Nic Harcourt

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Nic Harcourt (b. 1957) is the Music Director for Santa Monica, California-based radio station KCRW. He was born in Birmingham, England and lived in Lichfield uk then moved to Australia for many years before coming to the United States. Before KCRW, for 8 years he worked as News Director and then Music Director at the very well respected WDST in Woodstock, New York, home to New York's youngest DJ "Jake the Kid".

Since 1998, he has hosted the daily Morning Becomes Eclectic radio show which features his picks for the best new music spanning a wide range of genres. A weekly version of the show called Sounds Eclectic, launched in 2000, is broadcast on a number of other stations in cooperation with PRI. The shows, recorded from LA's The Village Studios, often include live performances by bands both popular and obscure.

Many artists, including Dido and Travis, have credited Harcourt for putting them on air and helping them achieve stardom. Harcourt is also credited with helping to launch Coldplay's career as well as those of Norah Jones, Pete Yorn, and David Gray.

He played a demo CD by Jem which launched her singing career, and was the first DJ in America to play Franz Ferdinand. He has been described by music writer Mark Weingarten as "the most influential DJ in America."

Harcourt recently published Music Lust, a book of "recommended listening for every mood, moment and reason." He has also worked as music consultant/supervisor for several television shows and movies, including: Gone Baby Gone, Love Monkey, The Dukes of Hazzard movie, Life As We Know It, and Igby Goes Down. Harcourt is also the American national voice of the current Land Rover advertising campaign.