Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros has been played on NTS in shows including The Early Bird Show w/ PAM, featured first on 1 November 2023. Songs played include Johnny Appleseed and Yalla Yalla.

Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros were an English band formed by Joe Strummer in 1999 that went on to make three albums prior to Strummer's untimely death in 2002. Many of the members of the Mescaleros were gifted multi-instrumentalists. The original line-up consisted of Strummer on vocals and guitar, Antony Genn on guitar, Scott Shields on bass, Martin Slattery on keyboards and guitar (as well as flute and saxophone on select songs),…