NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of The Free Design on 31 July 2024. The Free Design has been played on NTS over 60 times, featured on 45 episodes and was first played on 29 October 2013.

The Free Design were a Delevan, New York-based vocal group playing jazzy pop music.

The members were all siblings of the Dedrick family: Chris Dedrick (who wrote most of the songs), sister Sandy Dedrick and brother Bruce Dedrick were the original lineup. Younger sister Ellen Dedrick joined the group later, as did cousin Jeff Dedrick for a brief time, and youngest sister Stefanie joined near the end…