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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

10,000 Shows and A Generation of Great Jams Recounted in Concert Promoter Peter Shapiro’s New Memoir

Sal Cataldi Oct 17, 2022

Veteran club owner, concert promoter and sometimes filmmaker Peter Shapiro is drawing back the curtain on a career that encompasses nearly three decades and 10,000 shows in his new memoir, The Music Never Stops (Hachette Books). …

Book Reviews

Island Records’ Chris Blackwell Chronicles His Six Decades in Music in New Memoir

Sal Cataldi Oct 5, 2022

With THE ISLANDER: My Life in Music and Beyond (Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books), Island Records’ founder Chris Blackwell secures his status as one of the most insightful, ballsy and successful label owners in the history of the…

Book Reviews

An Inside Look at the Sites, Songs, Shows and Stars that Made NYC Rock in “New York…

Sal Cataldi Sep 4, 2022

In 2021, veteran rock writer Frank Mastropolo gave us a mega-informative book about the history of one of New York’s most legendary performance venues in Fillmore East, The Venue That Changed Rock Music Forever. Now he’s back with New…

Book Reviews

Steve Tibbetts Serves Up a Long Overdue Career-Retrospective with “Hellbound Train”

Sal Cataldi Sep 1, 2022

Hellbound Train is an astounding double-album retrospective from the always revelatory American guitarist Steve Tibbetts, a stalwart innovator who has been associated with ECM Records for 13 albums over 40 years. /*…

Features

Cowbell King Corky Laing’s Climb to the Top of the Rock Mountain Told in New Memoir

Sal Cataldi Aug 25, 2022

What’s the most eardrum pummeling cowbell moment in rock? Thanks to that famous Saturday Night Live sketch, you might think it’s Blue Oyster Cult’s “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper.” But for my money, it’s the cowbell count-off pounded out by…

Reviews

Santana and Earth, Wind & Fire Rekindle Woodstock Spirit at Bethel Woods

Sal Cataldi Aug 24, 2022

On the 53rd anniversary week of his career-making performance at Woodstock, Carlos Santana was back at the original site of the 1969 festival, the muddy field of happenstance hippie production transformed into the remarkably well-oiled and…

Features

A Rocker Mom’s Roller Coaster Ride Comes to Life in Amy Rigby’s “Girl To City”

Sal Cataldi Aug 14, 2022

If you want a blast of the dirty ol’ D.I.Y. NYC rock scene of mid-70's – late-90's, look no further than Girl To City, the memoir of the critically-acclaimed but never quite platinum-selling singer-songwriter Amy Rigby. …

Venue Profile

Basilica Hudson Celebrates Regional Creativity with Jupiter Nights

Sal Cataldi Jul 31, 2022

Basilica Hudson, the internationally-renowned nonprofit arts center co-founded by musician Melissa Auf der Maur and filmmaker Tony Stone, is spotlighting area musicians, DJs, spoken word, visual artists and more…

Album Reviews

Velocihamster Uncages Lap Steel Guitar on New Album of Heavy Metal Covers

Sal Cataldi Jul 14, 2022

God knows we all love a good gimmick. Especially when it wildly exceeds our expectations and produces something that is profoundly eye-opening, or in this case, ear-opening! Such is the case with Uncaged, an album of…

Editorial

Musicians, Just Say No to Wearing Shorts on Stage!

Sal Cataldi Jul 13, 2022

Teenage boys pick up guitars, drums and the like in hopes of achieving one attribute. F*ckability. Wailing with your voice or an instrument in the sleek attire of the bad boy can make any nerd desirable. There’s three-quarters…

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