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Sal Cataldi is a publicist and musician living in New York City and the Hudson Valley. He is President of Cataldi PR and leader of the band Spaghetti Eastern Music and member of the duos Guitars A Go Go, Vapor Vespers and the Hari Karaoke Trio of Doom.

Interviews

An Interview with Tom Semioli, co-Founder of Know Your Bass Player

Sal Cataldi Oct 22, 2020

How many bass players does it take to change a lightbulb? None, the pianist can do it with his left hand! It’s an old musician’s joke demonstrating how little respect some give the men and increasingly women who wield the…

Album Reviews

‘Frank Zappa Halloween 81’ – a 7-Hour Slamming Sound Spectacular and a Costume to…

Sal Cataldi Oct 15, 2020

In his all-too-short life, Frank Zappa composed and captured on tape a truly monumental amount of music. Sixty-two official albums in his lifetime, and another 54 since his death in 1993. But as any Zappa fan knows, these could…

Interviews

An Interview with Scott Parker, Host of the Official Frank Zappa Podcast, on the many NYC Halloween…

Sal Cataldi Oct 2, 2020

Frank Zappa. For New Yorkers of a certain vintage, he is as much associated with Halloween as Jack-O-Lanterns and candy corn-induced cavities. From the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, Zappa brought each new aggregation of his mighty Mothers…

Film Review

Film Review: “Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President”

Sal Cataldi Sep 27, 2020

What comes to mind when you think of the Allman Brothers Band? Likely it’s the fact that they were one of the finest live bands in rock history, the artists behind perhaps the genre’s most beloved live album. What likely doesn’t…

Features

40th Annual NYC Lennon Tribute Concert to Stream Free with All-Star Lineup

Sal Cataldi Sep 25, 2020

Theatre Within, the non-profit behind the Annual John Lennon Tribute charity concert since 1981, has announced that its milestone 40th Annual John Lennon Tribute will be streamed for free exclusively at LennonTribute.org, on what would…

Film Review

Film Review: Meeting the Beatles in India

Sal Cataldi Sep 9, 2020

In February of 1968, The Beatles pulled the ultimate disappearing act. The world’s most culture-bending and publicized foursome went radio silent, forsaking the comforts of Swingin’ London for a humble ashram in remote Northern India to…

Album Reviews

Hearing Aide: Analog Players Society “TILTED” and “Soundtrack for a Nonexistent…

Sal Cataldi Aug 29, 2020

File this one under so nice the Analog Players Society had to release it twice. The first disc, TILTED, is a percolating live acoustic jazz session featuring four of the genre’s finest players. The second, Soundtrack for a Nonexistent…

Album Reviews

Hearing Aide: “Nueva Guitarra” by Harvey Valdes and Álvaro Domene

Sal Cataldi Aug 21, 2020

And now for something completely different. Two New York-based guitarists, Harvey Valdes and Álvaro Domene, come together for an ear-opening album of nine deliciously deviant duets. It’s an ever-evolving, sonic tornado that is part free…

Features

Remembering Julian Bream

Sal Cataldi Aug 15, 2020

Anyone who can spell the word "guitar" likely knows of the formidable Spaniard of the gut string, Andrés Segovia. But too few know enough about the Brit who cast just a smidge less of a shadow in the world of classical guitar and…

Brooklyn

Sculpting Sounds at Brooklyn’s Soapbox Gallery

Sal Cataldi Aug 4, 2020

When COVID-19 hit New York City in March, the music, as Jim Morrison crooned, was over. But one place it never stopped was at Soapbox Gallery, one of Brooklyn’s most unique and eclectic performance venues. Soapbox Gallery is…

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