The John Betsch Society has been played on NTS in shows including Kelvin Brown, featured first on 22 April 2018. Songs played include Earth Blossom, Darling Doria and Song For An Untitled Lady.

John Betsch (b. October 8, 1945, Jacksonville, Florida) is an American free jazz drummer. Betsch began on percussion at age nine, and attended Fisk University, Berklee College of Music and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. After playing in organ trios, he released an album as a leader, Earth Blossom, in 1975. That year he moved to New York City, where he played with Marion Brown, Paul Jeffrey, Max Roach, Jeanne Lee and Henry Threadgill….