Podcast Episodes

JPR Live Session: Dylan LeBlanc

Dylan LeBlanc had an early passion for music. His father James (bassist in The Steel Vaqueros) was a songwriter at Fame studio in Muscle Shoals, Alab…

2 years, 2 months ago

JPR Live Session: Lukas Nelson

Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real released their eighth album, Sticks and Stones, last year. They recorded it thinking of their live sound and pla…

2 years, 3 months ago

JPR Live Session: The Bones of JR Jones

Jonathan Linaberry was made to take piano lessons as a kid. From there, he taught himself guitar and banjo. With influences like RL Burnside, Son Hou…

2 years, 3 months ago

JPR Live Session: Nellie McKay

In addition to her award winning role in a Broadway production of Three Penny Opera, several albums of original work (the latest - the 2023 release H…

2 years, 3 months ago

JPR Live Session: The Brothers Reed

Brothers Phil and Aaron Reed didn't begin playing music together until, as young adults, they moved to Southern Oregon from the Midwest. They now hav…

2 years, 3 months ago

JPR Live Session: Amy Ray

Amy Ray and Emily Saliers became friends and music collaborators in high school. As the Indigo Girls, they've been making music for well over 30 year…

2 years, 4 months ago

JPR Live Session: Arran Fagan

Arran Fagan grew up in Medford and began performing original music as a teen.

Now in Portland he balances his life as a high school zoology teacher w…

2 years, 5 months ago

JPR Live Session: Viv & Riley

With a background in old-time music, Vivian Leva grew up in the Southeast. Riley Calcagno is from Seattle but grew up interested in roots and America…

2 years, 6 months ago

JPR Live Session: Maria Schafer

Maria Schafer went to college with the intention of getting into nursing. She also continued to study music. When the time came for a career choice, …

2 years, 7 months ago

JPR Live Session: Wild Honey

Originally from the far corners of the US, Wild Honey Trio members Cyrise, Peia and Megan were drawn together in Ashland by way of their love of folk…

2 years, 7 months ago