NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of R.L. Burnside & The Sound Machine on 2 July 2020. R.L. Burnside & The Sound Machine has been played on NTS shows including Death Is Not The End, with Sitting On Top Of The World first played on 8 February 2020.

R. L. Burnside (November 23, 1926 – September 1, 2005) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He played music for much of his life but did not receive much attention until the early 1990s. In the latter half of the 1990s, Burnside recorded and toured with Jon Spencer, garnering crossover appeal and introducing…