Category: RFP Music & Interview Specials

We spoke to BIRP featured singer, songwriter, and lead vocalist, Shane Conerty from the indie pop group, Color Collage. We caught up with the lead singer of the Brooklyn, NY-based-band, as well as the band’s artistic process including the band’s latest single release,’What a Time to Be Alive‘ and latest full studio album, ‘Pieced Together’. Listen to the full interview below!

MUSIC SPOTLIGHT: KIMBRA

By Michael Thomas, Jr.

Kimbra "Primal Heart" New Zealand native and Grammy-Award Winning singer-songwriter, Kimbra takes stage at The Crescent Ballroom in Phoenix May 25th Headlining her latest album “Primal Heart” Photo Courtesy of Kimbra; Warner Bros. Music.

 

We spoke to  GRAMMY award-winning singer and songwriter, Kimbra who just released her Third Studio Album ”Primal Heart“, debuting back in April to rave reviews showcasing Kimbra‘s sultry and melodic interpretations of Pop, R & B, and Rock undertones as she takes her Primal Heart Tour with Son Lux on May 25th at the Crescent Ballroom in Phoenix!

39-og Courtesy of Crescentphx.com Crescent Ballroom
12 W. Camelback Rd  Phoenix, AZ 85013

 

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For All Things Kimbra, Visit KimbraMusic.com
and Get Your Copy of Primal Heart where all music is streamed and sold!

 

New Zealand native singer-songwriter, Kimbra takes stage at The Crescent Ballroom in Phoenix May 25th Headlinging her latest album "Primal Heart" Photo Courtesy of Kimbra; Warner Bros. Music. New Zealand native singer-songwriter, Kimbra takes stage at The Crescent Ballroom in Phoenix May 25th Headlinging her latest album “Primal Heart” Photo Courtesy of Kimbra; Warner Bros. Music.

 

 

 

 

By Michael Thomas, Jr

 

Frank Sinatra says, "Tom Dreesen, my main man." Frank Sinatra says, “Tom Dreesen, my main man.” Courtesy of Tom Dreesen /TomDreesen.com

Throughout his many years in show business, Tom Dreesen has made over 500 appearances on national television as a stand-up comedian, including more than 60 appearances on The Tonight Show where He was a favorite guest of David Letterman, and frequently hosts the show in Letterman’s absence.

In addition to Mr. Dreesen’s success, Dreesen had the distinct role of touring across the country as the opening act for Frank Sinatra, appearing countless acts throughout the hottest venues in Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe, Reno and Atlantic City with artists in addition to Sinatra from the likes Smokey Robinson, Liza Minnelli, Natalie Cole and Sammy Davis, Jr.

Approaching nearly 50 years in show business, Tom Dreesen is currently appearing across the. Country in the his acclaimed one-man show “An Evening Of Laughter and Memories of Sinatra.” Showcasing his saloon comedic style to which Sinatra himself described just as Tom’s style as Sinatra was that in the sense musically as a saloon singer., where he tells the story of his days in in the south side of Chicago and rise to fame as forming the first biracial comedy duo of Tim and Tom and his days working along the likes of Sinatra.

We had the pleasure of speaking with Mr. Tom Dreesen who recently appears in the award winning Leo Zahn directed documentary‘Sinatra Palm Springs which focuses  Sinatra’s generosity and devotion to his craft as we look back at the legend of Sinatra who passed Way 20 years ago this month.

LISTEN BELOW TO THE FULL INTERVIEW WITH RFP’s Michael Thomas, Jr.


 

Download your copy of Beth Rowley's 'Forest Fire' available where all music is streamed and downloaded. Download your copy of Beth Rowley‘s ‘Forest Fire’ available where all music is streamed and downloaded.

Listen to Radio Free Phoenix’s Michael Thomas, Jr. chat with the talented recording artist and musician on her latest single and upcoming album! Pre-Order The New Album

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Singer-Songwriter, Trevor Drury We spoke with rising Singer and Songwriter, Trevor Drury

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The full-time, fashion model who walks the runways of the world’s most prestigious shows and brands in Milan, Paris, and New York to name a few, is making his own mark in the world of his music with his latest EP release. For information follow Trevor on all major social platforms and where all music is streamed and sold!

 

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The Brother Sister indie duo release their debut album under their new name 'Twelve Ballet" with '' Just So She Knows' The Brother Sister indie duo release their debut album under their new name ‘Twelve Ballet” with
” Just So She Knows’ available where all digital music is available for purchase.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We spoke with ( Twelve Ballet formerly known as The Glider Pilots) whom together, are bringing a vibrant series of lyrically melodic music comprised of alternative and blues inspired sounds. We spoke with the Queensland, Australian, based-band about their inspirations, creative process and their debut single under their new name available where all music is streamed and available for digital and hard copy through band camp and iTunes.

The Brother-Sister duo creating some exciting new tunes (previously known as Glider Pilots Photo Courtesy of Facebook.com/TwelveBallet The Brother-Sister duo creating some exciting new tunes (previously known as Glider Pilots
Photo Courtesy of Facebook.com/TwelveBallet

Formerly known as the Glider Pilots, (Check out our May Interview) Twelve Ballet‘s music has been making positive waves in the field of the independent spectrum of music earning features on numerous indie playlists such as March and May 2017’s edition of BIRP!  Listen to the full interview here to here about the story behind their debut single with their new name, “Just So She Knows” and more here!:

 

 

 

 

Listen to Twelve Ballet’s full single, ‘Just so She Knows’ here and Follow Twelve Ballet’s journey on social media at their handles!

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TWELVE BALLET’S SOCIAL LINKS- ITUNESFACEBOOKTWITTER WEBSITE   INSTAGRAM 

By Michael Thomas, Jr. –

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According to the Center For Disease Control and Prevention  an estimated 1.6-3.8 million sports and recreation related concussions occur each year in the U.S. In organized high school sports, concussions occur more often in competitive sports, with football accounting for more than 60% of concussions. For males, the leading cause of high school sports concussion is football. Among children and youth ages 5-18 years old, there are five leading sports oF recreational activities which account for concussions, in owe 60 percent of those cases, football is the most prevalent.

After his collegiate career at Arizona State and seven-year NFL career which ended in 2009 as a lineman for 5  NFL teams including the Arizona Cardinals,  Founder of Safe Football LLC, Scott Peters is now continuing his quest through his nonprofit business is continuing to make football safer for professional and young athletes across there world.

With the help of Safe Football LLC which was launched late 2012 by the 38-year-old Peters, said he started had a history of concussions throughout his professional which included severe neck and shoulder injuries from his and college playing days, including one sustained without any helmet contact.

 

 

 

Founder of Safe Football, LLC: Scott Petters is on a quest to help make football safe. Founder of Safe Football, LLC: Scott Petters is on a quest to help make football safe. Joe Giannetti/Photographing Strength”

 

 

 

We’re not saying in theory this works; we’re saying we know it works,” former NFL lineman Scott Peters (left) says of his Safe Football method practicing with the Indianapolis Colts. (Photo: Joe Giannetti/Photographing Strength) We’re not saying in theory this works; we’re saying we know it works,” former NFL lineman Scott Peters (left) says of his Safe Football method practicing with the Indianapolis Colts.
(Photo: Joe Giannetti/Photographing Strength)

 

 

 

With Football injuries, Peters expresses that there is and will never be a helmet that will resolve the injury issues and the safest football involves simply not playing, Peters is out to show the techniques he developed that he believes will make the sport safer by using a combination of mixed martial arts and biomechanics that will create leverage, through that of skills and balance.    Peters says it’s about “technique” by playing football the right way as the sport not meant to hurt someone but push players to create opening to progress the ball from moving down field for scores.  The great essence and concept of Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu is to apply leverage using the body’s proper stance to generate impact, by applying both the arms and hands instead of  going headfirst an opposing player.

 

“What I learned in MMA and what I experienced in Football came together, so I thought of trying mechanical changes to meet football objectives, and the by-product of that was better performance overall.” “I saw It’s all-out creating a mechanical advantage” said Peters, who based in  Arizona where he played four years as a lineman for the Sun Devils in for Arizona State University, travels around the world applying his technique through Safe Footballs Initiatives.

From the experience, after finally retriting in 2009, Peters began training players and the nonprofit in 2012 as productive and safer approach to football.  Since it’s initiation, Safe Football LLC  has been teaching  players  from Youth, techniques to avoid the using the head as much as possible, in order to protect football player on every level.

“We Started by first applying the techniques at Washington University”….I trained those guys for two years in 2012 and 13, I trained their offensive guys, their defensive guys, their coaches, and the strength conditioning staff really bough into to it, say Peters, which after the school integrated the drills into off season training, eventually increasing their performances overall, whit the school boasting it’s best rush defense in school history. But what was even more surprising with the performance was that it did not come at injury the bodies with blunt force, as  the school’s trainer called Peters, letting him know, noting zero concussions and related injuries for the first time in school history. Peters knew his application from the two sports as applied through  his founding Safe Football was providing solutions that no one else was providing in the field of Football. To date, Safe Football has worked with 12 NFL football teams

 

With approximately 3 million youth playing football, including major push made by colleges and the NFL to enforce a variety of research and efforts to reduce concussions, the nonprofit has a ready-made market for its offerings providing an array of program from youth to the Pro level.

 

Coaches and various sports groups are trying to make the sport safer without compromising the game. It has made head safety an issue with many former players suing the NFL about their injuries from concussions, he said.

Peters started training players and eventually began the nonprofit as a comprehensive approach to football. Its goal is to teach younger players techniques to avoid head that can cause brain damage so the game can continue and ultimately be even safer.

Make sure to Visit SafeFootball.org for more information and make sure to Follow Safe Football on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram.

Safe Football LLC Summary:

About Safe Football

Scott Peters, a former NFL offensive lineman and sports-safety advocate, developed Safe Football in response to his awareness of concussions and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). Safe Football is a proprietary instructional training and skill development system for football coaches and players. It is designed to increase on-field performance while simultaneously reducing head and neck injuries from helmet contact on the field. Since its inception in 2012, Safe Football has succeeded in reducing or completely eliminating on-field concussions and stingers (injury to nerves or neck and shoulder) wherever its techniques have been applied, and has has been endorsed by Neurologists for its mitigation of physical trauma to the brain. To date, Safe Football has delivered 750 clinics and camps, certified 5,000 coaches, and trained more than 40,000 players – from youth-level players to the NFL’s Detroit Lions, USC Trojans, University of Washington, and others. For more information on Safe Football, please visit: safefootball.org
Description: A nonprofit aimed at developing safer playing techniques for football

 

                    Music Spotlight: Joy Villa

By Michael Thomas, Jr. –

26 year old Joy Villa, is a Grammy Considered Recording and rising star with her Billboard #1 Ranked in Rock Amazon & iTunes #1 EP EP "I Make the Static 26 year old Joy Villa, is a Grammy Considered Recording and rising star with her Billboard #1 Ranked in Rock Amazon & iTunes #1  EP “I Make the Static”

We spoke with rising recording artist and actor Joy Villa. The talented and Grammy considered artists, singer/songwriter spoke with Radio Free Phoenix About her bold style, patriotic pride, Number #1Billboard #1 in Rock Amazon & iTunes #1 Album “I Make The Static”. We also spoke with Joy about her exciting and developing music endeavors as Joy Villa sets to prepare for a tour upon the release of her upcoming studio album release in July!

 

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Make sure to pick up a copy of ” I Make The Static” available where all digital music is  stream and sold, through her Website at JoyVilla.com (where you could pick up a personalized and signed copy of her CD) iTunes, Amazon and many more!

Follow Joy on through all her musical whereabouts through Instagram, YouTube Facebook, Twitter!

 

 

WHO IS JOY? (BIO From JOYVILLA.COM)

“PLAYFUL, UNEXPECTED, VIBRANT, SPIRITUAL, AND BOLD, JOY VILLA IS A TRUE ENTERTAINER.”

 

Joy’s a true entertainer who tours 25 countries a year and has wowed the world with her red-carpet style (Entertainment Weekly, E!, Billboard, Fox News, NY Daily News, Los Angeles Times, to name a few).

Joy grew up with an Italian father and an African American and Choctaw mother, blending the cultures to create a perfect mix. This “mixed life” outpours in her musical influences, ranging from Frank Sinatra to Diana Ross, Blondie and Nirvana.

Joy is a natural music and theater performer, discovering her knack for the stage at the age of 5 in her first theater musical. Joy loves writing songs and has collaborated on numerous projects around the world with an array of international producers and artists.

Joy blends alternative rock, electro pop into finely crafty tunes that aim to motivate, inspire, and get the juices flowing in her fans. Kinky, unexpected, vibrant, spiritual, and bold, Joy Villa is a true entertainer, and feels blessed to be giving her many global fans “The Joy Villa Experience.”

Joy’s goal is to unite all people to work together to create a better world.

Planned for 2017 and 2018 is her new album release, tour, speaking engagements, public appearances, and film and tv roles.

 

 

Copyright © 2017 Sunhaze. All rights reserved.Formed in 2012, Sunhaze originated from the vision of Danae Labraña, a San Francisco transplant hailing from the shores of Santa Barbara. Fellow San Francisco State alumni Priscilla del Rosario with Erin Walter then added their native Bay Area-influenced elements to a handful of Labraña's singer-songwriter works. The last two additions Brandon Iljas and Aaron Chin completed the lineup soon after and as a group, they began molding their sound. Sunhaze debuted their Last Summer EP in Fall 2014. Their debut album Wishful Thinking succeeds the previous bright sun-baked release with a culmination of pop hooks, dynamic rhythms, and darker undertones; released October 7th, 2016. Copyright © 2017 Sunhaze. All rights reserved.Formed in 2012, Sunhaze originated from the vision of Danae Labraña, a San Francisco transplant hailing from the shores of Santa Barbara. Fellow San Francisco State alumni Priscilla del Rosario with Erin Walter then added their native Bay Area-influenced elements to a handful of Labraña’s singer-songwriter works. The last two additions Brandon Iljas and Aaron Chin completed the lineup soon after and as a group, they began molding their sound. Sunhaze debuted their Last Summer EP in Fall 2014. Their debut album Wishful Thinking succeeds the previous bright sun-baked release with a culmination of pop hooks, dynamic rhythms, and darker undertones; released October 7th, 2016.

 

Sunhaze Music Spotlight:

 

On this edition of Music Spotlight, we spoke with the lead singer, co-founding member, and songwriter Danae Labraña of the San Francisco based indie band, Sunhaze. We spoke with Danea about Sunhaze’s Musical Inspirations and goals following their latest full debut album, “Wishful Thinking” avaialbe now where all music is digital music is sold including iTunes,  streaming on services Soundcloud and Spotify.

 

Make sure to catch Sunhaze‘s musical whereabouts by visiting them at Sunhazemusic.com to find their latest album “Wishful Thinking” as well as other releases,. You can all follow them on  Facebook, Intagram, twitter, and  where music is streamed via Soundcloud, Spotify, and others!

 

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Sam and Benjamin Hope of the Glider Pilots Photo Courtesy ofhttps://www.facebook.com/GliderPilotsBand/ Sam and Benjamin Hope of the Glider Pilots
(Photo Courtesy www.facebook.com/GliderPilotsBand/)

We spoke with The Glider Pilots who together are bringing a vibrant series of lyrically melodic music comprised of alternative and blues inspired sounds. We spoke with the Queensland, Australian, based-band about their inspirations, creative process and their latest full album release “Talk Free” available where all music is streamed and available for digital and hard copy through band camp and iTunes. Glider Pilot’s music has been making positive waves in the field of the independent spectrum of music earning features on numerous indie playlists such as March and May 2017’s edition of BIRP!  Listen to the full interview here!:

Follow the Formerly known Glider Pilots known now as Twelve Ballet on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and stream on Spotify and Soundcloud today! Make sure to pick up your copy of “Talk Free” from Glider Pilots now on iTunesMusic Glue and BandCamp.