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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 Magic Years: Scenes from a Rock-and-Roll Life

Sal Cataldi May 9, 2021

Rock-and-roll memoirs are a hit-or-miss proposition. For every surprisingly thoughtful offering (think Keith Richards’ Life or The Real Frank Zappa Book), there are a dozen that are nothing more than reams of gossip penned…

Album Reviews

The Raybeats’ “The Lost Philip Glass Sessions” Gets First-Ever Vinyl Release on…

Sal Cataldi May 3, 2021

New York City in the 1980s was a creative caldron where anything could happen. Painting, graffiti, performance and emergent video art, film, dance, theater and music of every conceivable genre were blending into one another, often in…

Jam/Progressive

Remembering Malcolm Cecil, Synth Pioneer and Stevie Wonder Producer

Sal Cataldi Apr 2, 2021

On March 28, the music world, and the Hudson Valley’s close knit community of music makers, lost another great one, Malcolm Cecil. The much-traveled musician, producer and Grammy-winning engineer passed away after a long illness in…

Artist Profile

Sarah King Dishes Out Five Wonderfully Uneasy Pieces with The Hour

Sal Cataldi Mar 29, 2021

Singer-songwriter Sarah King has released her debut EP, The Hour, a splendid, soulful voyage to the darkest corners of Americana. It’s the perfect showcase for her show-stopping vocals and gothic bluesy story songs, something…

Album Reviews

Infidelity Makes Sweet Sounds on debut from Lisa St. Lou, “Ain’t No Good Man”

Sal Cataldi Mar 10, 2021

Marvin Gaye’s “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” TLC’s “Creep” and Alanis Morissette’s “You Oughta Know.” The Eagles’ “Lyin’ Eyes,” Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” and, of course, Hank Williams’ “Your Cheatin’ Heart.” …

Album Reviews

NYC Loft Jazz of the 1970s Comes Alive with “Frequency Equilibrium Koan” by Michael…

Sal Cataldi Feb 23, 2021

CBGB wasn’t the only club/scene to birth a new musical genre in the low-rent, dirty and deliciously dangerous Downtown NYC of the mid- to late-1970s. Alongside the wannabe punks, there were a slew of fiercely talented young jazz…

Book Reviews

Revolver: Novel Gives A New Spin on Lennon

Sal Cataldi Feb 16, 2021

In his debut novel Revolver, Evan Schwartz delves into a playground of fiction popular among music lovers, an alternative history of The Beatles and the late, great John Lennon. From Bryce Zabel’s Once There Was A Way to Larry Kirwan’s…

Artist Profile

Hudson Valley Musicians Tag Team for D.I.Y. Album, The Seed Project

Sal Cataldi Feb 1, 2021

While the COVID-19 quarantine has pretty much killed the live music business, it has only served to radically stimulate every idle musician’s appetite to record. One of the more interesting ventures to come out of this deluge, in concept…

Album Reviews

Ethnic & Electronic Artist Dawoud Unleashes 7 Albums Forged During Quarantine

Sal Cataldi Jan 28, 2021

Dawoud Kringle, aka The Renegade Sufi and God’s Unruly Friends, is one of the more forward-thinking, globally-centric and productive music-makers on the New York scene. The latest evidence is the remarkable cache of seven full-length…

Rock

Levon Helm Featured on Timely Mike Younger single, “Lord of the Fleas”

Sal Cataldi Jan 17, 2021

Acclaimed singer/songwriter Mike Younger has just released a new single just right for these carnivalesque political times, “Lord of the Fleas.” And while the lyrics for this tune were just penned to reflect today’s tumultuous climate, its…

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