Podcast Episodes

JPR Live Session: Melissa Carper

Melissa Carper and guitarist Doug Strahan joined us on the West Coast leg of her tour in support of her latest release, Ramblin' Soul.

“Not unlike Lo…

3 years, 6 months ago

JPR Live Session: Will Hoge

Will Hoge's two previous albums, Tiny Little Movies released in 2020 and My American Dream released in 2018, are laden with biting political commenta…

3 years, 8 months ago

JPR Live Session: Emily Nenni

Emily Nenni and Sean Thompson at JPR(Dave Jackson / JPR)

Emerging Americana artist Emily Nenni wrote the songs from her new album On The Ranch while…

3 years, 8 months ago

JPR Live Session: Martin Sexton

Martin Sexton is a perennial favorite on Open Air. After getting his start busking in Boston, he released his first album on cassette in the late 19…

3 years, 8 months ago

JPR Live Session: Youssoupha Sidibe

Originally from Senegal but now calling Maui his home, Yousshoupha Sidibe studied at the National Conservatory of Music in Senegal. He blends traditi…

3 years, 8 months ago

JPR Live Session: Andrea von Kampen

(Sydnee Kizziar / Jefferson Public Radio)

Andrea von Kampen grew up in a musical family. She says "music is just what we did." The singer/songwriter …

3 years, 8 months ago

JPR Live Session: Grant-Lee Phillips with Jarrod Dickenson

Grant-Lee Phillips has been making music since the 1980s. He performed in a band called Grant-Lee Buffalo in the '90s. He played Grant - the town tro…

3 years, 9 months ago

JPR Live Session: Mama's Broke

Amy Lou Keeler and Lisa Maria drove from Montreal to Nova Scotia in 2014. They spent the time discussing music, and by the time they arrived, the ide…

3 years, 9 months ago

JPR Live Session: Charley Crockett

Charley Crockett with Danielle Kelly(Jon Griffin / jpr)

Authenticity is an important element in Americana. From hitchhiking and hopping trains to ge…

3 years, 9 months ago

JPR Live Session: Max Gomez

(Sydney Kizziar / JPR)

Singer/songwriter Max Gomez is from Taos, New Mexico. He received critical acclaim upon the release of his debut album Rule Th…

3 years, 10 months ago