NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of James Brown on 25 December 2019. James Brown has been played on NTS over 230 times, featured on 218 episodes and was first played on 5 November 2012.

James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American entertainer, record producer, and bandleader. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th century music, he is often referred to by the honorific nicknames "the Hardest Working Man in Show Business", "Godfather of Soul", "Mr. Dynamite", and "Soul Brother No. 1". In a career that lasted more than 50 years, he…