NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Mickey Newbury on 2 December 2019. Mickey Newbury has been played over 20 times on NTS, first on 14 May 2014. Mickey Newbury's music has been featured on 19 episodes.

Mickey Newbury (May 19, 1940 - September 29, 2002) was an American singer-songwriter for Acuff-Rose Music, a critically acclaimed recording artist, and a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Born Milton Sims Newbury, Jr. in Houston, Texas. As a teenager, Mickey Newbury sang tenor in a moderately successful vocal group called The Embers. The group opened for several famous performers, such as Sam Cooke and…