This Sunday, January 20th at The Higley Center (at 4132 E Pecos Rd in Gilbert, Arizona) from 2-5 pm, it’s a Celebration of the life of Jeff Parets. Jeff was the only program director of KSTM, the Storm (from 1981-1987) and also host of the syndicated radio program, “The Acoustic Storm.” Jeff past away unexpectedly in November. This event will bring together Jeff’s family & friends and those that worked with him over the years and listened to him on the radio, and will feature stories about Jeff and some great bands playing in tribute. We hope to see you there to celebrate the life of Jeff, a voice we all grew up with on the radio in Phoenix, from KBBC, K-104, KSTM, The Storm, KDKB, KJZZ and The Acoustic Storm. Please join us this Sunday for a life well lived!

For the 30th 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!

Expect to hear music from:

Jackson Browne  – U2 – Adam Sandler – Greg Lake – The Who – Pretenders – Dan Hicks – Sting –The Oh Hellos – Smithereens – They Might Be Giants – George Thorogood – Cheech & Chong – John Mellencamp – Old 97’s – Fountains of Wayne –  Big Star – Ramones – George Harrison – Dave Edmunds – JD McPherson – All Time Low – Graham Parker –  Heart – Payolas – Cheap Trick – Crash Test Dummies – XTC – John Lennon – Waitresses –  Jethro Tull – REM – Ringo Starr – Kinks – DB’s – Paul McCartney – Bruce Springsteen – NRBQ – T Rex – Adrian Belew – Weird Al Yankovic – William Shatner & Billy Gibbons – Max Headroom – Ramones – Bob Rivers – Shawn Phillips – Rufus Wainwright – Slade – Elton Duck –  Leon Redbone – Tom Waits – Peter Murphy – Bobby Lloyd & The Skeletons – Mojo Nixon – Doug & The Slugs – Bruce Cockburn – Smoking Popes – Talking Meds – Andrew Gold – Keb’ Mo – Riders In The Sky – The Band – Aimee Mann & Michael Penn – Loudon Wainwright III – Smithereens – Andrew Gold – Oasis – Fab Four – The Killers – Blondie – Joan Jett – Big Star – Max Headroom – Freddy Cannon – New Pornographers – Donovan – Shins – The Kennedys – Keith Richards – The Tacoma Four – Guster – Slade – The Bodeans – Payolas – Roy Wood & Wizzard – Graham Parker – Dave Matthews – Flaming Lips – Jorma Kaukonen – Blink 182 – Smashing Pumpkins  – Darts – El Vez – Jan & Dean – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – The Rooks – Jigsaw Seen – The Reducers – Cavedogs – Nick Lowe – Bobby “Boris ” Pickett  – The Geisels –  and much more!

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This years show is dedicated to the memory of Jeff Parets. It was while working at KSTM (The Storm) that I first discovered there were more Rock N Roll Christmas songs then I was aware of, as picked out by Jeff, the program director of this legendary Phoenix area station. This show first aired in 1988 on Phoenix radio on KSLX and also KDKB and KZON (the Zone) and then back to KSLX and now on Radio Free Phoenix! Join Us at 6pm Christmas Eve through Christmas night at 12 midnight (AZ-Mountain Time).

Listen to Radio Free Phoenix this Saturday at 5pm & Sunday at 3pm (Mountain Time) for a Music and Interview Special with Phoenix singer-songwriter, Mark Bryson. We will take a musical tour – from his first band, The Hearseman, to The Hobbit (both in the sixties), the space-age rock band, Amrakus, his team-up with Lowen & Navarro in the early 80’s, to his great new CD “Riot On Sunset”. Join Andy Olson & Liz Boyle for a Music & Interview special with Mark on Radio Free Phoenix!

Mark Bryson at RFP

Andy Olson, Mark Bryson & Lee Powell

Mark Bryson, Liz Boyle & Lee Powell

Andy Olson, Liz Boyle, Mark Bryson & Lee Powell after the show

Buy Mark’s new CD AT CD Baby or at Band Camp

Join us this Saturday, November 17th at 5pm and Sunday November 18th at 3pm (Mountain time) for Radio Freedom, our guest DJ show. Our guest host, Howard Schlossberg is returning for a second show with a brand new selection of his favorite tunes. Howard is from Chicago (and part time Phoenix residence), a retired Journalism Professor, author and also writes a Sports column for the Arizona Republic. Join us for this great show!

Howard Schlossberg

Andy Olson with Howard

Howard & Joss at the RFP Studios!

Join Radio Free Phoenix today at 5pm & Sunday at 3pm (AZ/Pacific Time) for The Fast Camels in studio at RFP – Fresh from the first half of their North American Tour and in the States for the first time. This band from Glasgow, Scotland, joins Andy Olson & Liz Boyle. Band members include Drew Sturgeon (Vocals and Guitar), Mark O’Connor (Vocals and Guitar), Joe Smith (Drums), & Andy Rennie (Bass). Listen in for the story behind the band along with with 10 songs from their 3 albums released thus far. If you’re not familiar, with The Fast Camels, this is your chance to listen to their music, which can be described as a mix of British Psychedelia and Powerpop!

(Listen to the show below)

Andy Olson, Drew Sturgeon & Mark O’Connor

The Fast Camels interview in progress!

Mark O’Connor & Andy Olson

Andy Olson, Drew Sturgeon & Joe Smith

Drew Sturgeon, Mark O’Connor & Liz Boyle

Mark O’Connor, Andy Olson, Drew Sturgeon, Liz Boyle, Andy Rennie & Joe Smith

Liz Boyle & Mark O’Connor                                                    Drew Sturgeon

Joe Smith (Big Daddy Smythe), Drew Sturgeon  & Andy Rennie

       Drew Sturgeon  & Andy Rennie outside the RFP Studios

Join us this Saturday, August 18th at 5pm and Sunday August 19th at 3pm (Arizona time) for Radio Freedom, our guest DJ show. Our guest host will be Doug Cunningham from Winston Salem, North Carolina.  Doug will be dropping by the Radio Free Phoenix studios to play his 15 hand selected songs. Listen in for a great hour of radio!

Doug at the Radio Free Phoenix Studios

Doug with Andy Olson

Join us this Saturday, June 9th at 5pm and Sunday June 10th at 3pm (Arizona time) for Radio Freedom, our guest DJ show. Our guest host will be Howard Schlossberg from Chicago (and part time Phoenix residence).  Howard is a retired Journalism Professor, an author and also writes a Sports column for the Arizona Republic. Join us for his unique blend of Rock ‘N’ Roll that feature songs that go with every moment of his life!

Andy Olson with Howard

Howard at the Radio Free Phoenix studios!

The Playlist

 1 Eagles – Desperado: (Story of my life)
2 Jackson Browne – Yeah Yeah  (From his “Standing in the Breach” CD in tribute to the survivors of the horror of the earthquake in Haiti)
3 Elton John – Funeral for a Friend/Loves Lies Bleeding  (even Elton calls it his piece de resistance)
4 Eric Clapton – Let It Rain  (no one else is Eric Clapton or ever will be)
5 Stephen Stills – Go Back Home  (If anyone’s close to Clapton on guitar, it’s him. And Clapton even played on that album’s title song)
6 Beach Boys – God Only Knows   (Even the Beatles said it was the greatest song by any rock band ever)
7 Gregg Allman – I’m No Angel  (Part II of the story of the story my life. And believe it or not, I do like Cher)
8 Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band – Hollywood Nights   (Glen Frey’s friend and a song about the life I wish I could’ve had. Sorta’…)
9 Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – Jammin’ Me  (The one guy I never got to see in concert. And everything he says to “take back,” I agree)
10 Scotland Yard Gospel Choir – Tear Down The Opera House  (Little known but locally popular Chicago indy group long featured a former student of this college professor (me)
11 Journey – Don’t Stop Believing   (My White Sox wore out this song and literally Steve Perry’s vocal chords en route to their 2005 World Series sweep)
12 Def Leppard – Hysteria  (My ’80s were marked by stoned-out Def Leppard concerts and the memory of this song after my then S.O  dumped me after I turned down her marriage proposal – really)
13 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Bobby Jean  (Ever lose a friend? We all have. Bruce reminds us what it feels like as only he can)
14 Roy Orbison – Pretty Woman  (national anthem of the ’50s)
15 Four Seasons – Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow  (A slick, piercing perfect-harmony cover of the Shirelles’ hit song): Well, will you? Tell me now, and I won’t ask again…)

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