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With influences ranging from Miles Davis to the Carpenters to J Dilla, The Worst Pop Band Ever is a Toronto based group that combines their love of improvisational jazz with modern pop influences. And despite the name, the WPBE's mish-mash of sounds has received critical acclaim, reached the top of College Radio Charts and been used for film, television and podcasts, (from the NFB, CBC, the Toront
02/10/2026
Looking forward to talking with Tuesday Lunch with Abe Perlstein tomorrow 5:30pm EST
A tribute celebrating the 133rd birthday of Jimmy Durante born this day in 1893 opens the Tues., Feb. 10th, 2026 Tuesday Lunch With Abe broadcast at 12:00pm PT | 1:00pm MT | 2:00pm CT | 3:00pm ET leading into four new release and guest segments.
Dublin-based Livia Records Executive Producer Dermot Rogers returns at 12:30pm PT | 1:30pm MT | 2:30pm CT | 3:30pm ET with world class guitarist Louis Stewart and extraordinary flutist Brian Dunning's re-mastered 1979 release "Alone Together – Recorded Live at the Peacock" plus two previously unreleased studio tracks.
Portland pianist, educator Kerry Politzer's back at 1:30pm PT | 2:30pm MT | 3:30pm CT | 4:30pm ET with her 9th album "Alternate Route," leading a quintet on tough, tender original compositions with sophisticated harmonies and intricate melodies recorded in just one day on Whirlwind Recordings.
Toronto drummer, composer Tim Shia's The Worst Pop Band Ever, lovechild of Miles Davis and Karen Carpenter returns at 2:30pm PT | 3:30pm MT | 4:30pm CT | 5:30pm ET with a clever jazz fusion adjacent offering "The Least Greatest Hits Vols. 1 & 2" tackling pop, funk, and electronic expression with top notch musicianship.
Omnivore Recordings' Grammy nominated "You Can't Hip A Square: The Doc Pomus Songwriting Demos" is next at 3:30pm PT | 4:30pm MT | 5:30pm CT | 6:30pm ET. Co--producers Cheryl Pawelski, Doc's daughter Sharyn Felder, Will Bratton, and Grammy-winning mastering engineer Michael Graves play and discuss highlights from this 6-CD collection of previously unreleased demos by the man behind Elvis Presley's "Viva Las Vegas," The Drifters' "This Magic Moment," and many, many more.
The Feb. 10th, 2025 Tuesday Lunch with Abe, 12-6pm PT | 1-7pm MT | 2-8pm CT | 3-9pm ET on free-form, non-commercial, listener-supported, all-volunteer 97.3 & 107.9 The Rock.
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