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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

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…

Upcoming Shows

Eclectic Global Music Fest ‘Sound Waves’ Begins August 19 at White Feather Farm in…

Sal Cataldi Jul 28, 2021

Editor’s Note/Update: Due to concerns over Covid-19 Delta Variant, theSound Waves concert with Sxip Shirey at White Feather Farm is being rescheduled from August 5 to September 9. Sound Waves at White Feather Farm is a new global…

Metal/Hard Rock/Punk

“Rainbow In The Dark: The Autobiography” – the Long-Awaited Ronnie James Dio book

Sal Cataldi Jul 27, 2021

It makes perfect sense that the irrepressible Ronnie James Dio would be the one to tell his life story in a book completed and released 11 years after his death! If there’s one thing this book demonstrates, it’s that the tiny but mighty…

Album Reviews

Surf’s Up on latest from Rochester Guitarist Greg Townson, “Off and Running!”

Sal Cataldi Jul 21, 2021

Rochester twang bar king, Greg Townson, is back with another super fine collection of surf guitar instrumentals perfect for the hazy days of our post-COVID lockdown summer. Called Off and Running! (High Tide Recordings), it features a…

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