JPR Live Sessions

Hear Seth Walker talk about his childhood and his creative endeavors which in addition to music include painting and his memoir Your Van is on Fire.

Multi-ethnic singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, audio engineer and composer, Jessica Fichot returned to JPR with her band to talk about her past and her approach to music and perform live in this JPR Live Session.

Terry Robb is an award winning fingerstyle guitar player from Oregon with deep roots in blues and folk.

Hot off the release of their new album, My Entire Life, Susto joined us to talk about the new record and how they stay positive during difficult times.

Critically acclaimed singer and guitarist Hamish Anderson calls Melbourne, Australia home. He's currently touring in support of George Thorogood and the Destroyers.

The brainchild of frontwoman, Erika Wennerstrom, The Heartless Bastards released their 6th album A Beautiful Life in 2021 and are celebrating 20 years as a band.

With cello at its core, the Michal Palzewicz Trio creates a unique blend of folk, classical and world beat music. They were our favorite regional entrant in NPR Music's Tiny Desk Contest this year.

Melissa Ruth is a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist and music teacher from the Sutherlin, Oregon area. Her new release is Bones.

Parker Millsap is our guest in this JPR Live Session. He's on tour with his new album Wilderness Within You.

Roots rocker Jackie Greene joined us in the studio to chat and play a few tunes before his show at The Historic Ashland Armory.

Ian George stopped by to play some tunes before heading to California for the next leg of his west coast tour.

Bear Rinehart took a moment from touring with his side project Wilder Woods to share some stories and new songs with us.

The Southern Oregon bluegrass combo Eight Dollar Mountain have been making music together since 2010.

Portland based New Constellations share new tracks and chat about their debut EP.

Everything Harmony, the new album from The Lemon Twigs, drops today.

Free Creature's new album, While We Can, is out. They're on a mini-tour of Southern Oregon to celebrate before heading to New Orleans for several shows during Jazzfest.

Eric Pollard - a musician currently residing in Southern Oregon - is Actual Wolf. He is part of various Southern Oregon music projects and has several albums under his belt. His latest record, Hometown Hero, was released last May.

Originally from Georgia, now calling Southern Oregon home, Adam Gabriel is a regular feature at local music venues. His new album Back Room is out April 1st.

Originally from Parkland, Washington, singer/songwriter Ian Jones grew up on a steady diet of music by Bob Dylan, David Allan Coe and The Beatles. His new album, Results Not Typical drops April 7.

Bart Budwig is a singer/songwriter/producer and multi-instrumentalist from Enterprise, Oregon who has worked with and produced several of the artists you hear on Open Air. In this JPR Live Session he plays three brand new songs and talks about his studio work.

Jared Alexander Masters joined Danielle Kelly to talk about his body of work and play solo-acoustic songs from his various musical projects.

John Craigie has been described as a cross between John Prine and Mitch Hedberg. Hear him talk about his career and play some live tunes.

Sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell - Larkin Poe - play blues-based southern rock. They're on tour behind their new album Blood Harmony.

Matt Andersen is one of the hardest working guys in Canadian music, playing about 200 shows per year. He's stopped by on his tour supporting his brand new release The Big Bottle of Joy.

Raised in Arkansas, Melissa Carper got her start playing bass in her family band as a kid. Now in Texas, she plays a wide variety of retro Americana ranging from country and Texas swing to early jazz.

Nashville based singer/songwriter Will Hoge stopped by the JPR Steve Nelson Performance Studio to chat with us and play songs from his new release Wings On My Shoes.

Emily Nenni stopped by on her west coast tour to chat with us and play some songs from her brand new release On The Ranch.

Martin Sexton always looks for the positive even in difficult times. Through his music he asks us to join him in being our best selves. He stopped in to chat with us and play some tunes during his west coast tour.

Youssoupha Sidibe is a Senegalese kora player and singer who, in addition to his own body of work, has played with India Aria, Matisyahu, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, and Michael Kang of String Cheese Incident among others.

Hear the Midwest singer/songwriter and now actress talk about her work and play some songs including one from her upcoming movie A Chance Encounter.

Veteran singer/songwriter Grant-Lee Phillips is touring on his 11th studio album All That You Can Dream. He was joined by Nashville musician Jarrod Dickenson in a JPR Live Session.

Mama's Broke — Amy Lou Keeler and Lisa Maria— a duo from Nova Scotia, joined us to talk about their new release, Narrow Line and play a few songs.

Texas singer/songwriter Charley Crockett stopped by JPR to play some tunes, talk about his career and give us some advice on how to get the most bang for our buck when busking on the NYC subway.

Singer/songwriter Max Gomez stopped by to play some tunes for us, including a brand new track from his upcoming album.

Southern Oregon's The Brothers Reed stopped by to talk about their new record, and play a few tunes for us.

The British indie rock band is currently sitting at the top of the Billboard charts with their single "U&ME", and joined JPR's Eric Teel for his final JPR Live Session.

Matt Myers from Houndmouth joined us for a fun solo acoustic set of tunes from the band's recent release Good For You.

The Los Angeles-based singer and songwriter joined us to talk about the monumental changes he's experienced over the last few years. He also shared some incredibly beautiful songs from his upcoming album on Atlantic Records.

The Boise-based singer/songwriter joined us to talk about his new album This Life, and to look back on his 30-year career.

The Nashville singer/songwriter joined us from her home 'hobbit office' to share a few songs from her new album called Violet Light.

The singer/songwriter, who performed and recorded as Whetherman for the better part of a decade, has re-discovered his love of old time music and has shifted his focus to sharing the stories of these treasured songs.

The singer/songwriter and banjo virtuoso has just released Decembering, his first true banjo record since his early recordings on Rounder Records thirty years ago.

"It's not a contest. The only contest is with yourself." Folk singer Janis Ian reminisces on her six decades in music and her final studio album The Light at the End of the Line.

After what amounted to a nine-year shift in priorities, the Portland singer/songwriter has returned with Crossfire, her first solo album in almost a decade.

Singer/songwriter Brett Dennen dropped by our studios ahead of his show at the Ashland Armory to talk about how he's been getting along in the midst of the second wave of Covid shutdowns.

The Brooklyn-based band joined us to talk about their new self-titled release, and how the new album reflects the major shift from the band's old sound (and name) to where they find themselves today.

The Nashville-based singer/songwriter and fiddler joined us from home to share some songs from her new holiday album For Christmas.