NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Gilberto Gil on 8 July 2022. Gilberto Gil has been played over 170 times on NTS, first on 23 February 2014. Gilberto Gil's music has been featured on 136 episodes.

Gilberto Gil (born 26 June, 1942) is a Brazilian singer, guitarist and songwriter, and Brazil's former minister of culture.

He began his career as a bossa nova musician, but soon began writing songs that reflected a new focus on political awareness and social activism, along with fellow singer Caetano Veloso. In the 1970s, Gil added new elements of African and North American music to his already broad…