NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Colin Newman on 26 April 2018. Colin Newman has been played on NTS over 90 times, featured on 87 episodes and was first played on 10 August 2013.

Newman is a member of the art rock band, Wire. When the band temporarily split in 1980, Newman pursued a solo career. His first solo LP, A-Z, was released in 1980 on the Beggar's Banquet label. The album veered from extremely skewed pop to more mainstream numbers, such as "Order for Order", which was compared by some to Gary Numan. A track from the demos for this LP…