Sal Cataldi

Reading Is Funktamental - A Pod About Books About Music

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Reading is Funktamental is a monthly one-hour show about great books written about music and music-makers. In each episode, host Sal Cataldi speaks to the authors of some of the best reads about rock, jazz, punk, world, and experimental music, and much more, including some famous musicians. Past guests have included musicians like Roxy Music's Phil Manzanera, Dave Mason, Robyn Hitchcock, and Moon Zappa, and esteemed authors including Joel Selvin and Richie Unterberger. Expect lively conversation with notables and a playlist of great music to go with it. Reading Is Funktamental can be heard the...

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Sal Cataldi

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History of the Fillmore East with Joshua White (Joshua Lightshow) and author Frank Mastropolo 16.07.2024 57:58

Guests: Frank Mastropolo and Joshua White This month, "Reading is Funktamental" host Sal Cataldi speaks to two people who know the illustrious history of the legendary Fillmore East best. Frank Mastropolo is the author of Fillmore East: The Venue That Changed Rock History Forever , a comprehensive history of the most famous rock hall in NYC history. He will joined by Joshua White, the man who crea...

Roxy Music's Phil Manzanera on his new memoir 16.07.2024 57:42

Hosted by Sal Cataldi Guest: Phil Manzanera Phil Manzanera is a guitarist, songwriter and producer best known for his long-running association with Roxy Music, one of the leading pioneers of art-rock. Manzanera has concurrently pursued a long and fruitful career as a solo artist and a collaborator with leading names like Brian Eno, Robert Wyatt, Bob Dylan, David Gilmour and the later day Pink Floy...

Eccentric singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock on his new memoir 16.07.2024 57:54

Hosted by Sal Cataldi Guest: Robyn Hitchcock Robyn Hitchcock is one of the true eccentrics of British music, a songwriter who has revealed the beauty in the absurdity of life for five decades. He first rose to fame with the influential art-rockers the Soft Boys in the mid-‘70s before going solo in the early ‘80s producing over two dozen acclaimed albums including Elements of Light (1981), Ole Tara...