Paul Haines has been played on NTS shows including GEORGIA: All Kind Music, with Oh Say Can You Do? first played on 7 July 2016.

Paul Haines (1933 - January 21, 2003) was a poet and jazz lyricist. Born in Vassar, Michigan, Haines eventually settled in Canada. Haines's best-known work is Escalator over the Hill, a collaboration with Carla Bley. Haines's daughter Emily Haines is a singer-songwriter and musician who has collaborated with and contributed vocals to Metric ,Broken Social Scene , Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton, and Stars to name a few. His daughter Avery Haines is a Canadian television journalist and television show host.