NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Terry Riley on 26 September 2023. Terry Riley has been played over 180 times on NTS, first on 22 March 2013. Terry Riley's music has been featured on 161 episodes.

Terry Riley (born June 24, 1935) is an American composer associated with the minimalist school. Born in Colfax, California, United States, Riley studied at Shasta College, San Francisco State University, and the San Francisco Conservatory before earning an MA in composition at the University of California, Berkeley, studying with Seymour Shifrin and Robert Erickson. He was involved in the experimental San Francisco Tape Music Center working with…