Eric Teel
Director of FM Network Programming | Music Director | Host/Producer: JPR Live SessionsAfter a failed attempt at structured music instruction at Washington State University, Eric earned a broadcast journalism degree from WSU's renowned Edward R. Murrow College of Communication.
Over the next 25-plus years, Eric has drawn upon his extensive music knowledge to host programs in nearly every genre for commercial and public radio. He joined the JPR staff in 1996, hosting Siskiyou Music Hall from JPR’s Redding studios. In 2002, he moved to Ashland and took over as one of the hosts of Open Air. In addition to music, he’s put his journalism background to use reporting for NPR, managing JPR's award-winning newsroom, and producing feature-length public radio specials carried nationwide.
As FM Network Program Director, Eric oversees many aspects of JPR's broadcast day. He still hosts the occasional Open Air or classical music shift, and is the driving force behind JPR Live Sessions - our popular series of live in-studio music performances and interviews.
When not at JPR he can be seen in the crowd or on stage at music events around the region, or building hiking and biking trails in the hills around the Rogue Valley.
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The Los Angeles singer/songwriter joined us to talk about the incredible connections she made while busking in Santa Monica, and how her career has blossomed as a result. She also played us a few songs from her new album called Beautiful and Strange. -
Beginning Saturday, September 5th, JPR will make a number of changes to our program schedules. -
Formed by the fabulous vocalist Sara Gazarek and three of her talented friends - Amanda Taylor, Johnaye Kendrick, and Erin Bentlage - the brand new jazz vocal supergroup known as säje (rhymes with “beige”) was just getting their feet under them with a handful of performances when the pandemic shutdown halted their progress. -
The North Carolina-based singer/songwriter shared songs from her evocative new album called Modern Appalachia and talked about how she first put down roots in Nashville and became an in-demand songwriter for a who's who of the music world. -
On the new album Beginners, Christian Lee Hutson displays a rare combination of brilliantly intricate fingerpicked guitar lines and evocative stories that illuminate the everyday characters and events of life. -
Ashland indie-folk trio submits stand-out video submission for 2020. -
Husband/wife folk duo Pharis & Jason Romero shared songs from their new album Bet On Love from their home in rural British Columbia, complete with wood stove in the background. -
The brilliantly witty singer/songwriter joined us from his quarantine location to share songs from his new album called Asterisk the Universe. -
Biali - along with her husband Ben Wittman - joined us from her home in Toronto to share songs from her latest album Out of the Dust. -
Hull's brand new album called 25 Trips considers both the artist's first 25 years on the planet as well as some of the important events from one specific year. -
Riding a wave of critical praise following the release of his eponymous debut album, Ledger joined us to talk about his passion for classic and sometimes obscure recordings, the fortuitous circumstances that led to his album release, and how he's been keeping busy during the pandemic. -
The New York-based singer/songwriter just released his first solo album (Heartbreaker, Please) in almost a decade, and shared stories of how he's been managing in the pandemic shutdown. He also played us a few tunes from the new record.
