Welcoming Paul McCartney with a rooftop “Get Back”
This has been quite a Beatles year in my world. In the spring came the epic project of re-creating “Within You Without You” onstage with full Indian instrumentation (read about...
Grateful Dead guitar workshop and concert review
A recent tour brought me to the Berkshires to teach a workshop on Grateful Dead for Acoustic Guitar at Wood Bros. Music in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and then play a Pepper...
Behind the song: “Sycamore Tree”
My song “Sycamore Tree,” from the album Stop, Drop, and Roll, began with a beat played on the dining room table and grew into a complex story song—and ultimately one of my most requested songs...
Interview and performance on WTBQ’s Hootenanny Cafe
Last week Wendy Ramsay and I stopped by WTBQ in bucolic Warwick, New York, for an hour-long interview and performance with Jon Stein for his Hootenanny Cafe show. We played...
Boston Globe story and video
So a reporter from the Boston Globe heard about my upcoming workshop at Passim School of Music teaching Grateful Dead songs, and he asked me to give me a little...
Folk Alley Session
I’m a long-time fan of Folk Alley–the 24/7 online radio station as well as the videos and other features they produce in affiliation with NPR Music. So I’m honored and thrilled to...
Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers Band performs on Bridge Street
This morning I was in the studios of WSYR to perform with my bandmates Wendy Ramsay and John Dancks. We played the title track off the Almost There album. This...
Emerging Artist Showcase at Falcon Ridge
I’m thrilled to announce that my bandmates and I have been picked for the prestigious Emerging Artists Showcase at this summer’s Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, in the Berkshires. The showcase opens...
NYS Music reviews Almost There
JPR may be the quintessential acoustic singer-songwriter, but he colors with a full palette of folk, rock, blues, and soul. Adding elements tastefully to create works that entice rather than...
