JP Houston is a Canada-born American singer-songwriter, producer, storyteller, and host.

Career

Houston has a large catalogue of songs composed for television, theater, film and record. One of his first credits, while still in high school, was composing the theme song to the PBS/YTV children's series ''

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''. With hundreds of credits, he was nominated for a

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(Canadian Emmy) in 2001. His work has appeared on ''

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'', ''Funny or Die Presents'', and countless other national and international productions. A song co-written by Houston was featured in the

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. He has written for PBS, BBC, HBO, CBC, and many others. Houston has toured and recorded all over North America and Europe. He was a member of Brian Bell's

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side project

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Houston did a two-year stint leading the house band at

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. He has shared the stage with artists including

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, and a host of other notable acts. In 2013, Houston began his weekly syndicated NPR variety show ''American Parlor Songbook''. The program originates from its home station of

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NPR in Southern California, with rebroadcasts on stations around the country. The show features Houston's original songs and stories every episode.

References

External links

jphouston.netnpr.org
{{DEFAULTSORT:Houston, JP American male singers American male songwriters American radio personalities Living people Canadian emigrants to the United States Year of birth missing (living people)