JPR Live Sessions

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.