Eric Teel
Director of FM Network Programming | Music Director | Host/Producer: JPR Live SessionsAfter a failed attempt at structured music instruction at Washington State University, Eric earned a broadcast journalism degree from WSU's renowned Edward R. Murrow College of Communication.
Over the next 25-plus years, Eric has drawn upon his extensive music knowledge to host programs in nearly every genre for commercial and public radio. He joined the JPR staff in 1996, hosting Siskiyou Music Hall from JPR’s Redding studios. In 2002, he moved to Ashland and took over as one of the hosts of Open Air. In addition to music, he’s put his journalism background to use reporting for NPR, managing JPR's award-winning newsroom, and producing feature-length public radio specials carried nationwide.
As FM Network Program Director, Eric oversees many aspects of JPR's broadcast day. He still hosts the occasional Open Air or classical music shift, and is the driving force behind JPR Live Sessions - our popular series of live in-studio music performances and interviews.
When not at JPR he can be seen in the crowd or on stage at music events around the region, or building hiking and biking trails in the hills around the Rogue Valley.
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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. -
Andrew Bird ruminates on a line from Joan Didion's 1968 essay collection Slouching Towards Bethlehem.
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Matt Myers from Houndmouth joined us for a fun solo acoustic set of tunes from the band's recent release Good For You.
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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.
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The Boise-based singer/songwriter joined us to talk about his new album This Life, and to look back on his 30-year career.
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The Nashville singer/songwriter joined us from her home 'hobbit office' to share a few songs from her new album called Violet Light.
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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.
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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.
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"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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
