NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Willie Nelson on 25 September 2023. Willie Nelson has been played on NTS over 110 times, featured on 88 episodes and was first played on 5 August 2014.

Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American musician, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger (1975) and Stardust (1978), made Nelson one of the most recognized artists in country music. He was one of the main figures of outlaw country, a subgenre of country music that developed in the…