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Claire Sturgess

Claire Sturgess

07:00 - 10:00 Monday to Friday, 16:00 - 20:00 Saturday

Music news, gig guides, festival updates and the best indie alternatives past and present.

Introducing Claire Sturgess...

What can we expect from your show?
Some songs you’ll recognize and love; some songs you’d forgotten you loved; some new songs you’ll grow to love…….and all put together with a smile.

Are you going to educate or entertain or… what?
I’ll try to inform and gently encourage. There will be no egos, no preaching or negativity and no witty banter. There are plenty of other places you can find that.

What kind of music will you be playing?
The people involved at NME radio have a wide and diverse taste in music, and that will be reflected in what you hear. We’ve gone way back to the 50s with ideas for our music database, and I’m getting excited about raiding my own collection for little gems that I’ve rarely heard on the radio. Also with the benefit of the NME journos and their passion for emerging bands, I think we’ll get the perfect mix of old and new.

What guests / ideas / surprises do you have lined up?
I’m working on my ideal show right now: An acoustic session with Thom Yorke; an interview with Larry David to plug the new series of Curb Your Enthusiasm and a competition to win a round the world trip visiting every major festival on the planet for a whole year. Unfortunately it’s proving quite tricky to implement at the moment.

If you could only play one last track what would it be?
An evil question! To go out with a bang it would have to be The Pixies, with something like “Gouge Away” because they were the soundtrack to major events that shaped my life back in the late 80’s and early 90s. But if I needed soothing it would be anything from DJ Shadow’s “Entroducing” album.