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E463: Jon Onabowu: Making Now’s The Time
Nigerian-British virtuoso jazz drummer and bandleader Jon Onabowu has become a key figure in the London jazz scene, and 2026 is the year he steps out and releases his debut album, Now’s The Time. He discusses blending modern UK jazz wi...
Headliner USA 213: Alexandra Kay: From viral videos to the country charts
US country music rising star Alexandra Kay joins Headliner while in the UK for her performance at BST Hyde Park. She discusses turning viral social media success into a loyal global fanbase, the momentum behind her album Second Win...
Aspiring Headliner E91: AS Fanning: Take Me Back to Nowhere
AS Fanning is an Irish singer-songwriter based in Berlin, formerly of the band The Last Tycoons. After releasing three critically acclaimed albums and being named Far Out’s Songwriter of the Year, Fanning is back with his fourth album, Take...
E462: Jordan Fish: Producing Evanescence’s ‘Sanctuary’
After globe-trotting and touring as the keyboardist and producer of Bring Me The Horizon, Reading-born Jordan Fish is now working as a full-time producer for artists including Poppy, Architects, BABYMETAL, and Good Charlotte. He discusses his b...
Headliner USA 212: WHIPPED CREAM: The making of HOME WAS ALWAYS ME
Toronto-born WHIPPED CREAM has always moved between worlds, from competitive figure skating to becoming one of electronic music’s most distinctive and emotionally driven producers, vocalists and DJs. She talks about her journey from the ice rin...
E461: Scorcher: On nostalgia and new album, ADMD
North London emcee and Top Boy actor Scorcher has been one of grime’s pioneers since the early ’00s, and had his talents and contributions recognised as Best Grime Act at the 2025 MOBO awards. His huge music resurgence from recent years continu...
Emerging Headliner 52: Conscious Pilot: Making Human Poultry
In this world of short form TikTok content and AI-generated videos, Glaswegian band Conscious Pilot are a straight-up post-punk/indie rock act committed to recording songs to tape and shooting music videos on 16mm cameras. Frontman Joe Laycock ...
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Headliner USA 211: Evanescence: The making of Sanctuary
After a five year wait, chart-topping, Grammy-winning alternative rockers Evanescence return with Sanctuary, their sixth studio album. Following the blistering single Who Will You Follow, the new LP features some of the band’s...
Aspiring Headliner E90: Jenny On Holiday: Quicksand Heart
Jenny Hollingsworth is best known as one half of the acclaimed experimental pop duo Let’s Eat Grandma, with three albums and a Netflix score released so far. She discusses Jenny On Holiday, her new solo project which sees her take time away fro...
E460: Kloyd: Making ‘New Love’
If you amalgamate the names Kate and Lloyd, plus several genres of music, the end result is Kloyd, one of the UK’s most exciting up-and-coming talents making electronic music in the vein of Four Tet, Bonobo, and Sofia Kourtesis. While on tour s...
E459: Dapper: From African music mogul to solo artist
Nigerian music mogul Dapper has conquered the business side of the music industry as founder and CEO of the Dapper Group, which owns an eight per cent market share of the industry across the entire African continent. Fresh from earning a Guinne...
E458: John Newman: Life beyond Love Me Again
Singer, songwriter, DJ and producer John Newman began his journey in 2012 when he lent his vocals to Rudimental’s UK Number One hit, Feel the Love. However, the real turning point came with the smash hit, Love Me Again. Debuti...
Emerging Headliner E51: Girl Group: Little Sticky Pictures
Anglo-Nordic band Girl Group introduce ‘brat-punk’to the world – a unique blend of hyperpop, electronic and indie sounds. After their hit performances at Reading and Leeds Festivals and gaining support from Elton John and BBC 6 Music, Girl Grou...
E457: Paul Leonard-Morgan: Scoring Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere
BAFTA Award-winning, Emmy and Ivor Novello–nominated composer Paul Leonard-Morgan discusses scoring his most recent projects, Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere, and Pretty Lethal, starring Uma Therman.
In The Box E30: Jesse Zuretti: Scoring 2XKO
Composer Jesse Zuretti dives into his metal-influenced score for Riot Games’ 2XKO – a fighting game set in the League of Legends Runeterra universe. Zuretti talks all things metal, working with Polyphia on the game’s main them...
E456: Anthony Willis: Scoring Wuthering Heights
After the huge success of Promising Young Woman and Saltburn, director Emerald Fennel called upon British-born, L.A.-based composer Anthony Willis to work with her a third time for her adaptation of Wuthering Heights,...
In The Box E29: Hildur Guðnadóttir: Scoring The Bride
Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir went from releasing indie-classical solo cello albums, to becoming an awards-magnet film composer, with BAFTAs, GRAMMYs, and an Academy Award for her score to the Joaquin Phoenix-starring Joker to ...
Emerging Headliner E50: Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys: Pale Bloom
Born in South Africa, Lucy Kruger relocated to Berlin to pursue her ambitions for her band, The Lost Boys, an indie art-pop outfit that is lavished with guitar feedback, violas, sparse arrangements, and haunting melodies. Releasing music since ...
E455: Benjamin Wallfisch: Scoring Welcome to Derry
After a musical upbringing that was staunchly classical, Benjamin Wallfisch has married his Bach-influenced skillset with a love of music technology to become one of Hollywood’s go-to composers. After a huge breakthrough working on Blade Ru...
Emerging Headliner E49: Moody Joody: Meet the trio behind OOPS!
Moody Joody’s new single, OOPS!, is the perfect soundtrack to your next wild night out – and next morning hangxiety. The Nashville trio discuss writing OOPS!, what to expect from their forthcoming debut album, alternative band...
E454: Ego Ella May: Making Good Intentions
South-East London based, award-winning, British-Nigerian singer-songwriter and musician Ego Ella May opens up on being an introvert in the music industry, forging a path as an independent artist, and delves into the making of her second album, ...
In The Box E28: Nicolas Rebscher: Making Louis Tomlinson’s ‘How Did I Get Here?’
German producer Nicolas Rebscher discusses producing and co-writing Louis Tomlinson’s no.1 album, How Did I Get Here?, including a behind the scene look at how hit singles, Lemonade and Imposter came together. He disc...
Aspiring Headliner E89: Salarymen: Take It Or Leave It
Renee de la Motte and Thomas Eagleton are the duo behind Salarymen, a band making nostalgia-inducing indie songs combining an array of rock, psych, and dream pop influences. Having supported the likes of Royal Otis and touring the States, Japan...
E453: JP Cooper: Making Just A Few Folk
JP Cooper talks about keeping his head down growing up as an 'artsy type' in Manchester, duetting with Gabrielle on new single, Sad Song, and making music for connection rather than charts on his new album, Just A Few Folk.
E452: S!RENE: Silence Gives Life
S!RENE is a Dutch-Nigerian music artist, saxophonist, DJ and producer who has built a following with his music that fuses Afro Beats, Amapiano, jazz, African funk, and more. Following performances alongside Ezra Collective and at London’s Jazz ...
