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Bio: Sal Cataldi is a musician, writer and former entertainment publicist living in the Hudson Valley and NYC. He is leader of the band Spaghetti Eastern Music (first gig was at the CBGB gallery in 2004) and member of the ensembles Guitars A Go Go, Vapor Vespers and spaceheater. He is also the host of “Reading In Funktamental” on WGXC 90.7 FM/Wave Farm, a monthly show/podcasts where he speaks to the authors of the books on music, many that he reviews here at NYSMusic.com

Book Reviews

The Strange Saga of “Hey Joe” Revealed

Sal Cataldi Oct 20, 2025

From the controversy over its authorship to the many artists who crafted their own unique versions of it, the long and winding history of the song “Hey Joe” unfolds like a great murder mystery. Now its journey through generations of…

Features

Bob Dylan’s New York City Profiled in New Book

Sal Cataldi Sep 10, 2025

Ever wonder what it would be like to retrace the footsteps of Bob Dylan during his time in New York? To travel to the venues where he performed, wrote classic tunes, and crashed during his early years in the Big Apple? Now you can…

New York Singles

Jennifer Ayala Drops Soulful, Club-Ready Anthem “Until Daylight”

Sal Cataldi Aug 21, 2025

Vivacious singer-songwriter Jennifer Ayala has released an electrifying new single, “Until Daylight” — a club-ready fusion of house, dance, and electro pop. A love letter to and anthem of NYC nightlife, the track pulses with bass, emotion,…

Blues/Jazz

Tenor Sax Giant Joe Lovano and Latin Jazz Great Arturo O’Farrill to Headline Musicians for Musicians…

Sal Cataldi Aug 8, 2025

Musicians For Musicians (MFM), a nonprofit association advocating for the rights, recognition, and fair pay of freelance and independent musicians, will host a star-studded 10th Anniversary Celebration on Friday, September 5 at The Cutting…

Reviews

Fred Hersch Trio Marvels at Maverick

Sal Cataldi Jul 31, 2025

For more than three decades, Fred Hersch has resided at the apex of the jazz piano pantheon, both for his work as a composer, improviser, and much-in-demand collaborator, and as an artist best known for his performances as a soloist and…

Features

The Band’s Talented and Troubled Richard Manuel Profiled in New Biography

Sal Cataldi Jun 6, 2025

No group may have shifted the direction of rock music more radically than The Band did at the close of the ‘60s. With their 1968 debut, Music from Big Pink, the Canadian-American quintet single-handedly put an end to the abstraction…

News

Upstate Films’ Sonic Wave Series To Showcase Acclaimed Documentary ‘American Hardcore’…

Sal Cataldi May 31, 2025

Upstate Films' Sonic Wave, its popular Monday night series dedicated to great films about music, will mark the 15th anniversary of one of the most influential documentaries about punk rock with a special screening and discussion of…

Interviews

Interview: Author Walter Kolosky on the Mahavishnu Orchestra

Sal Cataldi May 10, 2025

John McLaughlin and his Mahavishnu Orchestra were, alongside Miles Davis, Return to Forever, and Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters, the mightiest of the Four Horsemen of Jazz Fusion. When he burst on the scene in 1971 with this band,…

Electronic

Wave Farm Presents First Four-Screen Presentation of Award-Winning Brian Eno Documentary Coxsackie’s…

Sal Cataldi Apr 16, 2025

On May 29 at 7 pm, Wave Farm, the internationally-renowned Hudson Valley-based transmission arts non-profit, will host a one-of-a-kind event to support its popular radio arm, WGXC-FM 90.7 – the first four-screen presentation of director…

Interviews

Interview: Pete Caigan Relaunches Bearsville’s Legendary Utopia Studios

Sal Cataldi Mar 20, 2025

Woodstock and its neighboring hamlet of Bearsville have long been home to some of the biggest names in music and the studios that produced some of rock’s finest albums. In 2024, one of its most famous recording studios roared back…

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