NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Karen Dalton on 7 March 2023. Karen Dalton has been played on NTS over 100 times, featured on 85 episodes and was first played on 17 March 2013.

The original K.Dot, Karen J. Dalton (born Karen J. Cariker (July 19, 1937-March 19, 1993) was an American folk blues singer and banjo player associated with the early 1960s Greenwich Village folk music scene, particularly with Fred Neil and The Holy Modal Rounders as well as Bob Dylan.

Dalton, whose heritage was Cherokee, was born Karen J. Cariker in Enid, Oklahoma. Her bluesy, world-weary voice is often compared to…