Best Sal Cataldi Podcasts (2025)

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The Rise & Fall & Rise of The Zombies with Robin Platts on Reading Is Funktamental 57:58

20d ago57:58

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Six decades after they stormed the British and American charts in 1964, The Zombies are possibly more popular than ever. Their biggest hits, ‘She’s Not There’, ‘Tell Her No’ and ‘Time of the Season’ have been played more than 14 million times on U.S. radio alone. Praised by critics, discovered by a new generation of fans, and inducted into the Rock…

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Legendary Producer Joe Boyd on World Music & London Music Scene in the '60s 57:29

2M ago57:29

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Guests: Joe Boyd, Record Producer & Author of And the Roots of Rhythm Remain Joe Boyd is a legend in music. He was the soundman when Dylan went electric at Newport, the founder of the legendary UFO club in London, and the producer of seminal works by Nick Drake, Pink Floyd, John Martyn, Fairport Convention, R.E.M., and many more. In the 1980s, Boyd…

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The Life of Traffic's Chris Wood with author Dan Ropek 57:56

3M ago57:56

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Guests: Dan Ropek, Author of Tragic Magic: The Life of Traffic’s Chris Wood Traffic was the most enigmatic British band of their day. Formed in early 1967 by Chris Wood, Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, and Dave Mason, they rejected the bright lights of London in favor of a run-down, supposedly haunted cottage in the country - a place to live communally…

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Talkin' Greenwich Village - A Musical History with author David Browne 57:59

4M ago57:59

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New York’s Greenwich Village is a compact sanctuary that has attracted a legion of visionaries and non-conformists who had an outsized influence on 20th-century culture – on alternative lifestyles, progressive politics, and the arts, especially music. Within the maze of coffeehouses, nightclubs, and watering holes on its narrow streets, the legends…

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The Complicated Life of Skip Spence with Moby Grape's Don Stevenson & Author Cam Cobb 57:57

5M ago57:57

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Guests: Don Stevenson, drummer/songwriter of Moby Grape & Cam Cobb, author of Weighted Down: The Complicated Life of Skip Spence. He was one of the Holy Trinity of critically revered and maybe unjustly labeled “acid casualties” of late ‘60s/early ‘70s music. Along with Pink Floyd’s Syd Barrett and the 13th Floor Elevators’ Roky Erickson, Skip Spenc…

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Sonny Rollins, Saxophone Colossus with author Aidan Levy 57:46

6M ago57:46

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Guest: Aidan Levy, Author of Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins. In his new book, Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins, author Aidan Levy has created a work nearly as sprawling and monumental as the seven decades of sounds crafted by a man widely considered “jazz’s greatest living improviser.” Levy devoted se…

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The Life & Death of Free Jazz Pioneer Albert Ayler with author Richard Koloda 57:55

7M ago57:55

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Guest: Richard Koloda, Author of Holy Ghost: The Life and Death of Free Jazz Pioneer Albert Ayler A lawyer by trade and a jazz musicologist by passion, Richard Koloda has spent over two decades creating the most authoritative look at the life and music of free jazz pioneer Albert Ayler. His book follows Albert's life from his childhood and apprenti…

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Moon Zappa on her memoir, Earth to Moon 57:32

8M ago57:32

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Earth to Moon is the new critically acclaimed memoir of Moon Zappa, the eldest child of legendary rocker Frank Zappa and his wife, Gail. The book presents the often-disturbing realities of growing up in the shadow of her self-absorbed, workaholic dad (a man she idolized above all others) and her bossy mother, who vented at her eldest child due, to …

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Rocker Dave Mason on his memoir, Only You Know and I Know 57:48

9M ago57:48

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Only You Know and I Know is not only the name of one of his biggest hits but also the title of rocker Dave Mason’s new autobiography. It’s a freewheeling testament, providing that Dave was one of the most Zelig of rocker. He came to fame as a co-founder of the group Traffic and the writer of their biggest and most cover hit, “Feelin’ Alright.” He’s…

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King Crimson, their 50+ Year history with author Sid Smith 57:53

10M ago57:53

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Hosted by Sal Cataldi Guest: Sid Smith, Author of In the Court of King Crimson: An Observation over 50 Years Sid Smith is a British journalist best known for In the Court of King Crimson: An Observation over Fifty Year, the definitive history of Robert Fripp and his band, King Crimson, the primary architects of progressive rock. Smith has penned hu…

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Author Joel Selvin on his new book on star-crossed drummer Jim Gordon 57:59

11M ago57:59

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Hosted by Sal Cataldi. Guest: Joel Selvin From 1972 – 2009, Selvin was the very influential rock music columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle. He is also the author of more than a dozen of the best books on rock music and culture. His works have covered artists like Sly Stone, The Grateful Dead, Ricky Nelson, and Sammy Hagar and events like the …

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

11M ago57:58

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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.…

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

11M ago57:42

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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, Bo…

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

11M ago57:54

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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 a…

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The Rise & Fall & Rise of The Zombies with Robin Platts on Reading Is Funktamental 57:58

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Legendary Producer Joe Boyd on World Music & London Music Scene in the '60s 57:29

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The Life of Traffic's Chris Wood with author Dan Ropek 57:56

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Talkin' Greenwich Village - A Musical History with author David Browne 57:59

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The Complicated Life of Skip Spence with Moby Grape's Don Stevenson & Author Cam Cobb 57:57

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Sonny Rollins, Saxophone Colossus with author Aidan Levy 57:46

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The Life & Death of Free Jazz Pioneer Albert Ayler with author Richard Koloda 57:55

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Moon Zappa on her memoir, Earth to Moon 57:32

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Rocker Dave Mason on his memoir, Only You Know and I Know 57:48

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King Crimson, their 50+ Year history with author Sid Smith 57:53

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Author Joel Selvin on his new book on star-crossed drummer Jim Gordon 57:59

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

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

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

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