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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 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…

Flashback

Grand Funk Railroad in New York: Mark Farner Remembers

Sal Cataldi Nov 15, 2023

When I was growing up in the early 70’s, a hazy time captured in Richard Linklater’s movie Dazed & Confused, we were very, very serious about our music. As hyper-hormonal, aspiring teenage guitar heroes in…

Book Reviews

Rhino Records Co-Founder Harold Bronson Packs Four Decades of Adventures into New Memoir

Sal Cataldi Nov 3, 2023

Harold Bronson is a true rock-n-roll Zelig. He’s an everywhere man who began his career as a teenage rock journalist before rising to become co-founder of Rhino Records, the revered label that has put decades of often overlooked and…

Book Reviews

Golden Era of New York Experimental Music Captured in New Book, “Transfigured New York”

Sal Cataldi Oct 27, 2023

In 1980, Brooke Wentz landed her dream volunteer job as host of WKCR-FM’s late night radio show, “Transfigured Night.” Billed as an “exploration into the world of new music,” this Columbia University broadcast allowed the then-student…

Show Reviews

Marco Benevento Spearheads Fundraising Concert to Battle Controversial Development at Colony…

Sal Cataldi Oct 24, 2023

During the height of the COVID-19 shutdown, residents of Woodstock and surrounding burgs stayed sane, in large part, due to the efforts of Neil and Lexi Howard, the proprietors of the Colony Woodstock. While all other…

Album Reviews

Philip Glass, Thurston Moore, DJ Spooky and Many More Set Allen Ginsberg’s Poetry to Music in …

Sal Cataldi Oct 15, 2023

In 1972, City Lights Books published The Fall of America: Poems of The States 1965 – 1971, a searing collection of poetry about the turbulent state of the nation from Allen Ginsberg. It was simply some of the best work ever…

Rock

The Zombies Invade Woodstock with A New Documentary & Duet Performance

Sal Cataldi Oct 3, 2023

The Zombies, one of the most celebrated bands of the early ‘60s British Invasion and pioneers of the later “orch pop” movement, came to Woodstock to showcase Hung Up On A Dream, an entertaining new documentary about their star-crossed…

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