NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Weldon Irvine on 3 April 2020. Weldon Irvine has been played over 140 times on NTS, first on 10 May 2014. Weldon Irvine's music has been featured on 125 episodes.

Keyboardist Weldon Irvine looms large in the pantheon of jazz-funk, profoundly influencing the subsequent generations of hip-hop artists for whom he served as collaborator and mentor. Born in Hampton, VA, on October 27, 1943, Irvine was raised by his grandparents in the wake of his parents' divorce, and while his grandmother played standup bass in a series of regional classical ensembles, her husband served as dean…