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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 second Wednesday of every month from 10 – 11 AM on Wave Farm: WGXC 90.7 FM and online at wavefarm.org It is also distributed to popular platforms including Apple Pods, Spotify, Pandora and many more. There are also YouTube editions of each episode. </p
Sal Cataldi hosts Reading Is Funktamental - A Pod About Books About Music, a music show with 28 episodes published.
In this episode of Reading Is Funktamental, we discuss the fascinating life of a true NYC music original, Brian Cullman, author of How to Prepare for the Past: Travels in Music & Times. New Yorker Brian Cullman is a true
In this episode of Reading Is Funktamental, we turn our attention to one of the great prog bands of all time, the Dutch Masters, Focus. Our guest is Peet Johnson. He is the author of "Hocus Pocus - The Strife & Times of
In this episode of Reading Is Funktamental, we discuss the life and music of Alice Coltrane with Andy Beta, author of Cosmic Music: The Life, Art and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane. Beta’s book is the first full biograp
In this episode, we discuss the history and appeal of concept albums with Bill Kopp, author of What's the Big Idea: 30 Great Concept Albums (HoZac Books). Music has always been a vehicle for telling stories – of love and
In this episode of Reading Is Funktamental, we discuss the life and music of Ric Ocasek, the driving force of one of New Wave’s most successful bands, the hitmaking machine, The Cars, with Peter Aaron, the author of the
In this episode of Reading Is Funktamental, we discuss the long history and profound influence of a single song, “Hey Joe,” a tune that binds nearly every strand of 20th-century American popular music. “Hey Joe” was writ
In this episode of Reading Is Funktamental, we discuss Bob Dylan's New York, a guidebook and history of New York's key role throughout Dylan's lengthy career. It places Dylan's early career within the storied history of
The Beatles produced five films during their time together: A Hard Day’s Night, Help!, Magical Mystery Tour, Yellow Submarine, and Let It Be. Some were cinematic successes, and some were not, but―along with subsequent re
For the latest edition of Reading Is Funktamental, we speak with Richie Unterberger, author of more than a dozen of the great books on rock ' n ' roll history. His latest work was as a contributor to a great book of essa
For the latest edition of Reading Is Funktamental, we speak with Brooke Wentz, author of Transfigured New York , a fantastic book of interviews with leading figures in the experimental music scene in NYC from 1980-1990 i
Guests: Steven Lewis, author of Richard Manuel: His Life and Music, from the Hawks and Bob Dylan to The Band Richard Manuel was a fearless original. Sweetly soulful as a vocalist and endearingly creative as a songwriter
In this month's episode of Reading Is Funktamental, we speak with Walter Kolosky, author of the new book Mahavishnu Memories. Kolosky's latest is his third book, charting the career of the remarkable jazz fusion guitaris
John Lennon once described Yoko Ono as the world’s most famous unknown artist. “Everybody knows her name, but no one knows what she does.” She has only been important to history insofar as she impacted Lennon. Throughout
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
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 th
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 r
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,
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 cas
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
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 authorit
Bill Kopp
author of "Disturbing The Peace - 415 Records And The Rise Of New Wave"
1 appearance on this show
Jason Schneider
Schneider Williamson
1 appearance on this show
Joe Boyd
Leadercast
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Chris Wood
financial advisor and former narcotics detective · Friends of Fletcher’s Cove
1 appearance on this show
Dave Mason
Author of Hurry Up and Fail · BetOnline
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Joel Selvin
author of "Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon"
1 appearance on this show
Joshua White
Senior Sales Director · FintechOS
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Robyn Hitchcock
singer-songwriter
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