, songwriter and producer Marineris brings us his indie-pop from the city of Kiev, with the strong message that sometimes, we really ought to put down our phones. We discuss his approach of writing, singing, producing all his music and directing his own videos, and how a young Ukrainian fell so hard for Brit...

For L.A.-based songwriter and producer, David Pramik, each day at work is never the same. Here he discusses why he doesn’t allow himself to be limited by genre, how receiving multiple Grammy nods has opened up a whole host of opportunities, and the interesting ways in which he uses oeksound plugins throughout his creative process.

Producer and engineer Thomas Mitchener takes us inside Broadfields Studios to talk studio techniques, the challenges of recording a silent vulture, and the Neve gear he can't live without.

We catch up with seven-time Grammy-winning producer and songwriter Paul Epworth on location at his immense North London studio complex, The Church, to chat about life during lockdown, championing new talent, and the art of music production.

London pop-soul artist Sami Nathan opens up about her time on Sir Tom Jones’ team on The Voice , writing songs for other artists vs. for herself, the inspiration behind single, Older With You , and her brand new single release, Weekend .

The grind hasn’t stopped for multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer Adam Blackstone. Currently the musical director for both Nicki Minaj and Justin Timberlake, Blackstone speaks about his musical ethos, playing and performing with some of the biggest musicians on the planet, and why he wouldn’t be without his JH Audio Roxannes.