Arif Mardin has been played on NTS in shows including Rio Doce, featured first on 20 January 2015. Songs played include Mary Don't You Weep, Dark Alleys and When The Battle Is Over.

Arif Mardin (March 15, 1932 - June 25, 2006) was a renowned Turkish-American music producer, who worked with a wide range of artists, across many different styles and genres of music. His is perhaps the most stunning C.V. of all contemporary record producers and links jazz, blues, rock and roll, soul, disco, new wave, and everything in between. To study a simple list of Mr. Mardin's associations would be breathtaking…