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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

Show Reviews

Rick Wakeman Brings Gifts of Keyboard Wizardry and Gab to Bearsville Theater

Sal Cataldi Nov 7, 2021

Prog rockers are not a group known for their sense of humor. But there is one towering prog godhead who is top of the heap as an instrumental virtuoso and teller of ridiculously entertaining tales, ones featured in his surprisingly…

Venue Profile

Dylan & The Band’s Big Pink Lives On

Sal Cataldi Nov 4, 2021

Make no mistake. Don LaSala is not Conrad Hilton and he’s not in it for the money. Since 1998, LaSala and his wife Sue have been the owners and loving caretakers of one of the holy sites of rock history, the humble salmon-colored house in…

News Desk

Tony Falco, Impresario Behind Hudson Valley’s Long-Running Falcon, Passes Away

Sal Cataldi Oct 30, 2021

Hudson Valley lost one of its most tireless champions of music with the passing of Tony Falco, the face behind one of its most vital and varied performance venues, The Falcon. Falco passed away after a six-month battle with…

Book Reviews

Musicians and Crew Recall the Glorious 3-Year Run of The Fillmore East in New Oral History

Sal Cataldi Oct 21, 2021

The Fillmore East was called “The Church of Rock and Roll” for good reason; between 1968 and 1971, promoter Bill Graham made music history as he brought the cream of rock royalty to New York audiences in astounding triple-artist bills with…

Book Reviews

Acclaimed Guitarist Marc Ribot Unleashes Another Power Solo in his Literary Debut

Sal Cataldi Oct 6, 2021

Throughout his 40-year career, guitarist Marc Ribot has defied expectations and genre boundaries at every turn. He’s been the go-to guy serving up a singular fusion of rootsy Americana meets outré noise jazz meets Cubano swing with…

Album Reviews

50th Anniversary Reissue of Eugene McDaniels’ ‘Banned’ Soul Jazz Classic,…

Sal Cataldi Sep 27, 2021

Questlove called him a “genius” and Prince had his music on his party playlist. Living Colour founder Vernon Reid dubbed him a “lodestone for the alternative hip hop of later generations” and singer/activist Aloe Blacc compared his lyrics…

Hudson Valley

John Burdick Serves Up Dreamy Art Pop on Debut EP “Birds and Birds”

Sal Cataldi Sep 18, 2021

The veteran guitarist and songwriter John Burdick is known in the mid-Hudson Valley as the leader of long-running stumble pop quintet, The Sweet Clementines, as well as for his work as an always tasteful sideman for Old 97’s front man…

Book Reviews

Frisell, Metheny and more Modern Masters Reveal their Creative Journeys in “Guitar Talk”…

Sal Cataldi Sep 9, 2021

Since 2010, the annual Alternative Guitar Summit has presented dozens of daring players who push the boundaries of this ubiquitous instrument to their most inventive, unexpected and beautiful extremes. Now the festival’s…

Book Reviews

Book Review: Memoir of “The Coolest Man on Earth” – John Lurie’s The History of Bones

Sal Cataldi Aug 26, 2021

As anyone who has seen the TV series Painting with John can attest, John Lurie is a storyteller of the highest order. In his new memoir, The History of Bones (Penguin Random House), Lurie weaves a gloriously gritty, informative and…

Upcoming Shows

David Murray Solo Concert with Live Painting Comes to Rustic Ridge View Farm August 7

Sal Cataldi Aug 2, 2021

Jazz saxophone great David Murray will perform a unique solo performance, complimented with live painting by artist Nancy Ostrovsky, August 7 at Rustic Ridge View Farm in Ulster County. A titan of the tenor sax and…

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