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Comment: Your attempt at referencing fails. One is a dead link, others are playbills, others interviews, one is Facebook (absolutely not, please) the remainder are announcements or passing mentions. I cannot see one useful reference here. WP:ROTM radio presented. 🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦 08:41, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: Every single statement must be cited. How do you know the details in the Early Life section?Also, the sources do not currently show she passes WP:NENTERTAINER. Qcne (talk) 15:33, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
Deb Grant | |
|---|---|
| Born | Deb Grant Dublin, Ireland |
| Career | |
| Show | New Music Fix |
| Station | BBC Radio 6 Music |
| Time slot | 19:00–21:00 Monday - Thursday |
| Style | New Music |
Deb Grant is an Irish DJ, BBC radio host and presenter currently broadcasting daily on BBC Radio 6 Music.[1] Previously she presented shows for Jazz FM.[2]
Grant was also professionally known under the DJ pseudonym of 'Anne Frankenstein' for many years, until reverting to her birth name in early 2022.[3]
Career
editGrant is a presenter on BBC Radio 6 Music, where she co-hosts the New Music Fix Daily show with Tom Ravenscroft, sharing and discussing new alternative music releases Monday to Thursday.[4] She also regularly deputises across the network, filling in for other presenters during the breakfast, mid morning and afternoon slots.[5]
Grant presented live TV coverage for the BBC of Glastonbury Festival 2024 on BBC iPlayer alongside Huw Stephens and Jack Saunders (presenter).[6]
Grant has performed live DJ sets at major festivals such as Primavera Sound, Field Day, Green Man, Love Supreme, 6 Music Festival and numerous club nights in NYC.[7]
Alongside her club and radio work, Grant has been part of the judging committee for the Brit Awards, hosted and compered many industry panels and events and writes a regular music column in the Big Issue.[8]
Grant appeared as a talking head in the 2024 feature length documentary film 'Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande' which follows the story of British funk pioneers Cymande.[9] Grant also hosted a live interview event with the band for the British Film Institute in London.[10]
Between 2017 - 2022, Grant hosted the Jazz FM (UK) weekday mid-morning show, which boasted the highest daytime ratings on the station. Grant also presented a weekly late night show called the Late Lab, an exploration of weird and wonderful music from psychedelia to spoken word, field recordings, library music, gospel, calypso and other treasures.[11]
After six years at Jazz FM, Grant stepped down from both of her shows to begin regular presenting for BBC Radio 6 Music.[12]
Early Life
editGrant was born in Dublin, Ireland and began collecting records from an early age. She started DJing at friend’s parties at 15 years old, eventually progressing to bars and clubs. At age 19 she moved to London to study music, where she continued to DJ regularly and began hosting radio shows for small independent local stations.[13]
References
edit- ^ "BBC Radio 6 Music - New Music Fix, New Music Fix Daily". BBC. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ Mingus at 100 - Deb Grant's 'Mingus Moment' | Mingus Moments - DJ Deb Grant 💭 To celebrate Charles Mingus' centenary, we're sharing reflections and stories about his influence and importance 🎶 | By Jazz FMFacebook. Retrieved 27 August 2024 – via www.facebook.com.
- ^ "Jazz FM presenter Anne Frankenstein reverts to her real name". RadioToday. 4 January 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ Clarke, Naomi (4 April 2023). "BBC Radio 6 Music announces two new shows in summer schedule shake-up". Evening Standard. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "Radio show today – Lauren Laverne… Deb Grant sits in on BBC Radio 6 Music". On The Radio. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "Who are the Glastonbury 2024 presenters on the BBC? - Manchester Evening News". www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "Deb Grant (GB)". www.primaverasound.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "Deb Grant". The Big Issue. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ Bradshaw, Peter (14 February 2024). "Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande review – the second life of a cruelly ignored UK funk band". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Watch Getting it Back: The Story of Cymande - Q&A online - BFI Player". player.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Deb Grant". PBJ Management. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ Yu, Odelia (3 April 2023). "New presenters to join Jazz FM's on-air line up". Bauer Media. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "About". Deb Grant. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
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