NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Harold Budd on 14 December 2020. Harold Budd has been played on NTS over 430 times, featured on 394 episodes and was first played on 13 May 2013.

Harold Budd (May 24, 1936 - 7 December 2020) was an American ambient/avant-garde composer. Born in Los Angeles, California, he was raised in the Mojave Desert, and was inspired at an early age by the humming tone caused by wind blown across telephone wires.

His career as a composer began in 1962. In the following years he gained a notable reputation in the local avant-garde community. In 1966 he…