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ROCKSHOW EPISODE 221 – PART 2 END OF THE YEAR SHOW

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Rocker Mike and Rob Rossi welcome Matt Shriver to discuss his late wife Roxanne Fontana's legacy on their sixth annual year-end show.
The episode begins with Rocker Mike and Rob Rossi introducing their year-end show, noting it's the sixth annual edition. They mention it's bittersweet due to the loss of Roxanne Fontana, a friend and past award-winner on the podcast. Guest Matt Shriver, Roxanne's husband, joins to share memories and insights. Matt recounts meeting Roxanne in fall 1999 at Manny's Music in New York, where he worked and she visited with a friend from the band The Church. He describes their quick connection, move to Los Angeles, and having their daughter Suki. The conversation explores Roxanne's artistic persona, including her perfectionism in video editing and her deep music fandom, such as running the Brian Jones International Fan Club as a teenager. Matt discusses her music career, from early electronic albums to later psychedelic and rock records like Phantasmagorgie. He reveals she was working on a country album before her death, with eight tracks mixed and two remaining, which he plans to complete with engineer Glenn Burgos. The hosts and Matt talk about organizing a memorial show in New York to honor Roxanne, with promotion through the podcast. Matt also shares his plans to continue her record label, Spreadsatura, and potentially release unreleased material. The episode touches on Roxanne's poetry in Love Love magazine and her last performance in London. It concludes with contact information for Matt via Roxanne's Facebook page and a commitment to keeping her legacy alive.

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A year-end rock talk that turns memory, records, and argument into a tribute.

The 2025 year-end Rockshow sets aside its usual awards framing and becomes a tribute to Roxanne Fontana, with Rocker Mike, Rob Rossi, and Matt Shriver connecting her support for the podcast to the path that ran through Greg Prevost.

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If you want a year-end hang that opens with a tribute and keeps circling back to the music.

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