Headliner Radio

Composer Raphaelle Thibaut reflects on how her diagnosis of single-sided deafness as a child led to intense piano practice, and ultimately, her path to recovery. After four years leading marketing at Google in Europe, a trip to Abbey Road Studios changed her trajectory forever. Thibaut explains how she went on to score Secrets of the Whales, a Disney+ original documentary series executive-produced by James Cameron and narrated by Sigourney Weaver.

Songwriter, producer, mixer, and programmer Emre Ramazanoglu reflects on working on Noel Gallagher’s album Who Built the Moon, the Killing Eve soundtrack, and explains why Genelec monitors are a key part of his new Dolby Atmos studio setup.

Headliner speaks to Gothenburg-based singer songwriter Mimi Bergman, aka Mimi Bay – who has been writing and recording music since her early teens – about why her vlogging channel quickly resonated with young audiences, how music provides her with the ultimate escape, and the creative process behind her new six-track EP Far From Home.

For the past 50 years, Sparks have blazed a trail as one of the most influential acts in the business. Here, brothers Ron and Russell Mael reflect on half a century making music together and discuss the brand new Edgar Wright directed documentary film The Sparks Brothers.

Catherine Marks, award-winning producer and engineer for the likes of Wolf Alice, Foals, The Big Moon, Alanis Morissette, The Amazons and Manchester Orchestra, takes an in-depth look at six of the records that shaped her into one of the industry's most sought after talents. 

Engineer, producer and mixer Fiona Cruickshank talks about her work on The Grand Budapest Hotel, Sex Education 2 and Supernova, and her history with AIR Studios and Neve consoles.

What do you get when you combine a marketing genius, a studio engineer, a pianist and a cellist? The answer is The Piano Guys, “a bunch of ordinary guys” playing classically influenced instrumental music in viral Youtube videos. The band’s music producer Al van der Beek talks divine intervention, ‘the Disney test’, and Cubase.

Jamaican artist, OMI reflects on his huge hit, Cheerleader, which he wrote in 2008 – getting a new lease of life in 2015 when it was remixed and reached number one in 20 countries, spent six non-consecutive weeks at number one, went five-times Platinum, and garnered over four million Spotify weekly streams. OMI reflects on how the song changed his (and his family’s) life, taking some time to recharge in Jamaica, and reveals what inspired new song, Make It Now.

The Oscar and Grammy-nominated Dustin O'Halloran has seen his nomadic life take him from his native Los Angeles to Italy, Berlin, to now spending the entire pandemic in his new home of Iceland. The last time Headliner caught up with O'Halloran, he was desperate to return to his hugely popular solo compositions, having spent the last decade working on films such as Lion, and most recently Netflix's The Old Guard and the Kate Winslet/Saoirse Ronan-starring Ammonite. And with his first album release on Deutsche Grammophon, Silfur, we discuss him revisiting his beloved older material, with some stunning new pieces also.

After a long wait due to the pandemic, country artist Halle Kearns recently played to a live crowd again in her hometown, and describes the “pinch me” moment when a young girl in the audience sang her words back to her. The rising star talks about what inspires her music, getting radio support, and new single, Plans, which has resonated strongly with her fans.