Lydia Tomkiw has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 20 December 2016. Lydia Tomkiw's music has been featured on 11 episodes.

Lydia Tomkiw (August 6, 1959 – September 4, 2007) was an American poet singer and songwriter, best known for her work with the New Wave musical group Algebra Suicide, along with her husband Don Hedeker. Lydia was born in Chicago to immigrants from what is now Ukraine but was then a part of the Soviet Union. Her father Teodor worked at the local US Steel mill, while her mother Zenovia worked at the women's wear department at a local department store. The…