Headliner Radio

Guvna B is a musician and rapper from Newham, London, growing up in the same area as the likes of Kano, Ghetts, and Dizzee Rascal. Despite limited music opportunities growing up, he’s become a leading voice in the UK’s rap and hip-hop scene, and also works as a football pundit for Sky Sports. He chats to Headliner about his work as co-chair of Youth Music and helping some of the underrepresented voices in the UK, who could be the next Stormzy or Little Simz.

Andrei Irimia is a Romanian pianist and composer on a mission to bring his cutting-edge contemporary sounds from Bucharest to the wider world. His third album is on the way, as well as a European tour – Light and Shadows – coming in September with stops in Berlin, Barcelona, and Paris. He chats to Headliner about the resistance he had to overcome with people on the more traditional side of the Romanian classical music scene, and his new singles, including the sprawling epic track, Obsidian.

American singer, songwriter, record producer, and co-founder and frontman of the pop rock band One Republic, Ryan Tedder talks about music that ties him to a specific time in his life, his opinions on how modern songwriting has changed, writing for today’s music consumers with TikTok attention spans, and One Republic’s brand new album, OneRepublic: The Collection, which assembles almost 20 years of hits.

Paris-born, London-based artist Tanis talks about how her multicultural upbringing shapes her sound, and she delves into the inspiration behind her new single, Kid,  which is about the complexities of adult life and the longing to relive her childhood and to go back to a simpler time. 

Filipe Messeder delves into his role as sound designer and sound effects editor on the no.1 box office horror film, Weapons, the new movie from Barbarian director and writer Zach Cregger. He discusses how he terrorised audiences with his sound design in Dolby Atmos, reveals his favourite sonic moments in some key scenes (including *that* ending) and he explains how he developed a device nicknamed ‘the Rumbler’ for the film’s unsettling soundscape. 

Born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Wizard Chan is a hip hop and afrobeats artist masterfully combining the traditional musical sounds of Africa with contemporary African pop. It’s getting him noticed internationally, with songs like Earth Song and Loner (Alone) doing huge numbers on TikTok and streaming platforms. He chats to Headliner about his new album, Healers Chapel, which deals with his own healing journey, and his hopes it will take his listeners on a healing path themselves.

Headliner’s Dolby Atmos-certified Darkwood Studios seems as fitting a spot as any for a conversation with Gary Spittle. The British-born, California-based entrepreneur is the founder of Sonical - a disruptive, forward thinking audio brand which is currently on the cusp of delivering something quite remarkable: think immersive, wireless, and completely lossless.

Norwegian indie and dream-pop artist Yndling is an Oslo-based artist crafting songs that are a melting pot of shoegaze, trip-hop, and Scandinavian sounds. She delves into her second album – released in two parts – Time Time Time (I’m In The Palm Of Your Hand).

Composers John Murphy and David Fleming talk about their discussions with director James Gunn about new creative avenues for the iconic John Williams Superman theme, bringing a fresh musical perspective to Superman in 2025, and Murphy reveals how Genelec monitors weren’t just key for this film, but for his entire career in the industry.

Singer-songwriter Newton Faulkner discusses his new record, Octopus – an album that defies genres and any concept of the folk-indie sound he broke through with almost 20 years ago.