Mehrpouya has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 15 September 2017. Mehrpouya's music has been featured on 12 episodes.

Mehrpouya (or Mehrpoya, Mehrpooya, Mehrpuya, Mehr Pooya… according to transcripts of the Persian مهرپویا) was born ايراايران مهرپويا(Abbas Mehrpooya) in Tehran (1927/1992). Poet, translator, actor, guitarist, sitar and santur player, organist, multi-musician, he introduced the sitar in popular music in Iran. He had a habit of using natural instruments such as bones or pots he used as percussion. He also composed and performed music and songs for the Iranian cinema, in a series of films such as: Battle with Satan and The Love Thief (1952)