Headliner Radio

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, Women in Audio; how she founded Mix Messiah Productions; what inspired her to write her PhD, Immersive & Inclusive; and why she’s such a big Genelec fan.

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 biographical film; Reprise, his new orchestral greatest hits album; and why he'd pack it all in to spend more time helping animals.

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 film Soul, which saw his music – and hands – incorporated into the animation. 

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 series two score within the huge limitations of lockdown isolation.

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 Zero 7, and rebelling against it all after a musical epiphany in Berlin that brought him back to his beloved piano.

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.