NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Curtis Mayfield on 7 November 2022. Curtis Mayfield has been played on NTS over 300 times, featured on 291 episodes and was first played on 7 December 2012.

Curtis Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American soul, funk and rhythm and blues, singer-songwriter and guitarist from Chicago, Illinois.

Mayfield is probably best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions and for the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Superfly.

Perhaps because he didn't cross over to the pop audience as heavily as Motown's stars, it may be that the scope of Curtis Mayfield's talents…