Maria Somerville hosts 2 regular shows on NTS, The Early Bird Show w/ Maria Somerville and Maria Somerville, and has been hosting since 10 April 2019. Maria Somerville is a frequent guest to NTS, appearing on various shows between 18 January 2019 and most recently on 26 April 2024. Maria Somerville has been played on NTS over 50 times, featured on 58 episodes and was first played on 15 January 2019.

Maria Somerville draws on folk forms alongside post-punk, traditional Irish motifs, starry eyed pop and hypnotic drones to create wholly original music that is borne of her roots in Connemara, Western Ireland.

Her debut album All My People channels the wilderness of the Irish landscape through dense, ethereal soundscapes, bare boned percussion and a heady electronic undertow, interspersed with ghostly vocals that are ever present and all encompassing, like crystalline glints of sunshine peeking through dark stormy clouds. Her enigmatic and enthralling live show comes in both solo and band shape, born of ties with fellow Irish maverick Davy Kehoe.