Author

Sal Cataldi 172 posts 0 comments

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

News

50 Years of King Crimson Celebrated in Forthcoming Documentary

Sal Cataldi Feb 9, 2022

The mercurial Robert Fripp and his ever-changing band of prog-fathers will be the subject of In the Court of the Crimson King, a new documentary by director Toby Amies premiering at the 2022 SXSW film fest. Named after…

Book Reviews

Robby Krieger’s Book Opens New Doors on the Lizard King and his Legendary Band

Sal Cataldi Jan 27, 2022

Robby Krieger was far more than a simple guitarist for The Doors. For all the acclaim laid upon Jim Morrison as rock’s poet laureate, it was Krieger who almost singlehandedly wrote the music and words for some of their biggest hits…

Book Reviews

Whole Lotta Zeppelin in Bob Spitz’s Epic-Length Biography

Sal Cataldi Jan 19, 2022

In 2005, music manager turned biographer Bob Spitz fashioned 1,000 pages to craft the definitive biography of The Beatles, the music- and culture-quaking foursome who reshaped the Sixties. Now, Spitz has put his superior skills as a…

Genres

Farewell Steve Trimboli, Impresario Behind NYC’s Beloved Scrap Bar and Goodbye Blue Monday

Sal Cataldi Dec 22, 2021

Ahh, the morning social media tune-in (sigh). It’s increasingly filled with the kind of news you really don’t want to hear and certainly can’t use. On Monday, December 21, it was teeming with word that the NYC music and arts scene had lost…

Interviews

Rita Ryan of WVKR Marks 300th Episode of LocalMotion

Sal Cataldi Dec 21, 2021

Ever since übermanager Albert Grossman and his top client Bob Dylan moved up to Woodstock in the Sixties, the Hudson Valley has been a hot bed of popular music-making. It’s been the longtime residence of many of the best-known names in…

Photo Gallery

Jug Life! Bearsville Theater Salutes the Sebastians – Lovin’ Spoonful John and Photog Wife…

Sal Cataldi Dec 6, 2021

The Bearsville Theater put the spotlight on one of Woodstock’s most famous couples, legendary musician John Sebastian and his photographer wife Catherine, at a joint all-star concert/art opening on Friday, December 3. The concert and…

Book Reviews

Stars and Behind-the-Scenesters Trace the Rise of the “Rock Concert” in New Oral History

Sal Cataldi Nov 27, 2021

Like rock music itself, the rock concert has very humble, homegrown origins. It started way back in the later 40s/early 50s when radio DJs and record store owners saw them as a way to generate more bucks from the racy new musical style…

Pop

“GET BACK NYC” Benefit for Teen Cancer America Comes to Cutting Room December 6

Sal Cataldi Nov 19, 2021

Given the massive interest in The Beatles’ forthcoming Get Back film, an army of notable downtown artists are heading uptown to the Cutting Room for GET BACK NYC, a local remake/remodel of tunes from the Fab’s classic…

Show Reviews

Cate Hamilton Brings Cinematic Pop Sounds to East Berlin

Sal Cataldi Nov 13, 2021

If you dig the lush cinematic pop of Lana Del Ray but wish it came with more heartbreaking lyricism and some heavy R&B vocal chops to deliver it all, you should check out the music of 22-year-old Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Cate…

World/Reggae

Radio Free Brooklyn Celebrates Changüí and Music of Cuba with free event on November 17

Sal Cataldi Nov 8, 2021

Gianluca Tramontana, music journalist and host of the Radio Free Brooklyn show Sitting with Gianluca, spent 2017–2019 in the mountains around Guantánamo City, Cuba, immersed in—and recording— joyous, all-inclusive and mostly…

Older Posts

Newer Posts