NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of The Carter Family on 6 October 2020. The Carter Family has been played over 40 times on NTS, first on 13 February 2016. The Carter Family's music has been featured on 25 episodes.

The Carter Family was a country music group that performed and recorded between 1927 and 1943. Their music had a profound impact on later bluegrass, country, pop and rock musicians, as well as on the U.S. folk revival of the 1960s.

The original group consisted of Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter (A.P.; 1891-1960), his wife, Sara Dougherty Carter (autoharp and guitar; 1898-1979), and Maybelle Addington…