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Join Andy Olson for a Music & Interview Special with Billy Prine. Billy is the younger brother of singer-songwriter, John Prine and will be in concert at The Showcase at the Talking Stick in Scottsdale, Friday, December 6th at 8:00 pm in a Danny Zelisko Presents show.

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Andy will be talking with Billy about his brother and his musical career. The show will be loaded with John Prine songs as done by John and several sung by Billy. Join us for the deep introspective interview with Billy Prine this Saturday at 2pm and the encore on Sunday at 12 noon (AZ-MST) on Radio Free Phoenix.

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Join Radio Free Phoenix, and old friends from Phoenix Rock & Roll, Radio, Television, and Print, as we celebrate 20 years of RFP rockin’ Phoenix, and the world! It’s FREE! Everyone invited!

This will be talking place Sunday Nov. 17, 2024 from 2-7 pm at Roosters Country 3731 E. Main St. in Mesa.

The following bands and artists will be playing live at this event: Hans Olson, Sumner of Love, Jack Alvis, Street Duo, Glen Crimson & Box of Cherries, Tom Tuerff, Norm Pratt & Robert Hoke & The Swinging Jugs!

Plus many of your favorite DJ’s and personalities from Phoenix Rock Radio’s past

The event is free for all from Radio Free Phoenix!

Radio Free Phoenix will be selling raffle tickets for a wide array of Rock N Roll CD’s & Posters and we will also be auction off many choice items including a genuine concert poster created for the closing days of the Fillmore West in 1970. Our sponsor,  AZTV, is providing 2 original sized Ladmo Bags to auction off! These Ladmo Bags are authentic reproductions, including tickets to Legend City and The Palm Theater, and all the contents of the big, original Ladmo Bags. W&L Show director and current RFP air-personality Sharon Kelley will also be there!
In addition to the deep selection of Rock N Roll on RFP, it’s also your home for the music of Mike Condello, The Ladmo Trio, & Hub Kapp and The Wheels, The Jetzons and so many more Arizona bands.
Join us, this Sunday, Nov 17 at Rooster’s Country in Mesa from 2-7 pm!

This past Saturday Ray Bowen passed away. Ray was a professional photographer, a good friend and the husband of Mariah Fleming who worked with RFP during the first several years of the station and also on Deep Oldies. In memory of Ray we will be re-airing his Radio Freedom show from 2005 this Saturday at 2pm and the encore on Sunday at 12 noon (AZ-PST)

Ray Bowen throughout the years

We Will Miss You Ray!


Join Radio Free Phoenix for a Music & Interview Special with singer, songwriter, Max Gomez this Saturday at 2pm and Sunday at 12 noon (AZ-PST) on Radio Free Phoenix. Andy Olson will be talking with Max and playing songs from his first two CDs plus several of his single releases including his in-concert favorite, New Mexico. If you’ve caught a Danny Zelisko Presents show in the past 2 years at the Celebrity Theater in Phoenix, then you’ve seen Max as the opening act for many of these shows. Max will be headlining his own show at the Showroom at The Talking Stick in Scottsdale on Thursday, September 12th, and Radio Free Phoenix will be giving away a pair of tickets to this show! Join RFP this Saturday & Sunday for the music of Max Gomez!

Listen to the Music & Interview with Max below

 

This Saturday, it’s a Special Radio Freedom, our Guest DJ show. We will have in the studio. Robert Hoke of Phoenix, AZ. Robert is a long time Phoenix musician who spent many years working at KPHO – Channel 5 in Phoenix (with Sharon Kelley). He also wrote the theme for The Ladmo Show and Cooking with Rita at Channel 5. Listen in as Robert plays his 15 songs on Radio Freedom. This Saturday at 2pm and an encore Sunday at 12 noon (AZ-PST) on RFP.

In the Radio Free Phoenix Studios
Liz Boyle, Sharon Kelley, Robert Hoke & Andy Olson
Robert and Andy

You can be a guest DJ on Radio Free Phoenix. Just send us your 15 song list and why you’d like to be on the show. Send to freedom@radiofreephoenix.com

Join Radio Free Phoenix, Saturday, April 13th at 2 pm & Sunday, April 14th at 12 noon (AZ-PST) for a Music & Interview Special with Paul Riopelle on the 50th Anniversary of Jerry Riopelle’s Saving Grace Album. This album will be celebrated in two shows on May 31st & June 1st with the Jerry Riopelle Band at The Showroom at Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale. Andy Olson will be talking with Paul about the upcoming shows and will be playing music from Saving Grace plus archived audio of Jerry himself talking about how it was championed by Bill Compton (Program Directer of the underground KDKB), plus the inspiration behind several songs on the album as well. Featured in the Jerry Riopelle band will be David Plenn, Llory McDonald, John Harris, Paul Riopelle, Tara Austin, David Goodstein, Taylor Plenn, Nick Vincent & Danny McGough. Special guests, will include Paul’s band, The Motion, Ray Herndon, Michael Nitro, Chuck E. Baby, Hunter Hawkins, Alfred Johnson, Ryeland Allison and more. Tickets for the shows can be purchased HERE!

Listen to the Interview with Paul below


This Saturday, January 27th at 3pm & Sunday, January 28th at 12 noon (AZ-MST), join Radio Free Phoenix for a Music & Interview Special with Courtney Odem. Courtney is an Arizona artist who lives in Miami, AZ. She plays a mix of trip-hop and electronica music. Andy Olson will be talking with Courtney about her music and career thus far. Listen in and enjoy the music of Courtney Odem on Radio Free Phoenix on Arizona Music Showcase this weekend!

For the 35th year, it’s A Rock & Roll Christmas with Andy Olson. Join Radio Free Phoenix for a 30 hour slice of the deepest and wildest Christmas Rock & Roll in existence! The show start at 6 pm Christmas Eve and runs to Midnight Christmas Day (AZ-MST).

Expect to hear music from:

Jackson Browne  – Monkees – U2 – Greg Lake – Dan Hicks – Sting –Belle & Sebastian – Smithereens – Cheech & Chong – John Mellencamp – Steve Barton – Old 97’s – Fountains of Wayne – Ramones – George Harrison – Dave Edmunds – Graham Parker – Payolas – Crash Test Dummies – XTC – John Lennon – Dar Williams – The Kennedys – Waitresses – Jethro Tull – REM – Ringo Starr – Royal Guardsman – Kinks – DB’s – Paul McCartney – Bruce Springsteen – NRBQ – T Rex – Jesse Ed Davis – Sting – Max Headroom – Ramones – Bob Rivers – Shawn Phillips – Kenny Vance & The Planotones – Elton Duck –  Leon Redbone & Dr John – Freddy Cannon – Weezer – Tom Waits & Peter Murphy – The Weeklings – Bobby Lloyd & The Skeletons – Mojo Nixon – Doug & The Slugs – Bruce Cockburn – Little Charlie & The Nightcats – Smoking Popes – Talking Meds – Andrew Gold – Keb’ Mo – Riders In The Sky – Aimee Mann & Michael Penn – Chris Squire & Alan White – Loudon Wainwright III – Smithereens – Andrew Gold – Fab Four – The Killers – Max Headroom – Freddy Cannon – Dan Frank & The True Believers – Jack Scott – Cheap Trick  – Donovan – The Kennedys – Keith Richards – The Tacoma Four – Billy Gibbons – Bob Peek Thing – The Bodeans – Payolas – Roy Wood & Wizzard – Graham Parker – Flaming Lips – Jorma Kaukonen – Smashing Pumpkins  – Darts – El Vez – Jan & Dean – Lowen & Navarro – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – The Rooks – Jigsaw Seen – The Reducers – The Cavedogs – Nick Lowe – The Geisels and much more!

A Rock N Roll Christmas first aired in 1988 on Phoenix radio on KSLX and also KDKB and KZON (the Zone) and then back to KSLX and then on Radio Free Phoenix! Join Us at 6pm, this Christmas Eve through Christmas night at 12 midnight (AZ-Mountain Time).

Join us this Saturday, October 28th at 2pm and Sunday, October 29th at 12 pm (AZ-PST) for Radio Freedom, our Guest DJ Show. Our guest host is Pete Humbert of Laveen, Arizona. Pete was a longtime KSTM, The Storm and loves the free-form mix of tunes on Radio Free Phoenix. Join Pete for his 15 favorite songs on Radio Freedom on Radio Free Phoenix!

ANDY OLSON & PETE HUMBERT

This Saturday at 2pm and Sunday at 12 noon on Radio Free Phoenix!

This Saturday at 2pm (AZ-PST) and an encore on Sunday at 12 noon, Join Andy Olson for a Music & Interview Special with singer-songwriter, Shawn Phillips. Andy will be talking with Shawn about his musical career, his connection with Donovan, (he co-wrote Season of the Witch), He give a young Joni Mitchell guitar lessons, taught George Harrison how to play the sitar and so much more. Listen for plenty of Shawn Phillips music and the great stories behind the songs, Shawn will be opening up for Dave Mason this Tuesday, October 24th at the Celebrity Theater in Phoenix. Get set to listen to a entire hour of Shawn Phillips & his Music on Radio Free Phoenix!

Listen to the interview with Shawn Phillips