Headliner Radio

In this podcast we dive into the creative process with super talented singer-songwriter Frank Turner. Frank discusses songwriting, his newfound love for music production (particularly cool bits of hardware), how he is making his new album remotely, his support of the pivotal #wemakeevents campaign, and his love of Sennheiser and Neumann kit on stage and in the studio. 

Originally from Cannes in France, artist, producer and remix maker French Original has been behind the scenes for some time, respected on both sides of the Atlantic and the Channel. We recently caught up about how he first got into producing electronic dance music, his much-anticipated 2020 debut single “History”, and how he likes to experiment with a variety of Waves plugins.  

Quincy Jones protégé David Davis talks about his time on NBC’s Songland, where his song Everything It Took To Get To You  was chosen as the winner of the Ben Platt episode. Davis talks about shining a light on songwriters, working with Ryan Tedder on the show, and why now is the time for the world to get to know him as an artist.

Australian singer-songwriter Amy Shark talks about new single C’Mon, featuring Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker – the first single from her sophomore album, which is available for pre-order today (December 4) . Amy talks lockdown, how her success is sinking in, and teases info about her upcoming record.

Nominated for the Australian Music Prize and his music described as “absolutely heavenly” by Radio 6’s Mary Anne Hobbs, Melbourne’s Luke Howard is one of the solitary figures in Australia’s slowly-burgeoning contemporary classical music scene. He reflects on his eight-album discography and we discuss why Howard could be a key figure in transferring the immense popularity of this genre in Europe to his own country. 

We sit down for a chat with Luke Smallbone, one half of four-time Grammy Award-winning christian rock/pop duo For KING & COUNTRY, to discuss the musical chemistry he has with his brother Joel, collaborating with Dolly Parton on the band’s hit “God Only Knows”, and why their new Christmas album has been eight years in the making.

2020 has been a mega year for London-based singer-songwriter Arlo Parks, who wrote and recorded most of her latest album, Collapsed In Sunbeams, during lockdown. Here she discusses how poetry has influenced her songwriting process, her broad range of musical influences, and why she feels making music is such a fun and liberating process.

Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer Nick van de Wall’s tremendous reputation precedes him no end. Best known as Afrojack, he came in at number seven in DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJ poll this year, and has been using the lockdown period to focus on and revive his once-dormant house and techno alias Kapuchon. Here, the superstar DJ tells us why he’s getting back to his musical roots, why human relationships are so important, and reveals the production techniques through which he has made such a name for himself.

Despite over a decade of hard work in Music City, country musician and singer-songwriter Hailey Whitters was only recently able to take a step back to reassess why she started this journey in the first place: to create music that she loves on her own terms. Here, “Nashville’s newest unsigned star” explains how she’s been staying connected with her fans throughout lockdown, and how things have finally come full circle on her latest album release, The Dream.

Academy Award-nominated composer Hauschka lives two lives; as the solo artist known for his pioneering of the prepared piano and wildly succesful albums, and more recently as Volker Bertelmann (his given name), the film composer behind the scores of Lion, The Old Guard and Summerland. We talk pitting his eccentric artistry against a traditional upbringing in West Germany, his arduous journey to success, and his prolific film scoring partnership with Dustin O’Halloran.