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An eclectic blend of jazz, psychedelic rock, vintage Americana twang, western swing, folk & more.

Once weekly 6-hour celebration of free form radio hosted by Abe Perlstein. Call-in and---when COVID ends---in-studio guests, live performance, spoken word, long forgotten recordings, and new music showcase segments spanning many genres. Tuesdays, 12-6pm PST, broadcasting live from Central Coast Community Radio, KEBF-FM 97.3 (Cayucos, Morro Bay, Los Osos, CA.) and KZSR-FM 107.9 (Paso Robles and portions of Templeton and Atascadero, CA.); streaming live at www.CentralCaliforniaRadio.org.

09/06/2025

What are you and your ears doing Tuesday? How about a memorial tribute to rock royalty, Mark Volman, co-founder of The Turtles and Flo & Eddie gets things rollin' with a special mix of hits, deep cuts and rare live performance recordings at the top of the Sept. 9th, 2025 Tuesday Lunch With Abe radio and live streamed broadcast.

Featured guests include 12:30pm PT | 1:30pm MT | 2:30pm CT | 3:30pm ET Brooklyn jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader Noah Haidu sporting his new Infinite Distances Records release, "Standards III."

Next at 1:30pm PT | 2:30pm MT | 3:30pm CT | 4:30pm ET it's the return of East Lansing, Michigan trombonist, arranger Michael Dease presenting his Origin Records CD "City Life: Music of Gregg Hill."

At 2:30pm PT | 3:30pm MT | 4:30pm CT | 5:30pm ET Nashville-based Compass Records co-founder and producer, Alison Brown and veteran Chicago bluegrass band Special Consensus afford insight to the band's new album "Been All Around This World."

The cavalcade of talent wraps up at 3:30pm PT | 4:30pm MT | 5:30pm CT | 6:30pm ET with Portland's Mark Tegio and Austin Smith showcasing "Cracks" the debut of their 4-piece Americana outfit The Lowtimers.

All that and lots more during the Tues., Sept. 9th, 2025 Tuesday Lunch with Abe, 12-6pm PT | 1-7pm MT | 2-8pm CT | 3-9pm ET on listener-supported, volunteer staffed 97.3 & 107.9 The Rock.

---FM-97.3: Los Osos, Baywood, Morro Bay, Cayucos-->
---FM-107.9: Paso Robles, Templeton, Atascadero
---Streaming live & later on demand at www.TheRockCommunityRadio.org.
---'Like' or 'Follow' www.Facebook.com/TuesdayLunchWithAbe.

09/01/2025

Five new albums, conversations with the artists, plus new & obscure music Sept. 2nd, 2025 when World Coconut Day and an all new Tuesday Lunch With Abe hosts Lewisburg, Pennsylvania drummer/composer Phil Haynes and New York guitarist/composer Ben Monder at 12:30pm PT | 1:30pm MT | 2:30pm CT | 3:30pm ET toting their Corner Store Jazz Records release "Transitions," airy, spacious, amorphous, atmospheric, lyrical weightless, and at times tense and urgent mood pieces.

At 1:30pm PT | 2:30pm MT | 3:30pm CT | 4:30pm ET Japanese-born, New York-based composer/vocalist/shamisen player Emi Makabe circles back with "Echo" her 2nd album. Her classically trained voice explores themes of loss, memory & cultural connection inspired by her father's pandemic-era passing via the unique sounds of the shamisen, flute, spoken word, a guest appearance by guitarist Bill Frisell, all resulting in a haunting, richly textured fusion of traditional Japanese music and jazz.

At 2:30pm PT | 3:30pm MT | 4:30pm CT | 5:30pm ET tuba maestro Jim Self having played on over 1500 motion picture and television soundtracks returns with his 24th album "My America 3: My Country," country tunes arranged by Kim Scharnnberg, performed by 1st-call players bridging the divide between jazz and Americana.

New York pianist/composer Julian Shore drops by at 3:30pm PT | 4:30pm MT | 5:30pm CT | 6:30pm ET. Julian Shore Trio's Chill Tones Records CD "Sub Rosa" is a captivating set of originals and renditions of Brian Wilson, Duke Ellington, Wayner Shorter, and Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein pieces.

76-year-old retired elementary school teacher, Vietnam war vet, and Georgia singer-songwriter, backcountry acoustic guitarist Ernie Palmer joins in at 4:30pm PT | 5:30pm MT | 6:30pm CT | 7:30pm ET with rustic, earthy tales of bootlegging, mountain feuds, murder, love and cotton mills on "A Teacher, A Preacher, & A Bad Farmer."

The Sept. 2nd, 2025 Tuesday Lunch with Abe, 12-6pm PT | 1-7pm MT | 2-8pm CT | 3-9pm ET on The Rock Community Radio.

FM-97.3: Los Osos, Baywood, Morro Bay, Cayucos
FM-107.9: Paso Robles, Templeton, Atascadero
Streaming live & later on demand at www.TheRockCommunityRadio.org
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08/23/2025

Four new albums, a bunch of singles, revealing chats with musicians, plus lots more new and vintage fare during the Tues., Aug. 26th, 2025 Tuesday Lunch With Abe.

Brooklyn singer-songwriter Christian Rutledge's debut album "An Inch Of This New York Mile" on Aqualamb Records is today's 12:30pm PT | 1:30pm MT | 2:30pm CT | 3:30pm ET offering, an Americana love letter to the city and people of New York full of spare lyric-driven tunes delivering vignettes of real life, angst, wit, longing, love and loss.

At 1:30pm PT | 2:30pm MT | 3:30pm CT | 4:30pm ET Boston-based clarinetist, composer, Glenn Dickson returns, this time with electronic musician, composer Bob Familiar. Their Dickson & Familiar CD "All The Light Of Our Sphere" commands a fresh electro-acoustic approach with lush melodic improvisation, tonal modulation and evolving loops making for soaring orchestral sounds recorded live with no overdubs.

Richmond, Virginia singer-songwriter Stephen Jacques returns for his sixth appearance at 2:30pm PT | 3:30pm MT | 4:30pm CT | 5:30pm ET with "Pioneers And Fragrant Flowers," his 13th release with stories of western migration, frontier wagon train life, gunfights, villains, saloons, Native American reality, and beautiful wide open spaces.

Byran Bay, east coast Australia's Kymrie Henge, Mobius Barnaby, Reuben Loire and Tristan Dafoe of The Heart Collectors , nominated for 2025 International Folk Music Awards Best Album of The Year appear at 3:30pm PT | 4:30pm MT | 5:30pm CT | 6:30pm ET | Weds., 8:30am AEST bursting with creative passion, mesmerizing harmonies, cinematic soundscapes and skillful song craft on "Alchymie," their 6th studio effort on Spins The Gold | MGM Records.

An musical oasis of exploration and wonderment compliment 'Be Kind To Humankind Week' during the Aug. 26th, 2025 Tuesday Lunch with Abe, Tues., 12-6pm PT | 1-7pm MT | 2-8pm CT | 3-9pm ET & Weds., 5am-11am AEST on listener-supported 97.3 & 107.9 The Rock.

--> FM-97.3: Los Osos, Baywood, Morro Bay, Cayucos
--> FM-107.9: Paso Robles, Templeton, Atascadero
--> Streaming live & later on demand at www.TheRockCommunityRadio.org
--> 'Like' or 'Follow' Tuesday Lunch with Abe Perlstein

08/18/2025

The Aug. 19th, 2025 Tuesday Lunch With Abe: three new albums; one new book; four guests.

First up at 12:30pm PT | 1:30pm MT | 2:30pm CT | 3:30pm ET Brooklyn baritone saxophonist, composer, arranger Saul Dautch leads a top-notch quintet of New York players on his debut original release "Music For The People." Dautch's melodic baritone stylings and warm sound compliment his hip, catchy compositions spanning multiple styles on this Doubleton Records CD.

Returning at 1:30pm PT | 2:30pm MT | 3:30pm CT | 4:30pm ET Sacramento pianist, composer, arranger Dave Bass accompanied by double bassist Tyler Miles and drummer Steve Helfand presents "Dave Bass Trio Nuevo Vol 2" seamlessly melding bebop, classical, Latin, and pop for a richly textured high energy selection of music bound to take listeners on surprising journeys.

A sneak peak at Omnivore Recordings about-to-be-released remixed, remastered reissue of NRBQ's live 1992 "Honest Dollar" album is next at 2:30pm PT | 3:30pm MT | 4:30pm CT | 5:30pm ET. Though missing $1 bills signed by the band and inserted into random copies of the original album, count on 'Ridin' In My Car,' 'Wacky Tobacky,' a guest appearance by John Sebastian on harmonica on the Lovin' Spoonful's 'Amy's Theme,' a rip-roaring version of Little Richard's 'Lucille', two previously unissued bonus tracks, and more!

At 3:30pm PT | 4:30pm MT | 5:30pm CT | 6:30pm ET learn about Chronicle Books lavish new coffee table book "The Grateful Dead by Jim Marshall – Photos and Stories from the Formative Years, 1966-1977" in conversations with the book's curators: David Gans, music journalist, host of The Grateful Dead Hour and co-host of Sirius XM's Tales from the Golden Road, and Amelia Davis, owner/manager of Jim Marshall Photography from which 52,704 photos, 1,352 proof sheets, and 168 boxes of Kodachrome slides Marshall left behind when he died in 2010 at 74 form the basis for this stunning 288 page opus.

The Aug. 19th, 2025 Tuesday Lunch with Abe, 12-6pm PT | 1-7pm MT | 2-8pm CT | 3-9pm ET on listener-supported 97.3 & 107.9 The Rock.

--> FM-97.3: Los Osos, Baywood, Morro Bay, Cayucos
--> FM-107.9: Paso Robles, Templeton, Atascadero
--> Streaming live & later on demand at www.TheRockCommunityRadio.org
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08/12/2025

The Aug. 12th, 2025 Tuesday Lunch With Abe: 5 new albums; 4 guests.

Paso Robles, CA jazz vocalist Dawn Lambeth's "I Get Ideas" is a warm, swingin' tribute to the Great American Songbook at 12:30pm PT, 1:30pm MT, 2:30pm CT, 3:30pm ET. The Dawn Lambeth Quartet featuring Marc Caparone, trumpet, Ryan Garcia, guitar, & Dylan Johnson, bass perform live this Sun., Aug. 17th, at 4pm PT. FREE admission; donations appreciated; reception following the performance at First Presbyterian Church, 981 Marsh Street, San Luis Obispo.

At 1:20pm PT, 2:20pm MT, 3:20pm CT, 4:30pm ET you'll hear Origin Records "James Moody – 80 Years Young: Live at The Blue Note, Mar. 26th, 2005," a joyous live performance by the late saxophonist/flutist/vocalist, cultural icon, James Moody with Randy Brecker, Paquito D'Rivera, Slide Hampton, and Cedar Walton.

L.A./France jazz vocalist, pianist Marina Pacowski returns at 2:30pm PT, 3:30pm MT, 4:30pm CT, 5:30pm ET, 11:30pm France time. Her Summit Records CD "New Jazz Standards Volume 7 – The Music of Carl Saunders" features compositions by her friend, trumpet master, composer who performed with Stan Kenton, Buddy Rich, Frank Sinatra, Ell Fitzgerald, & Mel Tormé. Top tier So Cal talents Roy McCurdy, John Clayton, Josh Nelson, Larry Koonse, Scott Whitfield also appear.

Scottish composer-drummer-vocalist-producer Alyn Cosker's Calligram Records CD "Onta" at 3:30pm PT, 4:30pm MT, 5:30pm CT, 6:30pm ET, 11:30pm Scotland/U.K. time merges jazz, Scottish folk & soaring progressive rock, a Celtic-flavored Weather Report of sorts with strong rhythmic foundations, diverse instrumentation, & masterful production.

4:30pm PT, 5:30pm MT, 6:30pm CT, 7:30pm ET Chicago singer-songwriter, guitarist-pianist-producer Gabriel Bernini's poppy uptempo "Ride Romeo" will surely appeal to NRBQ, early Elvis Costello & Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers fans; energetic, positive music featuring NRBQ drummer John Perrin.

The Aug. 12th, 2025 Tues. Lunch With Abe, 12-6pm PT, 1-7pm MT, 2-8pm CT, 3-9pm ET only on listener supported, ad-free, all volunteer 97.3 & 107.9 The Rock.

-- FM-97.3: Los Osos, Morro Bay, Cayucos
-- FM-107.9: Paso Robles, Templeton, Atascadero
-- Streaming live & later on demand at www.TheRockCommunityRadio.org
-- 'Like' or 'Follow' www.Facebook.com/TuesdayLunchWithAbe

08/04/2025

In a world seemingly descending into chaos, hope rings eternal helped along by four fresh new albums paired with revealing insights by the artists plus other exciting new and vintage grooves during an all new August 5th, 2025 Tuesday Lunch With Abe.

Buellton, California songer-singwriter Randall Lamb circles back at 12:30pm PT | 1:30pm MT | 2:30pm CT | 3:30pm ET with his new folk opus, "High Hopes And Low Expectations" examining his life, career and an increasingly crazed world eloquently delivered through stripped down guitar and voice, dark wit, sarcasm, and a spark of hope.`

At 1:30pm PT | 2:30pm MT | 3:30pm CT | 4:30pm ET Charleston, West Virginia's Ron Sowell's Mountain Soul Records CD "Dance Till The Music Stops" backed by an all-star band drawn from his long time role as Musical Director of NPR's weekly Mountain Stage Radio Show leads the listener through multiple genres, styles, the ups and downs of life, wistful nostalgia and the album's core tenet: aging is inevitable, though getting old is optional.

Memphis soul blues songwriter, vocalist, harmonicist Tony Holiday's Forty Below Records release "Keep Your Head Up" basks in the spotlight at 2:30pm PT | 3:30pm MT | 4:30pm CT | 5:30pm ET with Holiday leading his band through Texas, Chicago and hill country blues plus Memphis soul and a touch of Afrobeat. Special guests include 2024's 'Guitarist of the Year' Blues Music Award Winner, Laura Chavez.

3:30pm PT | 4:30pm MT | 5:30pm CT | 6:30pm ET marks "Our Way," the first album of roots/Americana on Reckless Pedestrian Records from Effingham, Illinois husband/wife singer-songwriting duo Loveseat. Bill and JJ Passalacqua's folk, rock, country, and bluegrass numbers with playful interplay, ample laughs, and often spicy lyrics.

Plus, throughout, tracks from the remixed, remastered, extended Livia Records release of late Irish jazz guitar master Louis Stewart's 1980 studio album "I Thought About You" backed by pianist John Taylor, bassist Sam Jones and drummer Billy Higgens playing material by Miles Davis, Chick Corea, Thelonious Monk and others.

The Aug. 5th, 2025 Tuesday Lunch with Abe, 12-6pm PT | 1-7pm MT | 2-8pm CT | 3-9pm ET on listener-supported, ad-free 97.3 & 107.9 The Rock.

- FM-97.3: Los Osos, Baywood, Morro Bay, Cayucos
- FM-107.9: Paso Robles, Templeton, Atascadero
- Streaming live & later on demand at www.TheRockCommunityRadio.org
- 'Like' or 'Follow' www.Facebook.com/TuesdayLunchWithAbe

07/28/2025

Four new albums, conversations with the artists, a tribute to the late musical satirist Tom Lehrer, plus lots more new and vintage fare during the Tues., July 29th, 2025 Tuesday Lunch With Abe.

Durham, North Carolina singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist Peter Holsapple, known for his work in The Dbs, Continental Drifters, The Paranoid Style, plus touring and studio work with R.E.M. and duo records with Chris Stamey returns with his 3rd solo album "The Face Of 68" at 12:30pm PT | 1:30pm MT | 2:30pm CT | 3:30pm ET.

At 1:30pm PT | 2:30pm MT | 3:30pm CT | 4:30pm ET it's Santa Barbara Records' "CaliAmericana, Vol. III, A Compilation Inspired By The Legacy Of David Crosby" featuring five Central Coast artists. Each artist recorded one original and one inventive interpretation of a David Crosby song. Two call-in guests: Pebble Beach's John Beland representing the duo of himself and son, Arroyo Grande's Chris Beland, plus Santa Barbara's Shawn Thies.

Brooklyn slide guitarist, vocalist, producer, poet Reed Turchi's new "World On Fire" Xenon Records collection; honest, intimate, raw, haunting, stark, often eerie vintage blues and spiritual tunes; enthralling, hypnotic testimonies of a man who's been to the brink and back at 2:30pm PT | 3:30pm MT | 4:30pm CT | 5:30pm ET.

At 3:30pm PT | 4:30pm MT | 5:30pm CT | 6:30pm ET tenor saxophonist, composer Jed Levy, a 40-year mainstay on the New York City jazz scene presents his 11th album "Faces And Places," 12 infectious, sophisticated originals on A Life In Music Records.

We'll also dip into Suzie Brown's "Songs Worth Saving," Brandon Santini's "Which Way Do We Go?," "Directions and Places," by GPS, Mira Choquette's "Hier Encore," and the remastered resissue of the late Vince Guaraldi's "Oh Good Grief." The Tues., July 29th, 2025 Tuesday Lunch with Abe, 12-6pm PT | 1-7pm MT | 2-8pm CT | 3-9pm ET on listener-supported, ad-free 97.3 & 107.9 The Rock.

FM-97.3: Los Osos, Baywood, Morro Bay, Cayucos
FM-107.9: Paso Robles, Templeton, Atascadero
Streaming live & later on demand at www.TheRockCommunityRadio.org
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07/26/2025

Scenes from 97.3 & 107.9 The Rock Community Radio's July 21st, 2025 "Hard Days Night" film screening fundraiser. Thank you for supporting community radio!

07/21/2025

A perfect companion to National Hammock Day, the Tues., July 22nd, 2025 Tuesday Lunch With Abe: four new albums, lively conversation, new singles and all manner of vintage sides.

Miami jazz guitarist, composer, arranger, university educator Russ Spiegel, a touring, teaching, recording whirlwind drops in at 12:30pm PT | 1:30pm MT | 2:30pm CT | 3:30pm ET with "Nitty Gritty," his 7th album, an organ trio on four originals, classics and modern jazz arrangements, "A Man and a Woman" and some "Norwegian Wood."

Two-time Grammy Award-winner, Albany, California violinist Mads Tolling pays tribute to his violin heroes at 1:30pm PT | 2:30pm MT | 3:30pm CT | 4:30pm ET in collaboration with Danish musicians, guitarist Jacob Fischer and bassist Matthais Petri on "Masters of Jazz Violin" a Gateway Music release featuring compositions by Stéphane Grappelli, Jean Luc-Ponty, Stuff Smith and others.

Cincinnati pianist-composer-arranger, educator Ben Tweedt's debut original indie album, "Life Cycle" joined by bassist, Justin Dawson and drummer, Tom Buckley explores reoccurring themes in the everyday life of a working Midwest musician at 2:30pm PT | 3:30pm MT | 4:30pm CT | 4:30pm ET .

At 3:30pm PT | 4:30pm MT 5:30pm CT | 6:30pm ET Compass Records' dynamically remastered 30th anniversary release of Guy Clark's 1995 "Dublin Blues" with help from Sam Bush, Rodney Crowell, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Emmylou Harris, Nanci Griffith and others leads listeners on tongue and groove medications on life and love, an exquisite Americana portrait of the human condition by the legendary late Guy Clark.

Plus, favorites you've never heard.

The Tues., July 22nd, 2025 Tuesday Lunch with Abe, 12-6pm PT | 1-7pm MT | 2-8pm CT | 3-9pm ET on listener-supported, commercial-free, all-volunteer 97.3 & 107.9 The Rock.

FM-97.3: Los Osos, Baywood, Morro Bay, Cayucos

FM-107.9: Paso Robles, Templeton, Atascadero

Streaming live & later on demand at www.TheRockCommunityRadio.org

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4-hours and 20-minutes of free form radio hosted by Abe Perlstein. Call-in and in-studio guests, live performances, and sets of music bound to please even the most jaded listeners. WHEN: Tuesdays, 12:00 to 4:20pm PST > broadcasting live from Central California Community Radio, KEBF-FM 97.3 (Cayucos, Morro Bay, and Los Osos, CA.) and KZSR-FM 107.9 (San Miguel, Paso Robles, Templeton, Atascadero, portions of Garden Farms and Santa Margarita, CA.); streaming live at www.CentralCaliforniaRadio.org. [Photo of Central Coast keyboardist/vocalist, Rick Beaumont by Abe Perlstein.]