Steve Hiett has been played over 80 times on NTS, first on 4 April 2016. Steve Hiett's music has been featured on 100 episodes.

Steve Hiett (1940 – 28 August 2019) was an English photographer, guitarist, singer and songwriter, based in Paris.

From 1957 Hiett studied painting at Worthing Art School. In 1959 he changed to Brighton Art School to study graphic design, he also began studying photography.

After studying he joined a psych/pop band, The Pyramids. This experience led to him photographing Jimi Hendrix backstage in the 1970s. In addition Hiett began a series of photos of empty suburban streets that resulted in his first book,…