NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Nirvana on 15 November 2024. Nirvana has been played over 150 times on NTS, first on 26 January 2013. Nirvana's music has been featured on 121 episodes.

Nirvana was a popular and highly influential American grunge band. The band formed in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987, and it was part of the Seattle grunge scene of the late 80s, alongside bands like Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains and Soundgarden. As their popularity rose, alternative rock became a dominant genre on American and Canadian radio and music television during the early-to-mid '90s.

In late 1987, Cobain and Novoselic recruited…