JPR Live Sessions
JPR Live Sessions is a weekly series of exciting live in-studio music performances and conversations with artists from many different genres. Recorded in JPR's Steve Nelson Performance Space, the series is hosted and produced by JPR Program/Music Director Eric Teel, who brings over 30 years of experience in music ranging from classical to indie-rock. Over 500 guests have appeared on the series, ranging from Brandi Carlile, Colin Hay and Rosanne Cash to OK Go, Bela Fleck and Jeff Bridges.
You can now play JPR Live Sessions on your smart speaker:
“Alexa, play JPR Live Sessions on Apple Podcasts”
“Alexa, skip ahead 30 seconds”
“Alexa, play the previous episode”
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The Nashville husband-wife duo joined us to share songs from their new album called Dandelion. -
Singer/songwriter Drew Holcomb of Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors joined us from Nashville to talk about his online approach to reaching fans during the pandemic, as well as his fantastic new album called Dragons.
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To say Katie Pruitt hit big in 2020 is a major understatement. Her well-crafted and self assured debut album Expectations landed on many best-of lists.
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Long time friends Liz Longley and Barnaby Bright (aka Nathan and Becky Bliss) joined up for a special holiday-themed JPR Live Session to perform songs from their new holiday albums.
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The singer/songwriter, violinist, and bandleader of Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards joined us from San Francisco to talk about her pop-leaning new album Bitter Better.
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The award-winning Canadian singer/songwriter has been spending time in his home of Toronto during the pandemic. He shared a few beautiful performances of tunes from his new album called Without People.
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Mark, Casey, Steven from the Canadian trio (and self-described 'small town band') joined us remotely from Hamilton, Ontario and Los Angeles to share stories of their nearly two decades together, and how their rootsy country rock sound emerged in the shadow of Detroit.
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Oliver Wood, Chris Wood, and Jano Rix joined us from Nashville to share some fantastic live performances of music from their new album called Kingdom In My Mind.
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Despite meeting many years earlier, the Troy, New York indie folk-pop duo didn't officially form until 2012, and hit big with their debut album Love We Are We Love, with NPR, American Songwriting, and No Depression all singing their praises.
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The Nashville singer/songwriter joined us from her childhood home in Nebraska to share music from her powerful new album called Building.
