Townes Van Zandt hosted a guest show on 17 December 2017. Townes Van Zandt has been played over 90 times on NTS, first on 15 July 2014. Townes Van Zandt's music has been featured on 87 episodes.

John Townes Van Zandt (March 7, 1944 – January 1, 1997), better known as Townes Van Zandt, was a critically acclaimed American singer-songwriter. Much of Van Zandt’s musical canon--songs such as "Pancho and Lefty", "For the Sake of the Song", "Tecumseh Valley", "Rex's Blues", and "To Live is to Fly"--are widely considered masterpieces of American folk music. His musical style is often described as melancholy in sound and…