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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

News Desk

Sibylle Baier, the Greta Garbo of Lo-Fi Folk, Re-emerges June 9 at Upstate Films

Sal Cataldi Jun 3, 2024

She’s the German actress and amateur singer-songwriter who achieved notoriety three decades after she made the humble home recordings that were released in 2006 as the critically acclaimed Colour Green. Now the reclusive Sibylle Baier is…

Photo Gallery

Avant-Garde Electro Salsa Quintet Meridian Brothers Provide A Rollicking Season Opener at Opus 40

Sal Cataldi May 13, 2024

The 2024 concert season at the sublime Opus 40 Sculpture Park in Saugerties opened May 9th with something that delighted ass-shakers and intellectuals alike– a high-energy performance by one of Colombia’s most renowned musical exports –…

Alternative/Indie

Cult Singer-Songwriter’s Star-Crossed Life Profiled in New Documentary Lost Angel: The Genius of…

Sal Cataldi Apr 26, 2024

She was one of the greatest “misses” of the 1970s – a singer-songwriter of lyrical and musical depth who led a life more tragic than anything conjured by Tolstoy. Now, 45 years after her passing, she is revealed and righteously revered in…

Show Reviews

Pat Metheny Puts on a Dream Show for Guitar Lovers at Bardavon

Sal Cataldi Apr 20, 2024

Is it possible to win 20 Grammys and even more “Best Jazz Guitarist” polls, to be an inductee into a variety of Halls of Fame including those of Downbeat Magazine and your home state and still be underrated? The answer is a…

Features

Roxy Music’s Phil Manzanera Discusses His Half Century in Music & Intriguing Family History in …

Sal Cataldi Apr 6, 2024

He is one of the most underrated guitarists and producers to come out of the ‘70s British music scene. But now Phil Manzanera, best known as the long-running axe man for glam-cum-art rockers Roxy Music, is telling the story of…

Book Reviews

Innovations of Jazz’s Small Swing Groups of the 1940s-1960s Explored in New Book “Jazz with a…

Sal Cataldi Mar 5, 2024

It was equal parts the lingering Depression economy and the wholesale enlistment of musicians during WWII that ended the Big Band era of jazz. What emerged in its wake were radically downsized swing ensembles that took one of two…

Book Reviews

The Elusive Sly Stone Pens A Sly Autobiography

Sal Cataldi Feb 28, 2024

Music critics love to belatedly elevate the contributions of the brilliant burnouts. Syd Barrett, Roky Erikson and their ilk continue to be swaddled in accolades far exceeding the breadth of their slim catalogs and performance on the…

News

Alice Coltrane’s Spirited 1971 Performance at Carnegie Hall to Be Released

Sal Cataldi Feb 10, 2024

In 1971, harpist/pianist Alice Coltrane performed at Carnegie Hall for a special gala benefiting the Integral Yoga Institute. Backed by an all-star group of musicians, Coltrane delivered a captivating set which will now be available in its…

Book Reviews

Rock Drum Superstar Jim Gordon’s Tragic Spiral Chronicled in New Bio

Sal Cataldi Jan 9, 2024

Rock music is a universe with no shortage of tragic stories. There are the overnight leaps up the ladder of fame followed by Icarus-like flameouts. There are the legendary overdoses and suicides of Jimi, Janis, Kurt and the rest of the…

Book Reviews

The Enigmatic Nick Drake Revealed in New Biography

Sal Cataldi Dec 13, 2023

The life of the once ignored and now venerated Nick Drake is the subject of an enlightening new biography, one that gives new meaning to the term “definitive” – NICK DRAKE: The Life by Richard Morton Jack (Hachette…

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